tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post6250878623272757049..comments2024-03-19T13:23:31.645-07:00Comments on a $10,000 wedding.: #406: "newbie mistakes" series, post #4: i robbed...myself.Ten Thousand Onlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09731426268019406064noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-12605679266273671122009-02-09T05:07:00.000-08:002009-02-09T05:07:00.000-08:00I do love your blog but tbh love, I am not so keen...I do love your blog but tbh love, I am not so keen on the dress. Most of those vintage ones you posted on here were just... jaw dropping. I know it's probably not very helpful to say this now. :/<BR/>LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-70335496677315585042008-10-31T08:16:00.000-07:002008-10-31T08:16:00.000-07:00everyone has SOME sort of story about their weddin...everyone has SOME sort of story about their wedding dress... if you can laugh at this... you'll be ok. And remember, it's just money ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-15755431454189377232008-10-29T06:55:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:55:00.000-07:00Love the dress! Feeling the pain on the price/bud...Love the dress! Feeling the pain on the price/budget buster!rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999264774530749624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-14388292317093108922008-10-28T20:17:00.000-07:002008-10-28T20:17:00.000-07:00GASP! That's it! That's what I've been looking for...GASP! That's it! That's what I've been looking for!<BR/><BR/>Oh my, lady. It is bee-you-tiful. As someone who is also trying the 10,000 budget, I can reassure you that your 10% hit was so worth it....<BR/><BR/>i so have dress envy....Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112543383394992568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-59774096821208973802008-10-27T18:25:00.000-07:002008-10-27T18:25:00.000-07:00What is up with the guilt trip?! I've been reading...What is up with the guilt trip?! I've been reading this and other budget blogs forever and a repeating thread in all of them is that you CAN have expensive items so long as you compromise somewhere else in your budget. <BR/><BR/>Just because dress wasn't one of your big ticket items orginally doesn't mean you can't make it work with your budget.<BR/><BR/>What can be downsized or elimitated? Can you do your own hair or make up? How about a bridemaid size bouquet instead of a more expensive bride size one? What about carrying an item of signifance (grandma's necklace, dad's hankie...) instead of a bouquet? Wear shoes/jewllery you already own. No hair/make up trial if they cost extra.<BR/><BR/>Perhasp if you trade in a bride specific purchase you'll feel that you've earned your dress and get to enjoy that beautiful gown guilt free :)<BR/><BR/>- MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-40938733176823461902008-10-27T09:14:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:14:00.000-07:00Vanessa! My sister just wore that Sophia dress! ...Vanessa! My sister just wore that Sophia dress! I was the maid of honor and wore the bright green sophia bridesmaid dress!<BR/><BR/>Absolutely gorgeous!Kelley at My Island Weddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383785550529758430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-85558062531951673982008-10-27T08:26:00.001-07:002008-10-27T08:26:00.001-07:00Anyway, go to jcrew.com and under their wedding ap...Anyway, go to jcrew.com and under their wedding apparel, look at the Silk tricotine Sophia long dress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-9481200846663750832008-10-27T08:26:00.000-07:002008-10-27T08:26:00.000-07:00Ack! The link cut off.http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Bro...Ack! The link cut off.<BR/><BR/>http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WeddingParties/womens/forthebride/PRDOVR~63050/63050.jspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-37450461605133512062008-10-27T08:25:00.000-07:002008-10-27T08:25:00.000-07:00My comment may be a litle late, but here's my 2 ce...My comment may be a litle late, but here's my 2 cents. If the wedding dress was never a priority, I think you should sell your dress NOW, unworn, on ebay, and chances are you can get your full $1000 back. <BR/><BR/>Then I would buy this dress:<BR/>http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WeddingParties/womens/forthebride/PRDOVR~63050/63050.jsp <BR/>thats practically a replica, except it saves you (and your fiance) $700.<BR/><BR/>I, like you, said I didn't want to spend more than $500 on a dress. I found a dress I LOVED, but it was over $600. I wasnt budging on my original limit. I scoured Ebay, and found the beauty IN MY SIZE, and after shipping paid $223 for the same $600 dress in the store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-30590437035510056492008-10-26T18:51:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:51:00.000-07:00the dress is gorgeous. it reminds me of the weddin...the dress is gorgeous. it reminds me of the wedding dress from the end of the wedding date with debra messing. don't feel too terrible about going over budget. it seems like most brides go over budget in one important area. at least you did it far enough away from your wedding to adjust other things in your budget accordingly.ms. mindlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472845738179189141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-78768198241512955312008-10-25T13:20:00.000-07:002008-10-25T13:20:00.000-07:00I did the same thing!!! but I turned around and so...I did the same thing!!! but I turned around and sold it on craigs list and am starting all over again! so pleased that I managed to sell it because turns out it was so inappropriate for the wedding style...by the way your dress does look beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-30823007226768129982008-10-24T21:04:00.000-07:002008-10-24T21:04:00.000-07:00I also went from the $500 budget to the $1000 when...I also went from the $500 budget to the $1000 when my nearest and dearest nixed the tea length idea. But I laughed out loud at the real experience of wedding dress shopping. Showing strange women your boobs! so, so true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-27631068562262331302008-10-24T09:27:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:27:00.000-07:00oh...it's just beautiful. i know you cringe when y...oh...it's just beautiful. i know you cringe when you think of the price tag..but think of it this way...there will NEVER be another good enough reason for you to spend $1000 on a dress for yourself. ever. you are going to be absolutely breathtaking. i am so excited to see pics of you in that dress with a smile wider than the ocean. it will all be worth it in the end...and who knows...maybe you will actually want to .. keep .. the dress!! wouldn't that be fabulous?PixieGrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06436423949613284794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-7760330262502781412008-10-24T09:26:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:26:00.000-07:00By the way, I just want to let you know that you w...By the way, I just want to let you know that you will have regrets all over the place during the planning process. Sometimes I look back and said, "Man, I really wish we had ----". You really don't want to do that to yourself, so keep doing your zen thing.blind irish piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781314774264492284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-74370189161289255042008-10-24T09:24:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:24:00.000-07:00That is a very, very awesome dress.That is a very, very awesome dress.blind irish piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781314774264492284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-79884434402913789912008-10-24T09:05:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:05:00.000-07:00Its lovely! I just wanted to let you know I fell i...Its lovely! I just wanted to let you know I fell into the trap too! I went to one sample sale and bought the one and only dress I tried on... however I was very lucky and it was very cheap (for a wedding dress) and totally within my budget, but I understand the shock/shame that comes afterward even though like I said mine was totally reasonable! I didn't tell anyone for weeks thinking they would judge me for the rash behavior but here is my confession...I bought the first wedding dress I tried on!!! Phew, I feel better... <BR/><BR/>Your gonna look beautiful so don't feel bad about the trap ... it gets the best of us.Bridechkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939935590766216936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-3280056889915661572008-10-24T08:39:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:39:00.000-07:00Dont be so hard on yourself!! You got THE DRESS on...Dont be so hard on yourself!! You got THE DRESS on SALE! That is all that matters. :) Budget can be all about perception. If you think of this dress as a GIFT to yourself, where you used your own savings... then it didnt take away 10% of your budget. :) <BR/>ps. if you tried to find a $500 dress that you loved enough to become THE DRESS, you would have killed yourself. Not that it cant be done but that is a seriously time consuming pain in the @$$ challenge! So what you would have saved in money you would have lost in time. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-29870325661096497582008-10-24T08:06:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:06:00.000-07:00I feel you. seriously. I did the SAME THING. Bu...I feel you. seriously. I did the SAME THING. But you can't take it back and it is loverly, so best to just put it out of your mind and move forward. good for you to admitting it was a newbie thing (don't call it a m______) and bringing it to other brides' attention.<BR/><BR/>and don't look at any wedding dresses until you get married. it will cause anxiety.<BR/><BR/>my sister was a two-dress bride and i should have known better, but i went to the kleinfeld's sample sale innocently enough. not. so. innocent.deeds102https://www.blogger.com/profile/12626429814525648039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-79534630228386662252008-10-24T06:46:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:46:00.000-07:00I've been lurking for a while and felt the need to...I've been lurking for a while and felt the need to comment on this hilarious post! Having just gotten engaged I appreciate your newbie adivce :) I totally would have been "that person" at the sample sale. I, too have a small dress budget (am hoping to remake my mom's dress, fingers crossed) but I must say that your gown is goooorgeous. It also made me laugh when on the website your gown is listed as only one "$" which translates to $1,600 to $2,400. Its freaking highway robbery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-51920171519680077922008-10-24T06:31:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:31:00.000-07:00That dress is amazing! Even if you spent more tha...That dress is amazing! Even if you spent more than you wanted to, it will be worth it on your wedding day when you put it on and feel beautiful in it!Brooke Manesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861494635775785680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-12565465482789788972008-10-24T06:24:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:24:00.000-07:00Don't stress out. What's done is done, and you ar...Don't stress out. What's done is done, and you are going to look fabulous in that dress! It's really beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Hope your fiance falls over when he sees you in it!Kelley at My Island Weddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383785550529758430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-57142731866463693772008-10-24T05:45:00.000-07:002008-10-24T05:45:00.000-07:00You only get one dress, just one. $1000 is not bad...You only get one dress, just one. $1000 is not bad at all for a wedding dress. And you'll probably be able to sell it after, so really it's not so bad.<BR/><BR/>Everyone spends more on something than they intended to at some point in their lives. For me, it was my mattress.<BR/><BR/>It was the day we moved into our apartment and we had no bed. After hours of lifting and putting stuff into the apartment, we went out in search of something to sleep on. Sleepys was the cloest. Somehow, in my exhausted state, I let my FH with a back problem and the salesman talk me into buying a $2000 mattress and bed frame. $2000. I wanted to spend at most $1000. We had fights for a year over that stupid mattress until finally I decided I was being a baby about it, but I still regret spending that much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-81410594974535910032008-10-24T01:48:00.000-07:002008-10-24T01:48:00.000-07:00Firstly, Greta is beautiful. I love her and she's ...Firstly, Greta is beautiful. I love her and she's just the kind of thing I would have gone for...<BR/><BR/>Secondly... actually you just inspired me to write a post, so I'll shut up here. More over at my place... when I have time!Cate Subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371172824707301749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-32308049430283829712008-10-23T21:14:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:14:00.000-07:00It's beautiful! You didn't get robbed. You'll love...It's beautiful! You didn't get robbed. You'll love it. And yes, you can sell it. (I sold my Lisette J Crew dress for the same amount I bought it for - after I wore it!)catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806422700967856872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906032051076130258.post-47139270543336109182008-10-23T20:13:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:13:00.000-07:00Aw, it's so pretty! I'm sorry you feel you robbed ...Aw, it's so pretty! I'm sorry you feel you robbed yourself, but at least you have a gorgeous dress to show for it :) <BR/><BR/>And seriously... I thought the same things you thought re: wedding dress sample sale. Thanks for shedding some light.just a california girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940367052792409535noreply@blogger.com