After being engaged since June of 2008, my fiance and I have finally set a date. I have until March to plan the most beautiful wedding and biggest party this little town has ever seen, on the most limited budget ever, ever! To elaborate on how limited said budget is, hubby was laid off from his job at our town's enormous plant (which used to employ over half of the families in the town), and I am working part-time at a nail salon while attending college. We sat down a couple of nights ago and decided what we could do without in order to make this wedding perfect.
Me: "Honey, do you really NEED so many channels on the t.v.?"
Him: "Sweetie, do you really NEED weekly pedicures?"
Me: "Pooky, does the air conditioner really NEED to stay at 65 during the day when noone is home?"
Him: "Darlin', do I NEED to take away your credit cards?"
After about half an hour of going back and forth like this, finding all the ways that the other loves to spend money unnecessarily, we were able to come up with several compromises that will save us a significant amount of money. This isn't so hard - it's kind of like being a grown-up.
We were doing absolutely super until last Sunday, when my car broke down in the middle of the highway an hour and a half away from home. Of course, something expensive and important would happen when we were behaving so well, restraining ourselves from all our compulsive spending. So...we're back to where we started. Money doesn't buy happiness, but that's hard to believe when "ya ain't got none." At least we're still young and beautiful and in love, right?
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