How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part I

According to Bridal Bargains and various other sources, the average 150-guest wedding in the United States costs around $30,000!! Ofcourse, this number is an average, so it includes the million dollar weddings as well as weddings that are $500 (as pointed out by the authors of Bridal Bargain). But based on this average, where is [...]

Savings Goal Update: Pay Cash for Honeymoon

Hello Everyone! I am pleased to report that we were able to add $115 to our savings goal of paying cash for our honeymoon in April 2010. This brings us to over 41% towards our goal of $2,500! The $115 was from freelance writing income. How are you all doing with your savings goal? What [...]

Honeymoon Savings Goal: September Update

October is here, and it’s time to update my honeymoon savings goal! If you remember, I started off with $779 at the beginning of September. Now we are at $931. Here is the breakdown: $10 from a gas rebate $30 from another rebate (although I cannot remember what this check was for! $75 from our [...]

Savings Goal: Honeymoon

My fiancée and I think big when it comes to travel. In fact, we met one another in Japan while I was traveling abroad as a student to study for a semester, and he was stationed in Yokosuka as a cryptologist in the Navy. This was after I had finished a tour in London, and [...]

Combining Finances

Having ‘the financial talk’ with your future spouse or live-in boyfriend/girlfriend can be a bit overwhelming depending upon how much you do or do not know about each other’s finances (see photo below—actually taken during our conversation! I thought it was too funny and dramatic not to include). But with rather large upcoming expenses (buying [...]

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