Why We Aren’t Normal

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YOU GUYS. It is our wedding week. Finally. HOW did it happen so quickly?!

Feels like just yesterday TJ was dropping to a knee on Grand Traverse Bay…!

And now, we have just three days left until the BIG day! So, when I came across this while perusing a DIY wedding & crafts blog, I thought it would be interesting to see how our wedding is going to stack up, when compared to the average American wedding.

Even though we did not get in engaged in December (most popular month for engagements), we actually HAD originally chosen a date in June (most popular month to be married). That all changed when TJ’s sister announced she was pregnant and due just 2 days before the date we chose. So we threw out June with hopes of allowing everyone in TJ’s family time to recover from the arrival of a new babe. Speaking of….

He made it in time for the wedding!!

Okay back to the facts…here is the break down:

	Our Wedding	The Average
Brides Age	26	29
Grooms Age	29	31
Engagement Length	9 Months	14 Months
# of Bridesmaids	8	4
# of Groomsmen	9	4
Guests	276 Yes’s	141
Reception Venue	$750 but didn’t include linens or dishes etc etc	$12,124
Flowers	$400 Cutting all our own wildflowers and DIYing bouquets	$1,988
Dress	$1,000 pretty close to average!	$1,099
Invites	$125 ß Designed & printed our own	$351
Reception DJ	$ an iPod and a Pandora One Subscription	$900
Wedding Cake	$ homemade cookies from friends and fam & $135 for ice cream	$540

SO, for the most part, in all the “typical” costly categories, we fell WAY below average. I attribute this to the ungodly amount of DIY projects, and the sheer dumb luck of knowing a lot of wonderful people willing to help us out…and considering how many more guests we are expecting compared to the average..we have done a wonderful job!

And on that note….I have to go try and finish all my last minute projects.

Might be my last post as a MISS!! xoxoxox

Posted on July 6, 2011 at 4:27 pm in life | RSS feed | Respond | Trackback URL

Tags: average wedding, budget wedding, cost of wedding, wedding countdown

4 Comments to “Why We Aren’t Normal”

Heather @ Side of Sneakers
July 6, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Yay for wedding week!! I LOVE that you’re having a bigger than average wedding for much lower than average cost. Totally my style and just another reason why you’re awesome.

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Frieda
July 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm

I love it when there is a lot of DIY in a wedding. Makes it more special and more personal and that is what good friends and family are for and as you can see in your guest number you seem to have a lot of them That it is cheaper is of course a nice side effect

I really wish you an amazing day and from all I have read and seen you will have it

Goodbye miss and I guess all are excited to meet you as a mrs

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Stephanie
July 7, 2011 at 7:40 am

SO close so close!!! I think it’s so amazing that you DIY’ed your wedding – much more of a personal touch and much easier on the wallet. I never understood people who’d rather put $$$$$$ down on one day instead of something like a house haha – but I am an accountant and all

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Heather Eats Almond Butter
July 23, 2011 at 10:22 am

Hi Sarah! You’re married. So very exciting!!! Many many congrats.

It’s Heather – we met up last year, and I was just checking in with you to see how you’re doing. My husband, daughter, pups, and I are once again back in MI, and I was just thinking of you. We stopped in Fife Lake for a few days and then we’re headed up farther north. Hope all is well and again, congrats! I bet it was a beautiful wedding.

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