Wedding Finance, Loans, Insurance, & Money Q&A

Opening gifts of money

Hello! I'm a little confused on what the proper etiquette is on opening money gifts. I've been to several showers lately( bridal & baby), and have seen it done different ways. My shower is coming up at the end of this week. When I open cards with money in them, am I supposed to say how much or.... [Read more]

Saving money with flowers...

If you have a few friends or family members that have a flair for flower arranging or are at all crafty (it's really not that hard if you follow a picture!) and know someone that has a tax ID # ask them if they'd place a wholesale order for you for flowers! This is what my sister in law did for her.... [Read more]

Ideas for a small wedding on a small budget

I am so thankful to have found this site. My fiance and I are planning to get married in July. We are buying a home so we don't have a large budget for our wedding and we don't want to ask our parents to foot the bill. Therefore, we are working with a budget of around $4000. We are only using cash,.... [Read more]

Is there an elegant way to ask for money instead of gifts?

My fiancé and I would like to ask for money instead of gifts. We don't really need anything extra for the house, and the few things we could ask for is not enough to fill up an entire registry. Our current apartment is too small to fit anymore stuff. We would prefer to receive money to put.... [Read more]

Help !! Please. This is getting way to expensive I don't have the money For all this and I'm stressed out!,...

I can not believe how much money this is costing is there anyway I can skip so many of these parties its seems like there is more parties before the cermony then after? My finace and I work everyday plus both sides of our parents are helping with this wedding we got people from overseas coming and.... [Read more]