Okay fine, I'm sure some of you would say that the future husband should be involved too, to which I heartily agree! But when your fiance is mostly concerned with budgeting and not so much what the wedding colors should be... it's not much of a help. Which I suppose is partially great, because then I can have everything I want (within budgeting reason)! But then it's also partially not-so-great, because I'll end up ripping out my hair.
And then the cost of a wedding in NYC... astronomical! I'm really really hoping to keep it within the 20k range, which is still a huge amount of money for Dong and I, although we've been saving since we started working. Originally, when I was young and naive (a few months ago) I thought that I would love to have my wedding in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, what with the gorgeous surroundings and the lovely glass conservatory-style Palm House-
Isn't it gorgeous? Unfortunately, it's also hideously expensive. So hideous, even a mother couldn't love it. It's something like $150 a person, not including photography, music, flowers, etc. CRAZY! Which is why I'm currently looking into options on Long Island, which is a lot more reasonable, albeit farther away from the heart of the city. Well, at least there will be ample parking right?
Plus, I have to figure out how to balance the more Western-style wedding I want with what my more traditional parents want... I have a suspicion they want to do the Chinese wedding reception at a Chinese restaurant, which I am not averse to - but I want my style wedding too! I'm thinking that I might compromise by making the rehearsal dinner be the Chinese wedding night - after all, I do love me some cheesy DJs, smoke effects and questionable wedding party games!
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| my cousin katie's wedding |
Still have a lot to think about it... It's exciting but overwhelming!
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