ARODsgirl13 wrote:
To the people that have answered, I'm curious to know what area you live in that your budgets are able to be so small.

I'm in Jersey and there is no way I'd even get catering for $1,000 for a birthday party let alone fund a whole wedding...


Central Indiana. We did everything ourselves.  Catering, entertainment, decorations and even the flowers (aunt owns a flower shop) were all done by us.  The only thing I would have changed was to hire an actual photographer.  We had my husband's uncle take pics and they weren't that great.  Other than that everything was great.  We got married in a park for free and the reception was at building that my husband's grandfather own.