on being a budgetzilla

once in a while i'll be on budgetzilla mode (no, it's not a typo)..... i would tell my h2b how with that xx,xxx amount of money we could do another european tour, not just once nor twice but 5 times!  how with that same amount we can already remodel his kitchen & bathroom..... or go for more trips (i always see money in terms of places i could visit)..... i just can't justify spending too much money for a one-day event...... at one point i even suggested we just go to vegas for our civil wedding, lol.... but that would be unfair to his family since not all of them can come to the philippines for our church wedding so we have to have a proper wedding here in the U.S. too, albeit, a very very simple one (i'm thinking buffet restos at cape may, nj).....

anyway.......

while my h2b would salute me for having a perspective on things and that i look at the practical side of things he also told me this:

"you're already 34..... you've waited long enough.... you deserve your dream wedding"

(this is why i love him so.... he understands women stuff, lol)

he also comforts me by telling me we have enough time to save and that we are both lucky to have a very good job...... he would also sometimes  tease me how he's the one who gets excited about wedding "shopping" and requests for unimportant stuff (like the sky lanterns, fancy wedding favors & place card holders, just to name a few) when i should be the one going overboard, lol.......

anyway, so the h2b gave me a blessing not to worry too much about the wedding budget but we still have a budget...... uh, kinda...... we don't really have a fixed amount but we do know where to splurge and where not to..... i wasn't born from a rich family and i know the value of how to spend your hard-earned money wisely..... plus we'll be splitting the cost so the lower the wedding expenses is the lower i'll have to contribute, haha.

on my next blog i would be posting about how we do our wedding vendors shopping and some wedding budget tips.....

photo credits:
wedding-splendor.com
weddingair.com