Wedding Budgets: The Second Wind

When things get me down, I can usually find inspiration from my favorite artist of all time, Mr. Billy Joel (we'll ignore his drinking and womanizing for now). "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" seems very fitting for this situation involving the wedding budget. In the last post, I shared my feelings of defeat in being able to afford any other vendor besides a caterer fit within our budget. It really didn't take long for that breeze to blow in.

I realized that I didn't care what the food was, I was not happy with spending thousands of dollars on food which no one would remember, including us, and foregoing the photography and music to do so. This realization was freeing. With new motivation, I started researching DJs and photographers local to Roanoke. The thinking: get pricing, find favorites, and see what we had left after that for food. We already knew we weren't going to be able to afford high end stylish photography, so we knew it wouldn't break the bank. I stumbled across a former photojournalist who has started doing weddings. We both liked his style, so we have an inquiry in for his pricing and packages. (happy Crystal)

We've also looked at one or two websites for DJs. The websites aren't pretty. While they are awesome for letting us browse their collections online, boy is it a pain in the butt! Finding a DJ may end up being the more difficult vendor for us to nail down due to our own personal choices in music and songs we'd really like to hear during the reception.

While we dive into the more fun vendors, we are not forgetting about the elephant that is food for the reception. Luckily, we have some awesome people who have been brainstorming other options for us to look into and one option has already come in waaaay under budget. Little to say we've scheduled a meeting with that vendor. :)

Right now, a whole lot of little pieces seem to be falling into place and are giving us happy-wedding-mojo. Boy do we need any kind of happy-mojo we can get these days.

On a side note, can I share how awesome these shoes are? If I could afford custom-made shoes, I would live at this site!