Congrats on the wedding....good day too....my birthday

DH and I got married at the registry office. It was a nice room, where we invited family and very close friends, I still blubbered like a baby, so the emotion was all still there. I was 36 weeks UTD so wore a nice maternity dress which didn't cost much. Got my hair done at the hairdresser...just washed and blowdried...nothing fancy. I bought a bunch of my favourite flowers too!

We had our 'engagement' party the day after we got married. So a huge party was organised with all our friends and family....most of which didn't know we'd got married the day before....our speech was where we told everyone.

We had it catered, but basically just beef and gravy rolls and salads.....we'd bought the alcohol over time when it was on special, and had 'baby cakes' as our wedding cake so all up I think we spent around $2k (and we got a bit back from the contributions from our wishing well)

We also had a wishing well....people like buying gifts or contributing in some way....so maybe just give people an option I say. It's not like you have to choose megga expensive things to go on your gift registry.....OR you can find smooshy poems on the internet about wedding wishing wells, or tell people that you have your hearts set on something (like a new dining suite) and would love a contribution to that particular thing as you've just moved into a new home.

Have your wedding the way you want it....enjoy it, and put a candle on your wedding cake and remember me!!!! Ha Ha!