Registary / Courthouse Nuptials

[Ceejelz]

I did our whole wedding on a budget of $5,000

We hired out a community hall from the local council, and they let us go in late late on the friday night at set up all the tables and stuff ready to go. We did the ceremony there, and gave a friend of mine insturctions when we went to have photos done, to pull out all the tables and had the reception there too.

We used friends for alot of stuff - hubby is heavily into cars and his best man owned a 55 chevy - hello wedding car! and a good friend of mine was a good photographer - not professional but they look fantastic and he only cost me a slab of beer.

We had a catering company come in and do a 3 course meal for $15 a head and they did the dishes afterwards!!

We hired a juke box instead of having a band - it had the same affect and we didnt have to feed the juke box like you traditionally do with a band.

We bought all the alcohol at Dan Murphys liqour super store when it was all on special, I even went into well known bottle stores, picked out expensive wines and asked the person behind the counter what tastes just like it but is cheap as, then bought it in boxes of 12 - each bottle only cost $3 but tasted like it was $30.

I used E-BAY for EVERYTHING!! found a couple who do wedding invites - we picked the design and they printed them up $2 each including the envelopes. I found a listing on e-bay for a wedding store that went into liqidation and needed to get rid of all their stock, I paid $1 each for my black organza chair sashes and 50c for the organza bags and filled them with lollies from the darell lee's factory seconds store as the gifts to guests.

Got my dress off e-bay for $60... brand new still with tags and original price tage ($650) off a lady who bought it but found out she was pregnant and was going to be 7 months by the wedding and couldnt wear it but needed to sell it asap to buy baby clothes!!

The cheese cake shop did our 3 teir wedding cake - carmel mud with caramel icing, for $150.

So it can be done, it takes alot of research though. If you want some help just let me know

[Kitt3n]

ash, all you need to do in nsw is hand in your intent to marry form one month before you do so.... if you are moving, why dont you organise a celebrant to meet you at a lovely spot along the coast? if you are going past wollongong (where are you moving to?) check our Mount Keira - such beautiul lookouts, you and two witnesses in the rainforest irst thing in the dewey mornong! ah so special!!

then you can have the party later down the track, when you have the $$. bright side - you will get two dresses that you can wear again, instead of one that you will never use again!

[LimeSlice]

the celebrant will organise the intent to marry form for you and file it too.
there is a celebrant website that is like a registry - has a whole bunch of celebrants from all over the country, lists what services they offer, whenre they are prepared to travel, etc. Something like 'celebrant-e" dot com.
If you do go the registry route, you will need to do it yourself. you can print the form from online, and you need to submit it (in vic) one month and one day before the intended ceremony. You will need full original birth certificates (not extracts or photocopies) and ID to lodge the form.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

then you can have the party later down the track, when you have the $$. bright side - you will get two dresses that you can wear again, instead of one that you will never use again!

but i still want the dress i will never wear again!!

i jusdt talked to anth again and he has changed his mind. whats the point of getting married when the way we do it wont make him happy.
looks like im waiting until we can afford it, which given we are roughly $6000 in debt due to the move is going to be a long freaking time