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 […]