Budget Bride

When Mr. Pea and I decided to get married, we initially had a budget of around 150k-200k for less than 200 guests. My friend (who is also a wedding coordinator) made a sample draft for us (complete with suppliers) amounting to 150k-180k but only for 150 guests. As we were listing down our initial number of guests, the final count totaled to 180 guests - with only 80 guests coming from Mr. Pea's side and the remaining 100 from my side, hehehe. The budget of 180k (max) is still feasible I say. We just have to strictly follow the draft. At first, I was really pleased and calm and papuchu puchu lang hehe. I really thought that we will be able to follow the draft according to budget. But that didn't happen.

Mr. Pea and I started booking suppliers which are way over our budget. It was like nakalimutan na namin (more on ako ang nakalimot) ung nakaset naming budget kasi ang hirap minsan kapag ang dami mong gusto hahaha! At ang mahal na rin talaga magpakasal ngaun, sa totoo lang. We've decided to increase our budget to 280k but if makaya pang mas mababa dito eh di much better.

So for now (and I hope masunod na talaga ito) - this is the breakdown of our budget:

Church - 15,000 (booked)
Venue - 13,000 (booked)
Caterer - 106,650 (booked)
Photo / Video - 48,000 (booked)
Wedding Rings - 2,000
Attire / Accessories - 20,000 (c/o my Tita, all in na yan pati Groom's Suit)
Cord / Veil / Pillows / Candle / Bible / Garter / Arrhae - 2,000
Invitations (and all other printing needs) - 3,000 (DIY)
Flowers - 1,000 (DIY)
Cake / PS / SS Souvenirs - free c/o caterer
Photobooth Souvenir - free c/o caterer
Offertory - free c/o OTD coordinator
Prizes for Games - gift certificate (free)
HMUA - 13,500 (booked)
Bridal Car - c/o a friend (free)
Transpo for Family + Food - 8,000 (hopefully 3 vans na ito)
Lights and Sounds / LCD Projector and Screen - 6,500 (booked)
OTD Coordinator - 13,500 (booked)
Hotel Accommodation for Preps - 10,000 (hopefully 2 rooms na ito)
Food / Gifts for Suppliers / Relatives and Friends - 8,000
Music - CD lang
Emcees - my best friends
Honeymoon - gift from a very very good friend of ours!

Total Budget: 270,150

Walk down the pink aisle with me...