Stinkerpants

Budget Woes

November 11, 2007 in Our Wedding • Wedding Inspiration • Ramblings While Planning

When I first saw a bride with a photo booth at her wedding, I really wanted one. I thought, “how fun would that be?! We could have all sorts of disguises and props, which would kind of tie in with the proposal! (where everyone was wearing disguises).” Then I saw the price tag, which was $1500. I’ve since found cheaper options, but obviously items like a cake and invitations come before a photo booth. When I showed Mr. Stinkerpants the photo booth idea, he loved it too. So of course, we’re now feeding off of one another. I haven’t thought about it for about a month, but I just looked up Mrs. Hibiscus on Wedding Bee, and saw that she had an AWESOME photo booth with great pictures. So of course I thought, “maybe we can work a photo booth into the budget somehow.”

So I just looked at our budget again, and realized that I’m confused by it. I have no idea where it’s going to end up. We’ve gone way over budget on some things (like the band) and way under budget on others (like the dress, invitations and flowers). But I still have no idea how much certain things will cost. For example, I haven’t got a clue how much our beverages are going to cost us. Same with the cake, makeup and all the little things, such as our hotel room.

I’m also still trying to decide what to do about a videographer. Right now we’re way under budget on Photography/Videography (I’m using the knot’s budgeter), because we’ve only chosen a photographer. At first I thought we wouldn’t need a videographer, but now I’m torn. I definitely want to have a video of some sort, but I don’t know whether I need to actually hire someone to do it (maybe my cousin could bring a camcorder?). I’ve been researching videographers for the last couple of weeks, and their prices vary by a lot. The cheapest I’ve found is $995, but I’m not so sure about his quality. One of the sample videos was shaky and you could hear the white robed monk asking if his hat was on straight as the bride walked down the aisle. So we’ll see about that. I will not be swayed by the amazing videos of Weddings on Film, mostly because there’s no way I can afford it!

Alas, I will have to continue to feel this whole thing out, I suppose…