Posted by Heidi on July 23rd, 2008 in travel, wedding
Matt and I are in the process of making plans for our honeymoon. We’re each taking the week immediately after the wedding off of work so that we can do some kind of fun trip state-side (we’re thinking about a take bigger, all-inclusive type of vacation in February 2009 if we can find a good […]
Posted by Heidi on July 21st, 2008 in marriage, wedding
Between my good friend’s wedding in August and my own pending nuptuals in October, it’s all weddings all of the time at my house.
Matt and I started our wedding registry last weekend, and it went pretty well. The whole day was almost entirely without incident until it was time to select the flatware. Matt wanted to register for […]
Posted by Heidi on July 14th, 2008 in saving, track expenses, wedding
I mentioned last week that a friend is allowing her bridesmaids to select their own dresses for her August wedding. There are 7 or 8 little black dresses hanging in my spare bedroom, but I don’t love any of them. Two of them are ok - I’m keeping at least one for work, but I’ll […]
Posted by Heidi on July 7th, 2008 in wedding
This is the fourth article in my series: BankerGirl Plans a Wedding - a honest account of my wedding decisions and related expenses as they occur. New readers can click here to start the series from the beginning.
Few wedding-related topics get a woman a fired up as a discussion about bridesmaids’ dresses. They are typically expensive, unflattering, and […]
Posted by Heidi on June 27th, 2008 in About BankerGirl, food, wedding
My fiancé is enjoying a bachelor party “fishing” trip this weekend (fishing is in quotes because I am pretty sure he didn’t pack a fishing pole). Right about now I imagine he is drinking homebrew and smoking cigars while sitting around the campfire with his closest friends. That’s his version of heaven and I couldn’t […]
Posted by Heidi on May 14th, 2008 in wedding
As a future bride, I found this AP article on msnbc.com to be of great interest. Not because of what it says about the economy, (looks like we’re experiencing more than just a period of “economic tightening” if even recession-proof industries are feeling the effects), but what it says about the costs of an “average” […]
Posted by Heidi on May 5th, 2008 in wedding
This is the third article in my series: BankerGirl Plans a Wedding - a honest account of my wedding decisions and related expenses as they occur. New readers can click here to start the series from the beginning.
Today I had hoped to publish a post celebrating the fact that we finally confirmed a wedding caterer.
This is […]
Posted by Heidi on March 24th, 2008 in wedding, weight loss
This is the second article in my series: BankerGirl Plans a Wedding - an honest account of my wedding decisions and the related expenses as they occur. You can find the first article of the series here.
My partner and I were engaged a year ago today. When people ask me how the wedding plans are […]
Posted by Heidi on March 12th, 2008 in saving, taxes, wedding
Five years ago, I was a personal banker at a regional bank, making about $28,000 per year. According to my historical financial records (I have been tracking my income, savings, and spending in Excel since 2000), I had about $3000 in savings at that time. When I wasn’t making much money, I seldom used credit […]
Posted by Heidi on March 10th, 2008 in frugal, household spending, wedding
This is the first article in my series BankerGirl Plans a Wedding - an honest account of my wedding decisions and the related expenses as they occur.
My fiancé and I are going to spend entirely too much on our wedding, and I have a lot of guilt about it. I haven’t written about my wedding budget […]