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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]