Limited income, BIG goals....
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Limited income, BIG goals....
| Tue, 09-28-2004 - 2:47pm |
I seem to have reached a turning point in my life - at least, what I feel SHOULD be a turning point, anyway. Thirty is looming, most of my friends are married, and some have started serious careers.
Right now I have three goals:
1. Pay off debt.
2. Buy a house.
3. Get married.
*not necessarily in that order, of course.
How on earth do you pay debt, AND save for two different goals? I have ideas in my mind for a wedding that could quite conceivably cost less than $5000 - keeping the guest list small, I have a photographer friend, I could make my own cake, I could make my own bouquets/centerpieces using silk flowers, and I am even willing to resell the dress. But that's still $5000 that COULD go to the downpayment on a house, OR paying a significant chunk of debt. *sigh*... How do you do it all?
Thanks for listening - just needed to vent.

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good Luck, Leanne
I really would like to have a cake - if the restaurant would let me bring one in, I'd probably just make one myself. I can do very simple decorations - like a basket-weave, or even just cover it in shaved white chocolate. I could then decorate it with artificial flowers. I'd just have to appoint a friend to take it there and set it up for me!
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I'm sitting here trying to add up everything, & my numbers are coming out under $3000, but I think that $4000 is probably more accurate since my memory is shady.
A lot of the things I did can't be duplicated.
Pumpkin
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I've considered making my own food, but I would have to either do it here in my tiny little apartment and transport it all to another location, or take over a friend's house for a couple of days and maybe even do a backyard reception at the same place. But... I certainly don't want to be that imposing! If I had my own house, I would do the ceremony at the little chapel, then just have a reception in my home - self-catered!
Nope - I've got it all figured out I think. SO and I aren't even formally engaged yet (just talking about it), so I've got plenty of time. Say this wedding happened in the spring of 2006, we could have almost $2000 saved by then by putting away only $100 a month.
But I'll get off my soapbox and stop dreaming now. :) Tahnks for all your help and advice!
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