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 Posted: 28 January 2010 at 7:34pm |
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Why dont you have an "Engagement Party" but turn it into a wedding? Hire a hall $150, tell people instead of presents please BYO, have a few CDS going etc, be there at 7.30, then you guys be nicely dressed then at about 8.30 (by that stage everyone will be there) duck off and change into your dress (because that dress is so stunning you HAVE to wear it) and your DF can hire a nice suit for about $150 or could he borrow one? And then your DF walk back in up the front, someone start the music to your walking in song - music starts to be played - celebrant says everyone we have a surprise - then bang you walk in, you guys get married, you then have a big party and its all done!
That way your getting married with everyone that you want there, its not costing a fortune because your not paying for drinks, dinner etc, you get to wear your stunning dress, your a really pretty girl so you could do your makeup and hair so all up it wouldnt be that expensive.
I think its a great idea if I say so myself lol  weddings can go SO overboard, and this way if you were thinking of going to a registry office anyway - its nicer than that but for not alot more money.
AND if you sold your dress you would lose so much money! |
Love this idea! How exciting would it be to go to somones engagement party but then they got married! Very cool!
Wish we had done that instead of spending heaps!
Would you really have a proper wedding in a few years time?? By then you probably would think whats the point, already married, same name, why spend the money?? Sounds like my wedding album, we just go the photos and was going to do the album later....never happened! Wish I spent just a little more at the time.
Good luck on your decision/planning
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caitlynsmygirl
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Posted: 28 January 2010 at 7:42pm |
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I, sorry , we , had a backyard bbq reception , it was great , and didn't cost much at all .
I haven't read all the pages, because the ladies on here like to post a lot (jokes) , but IMO , the 2 main people you need are you , and DF , then I think if you want to do it in a different setting to a registry office, have it in a nice backyard, or even a reserve/park , and your immediate family , or even just both sets of parents , then have a bbq party for everyone later where they bring a plate .
I think you should keep , and wear your dress, you bought it because you obviously like it .
The main things you need for your wedding , is you , and your DF, and add a bit of love , fun and laughter, doesn't matter if its in a church , a registry , or a garden .
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Posted: 28 January 2010 at 7:46pm |
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oh , and just to add, I watched my friend's wedding video today , it was beautiful , they had it at a beach and had a simple bbq reception at her parent's bach , it wasn't expensive and it wasn't large, but it was exactly what she wanted, when she married the man she was going to spend forever with.
Turned out that didn't happen , she died suddenly 3 months later , but she got to have the wedding she always wanted .
So what im saying is , it should be the best day of YOUR , and your DF's life, and you should do it , the way it will make you happiest when you look back on it .
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Posted: 28 January 2010 at 8:21pm |
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Classic! This is such an old thread and was bumped due to someone wanting business at their site.
BellaBoo doesn't come one here anymore but did update us about a year ago that they had got married.
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Posted: 28 January 2010 at 8:35pm |
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lol, I didn't even check the date of OP , oops
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Posted: 28 January 2010 at 9:46pm |
and was Bellaboo originally Topsy? I was reading this without reading the date and got a fright when I found my response...and then couldnt believe I had written it...it was too well written 
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Posted: 29 January 2010 at 9:23am |
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Yip, she was in the due in Dec 2007 thread.
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married at a registry office
