Let's talk about the budget for your wedding

Assalamualaikum....

I noticed that almost all of wed-prep blog are only telling the story of their wedding vendors, which amazingly looks expensive and superb. They don't look like really care about how it will cost, yeah they seems to have unlimited budget, I might say. So, those stories make me wonder how on earth they get such a big bucks of money? Parents? Their own savings?
Well for our wedding, we decided to stand by ourselves. We purely support our wedding with our 2-years savings. So, unfortunately we didn't have a privilege like those wed-prep bloggers who can running around here and there looking for the best vendors with big bucks. I'm sure there are a lot of people like us, who wanted to support their own wedding, so here are some tips that you might need:

1. Talk you your partner, what kind of wedding you both long for? How much it will cost? As for my wedding, we both have a same perspective, we don't want our guests talking how luxurious our wedding is, but we want them to feel like "ini nikahan-nya Niken Rino banget". That's the most important thing of all, we should put personality over prestige. Stay humble and fun, like we always did, hehehe.

2. Start talking to both of your parent that you both has your own plan about the wedding. If they insist to offer you a help, then accept it. However keep your list of expenses out of their reach, so they don't have to worry about it. You just need to explain your wedding concept and ask for their understanding. On top of that parents tend to have "ibu pengen ada ini, itu", just be open mind to their inputs.

3. During the vendor hunt, both of you must be actively involved. This might quite hard for you guys, I know. But hey, this is your once in a lifetime event, help your bride to be, she might need your help.

4. Prepare a book to record all of your plan, expenses, to do list etc.

5. Keep your family involved. Tho you manage all of your wedding expenses alone, you still need your family's hand, keep them involved, explain your concept, so that they will know how to help you.

6. Last but not least, pray. These two-months-to-go jitter keeps me insane, I started to get cranky when things went wrong, praying make things better :)

Good luck!
Nikensashi