Money money money money.... money!

Well I had the talk with my Dad this weekend about the budget. When I called a couple weeks ago to inform him of my engagement, he volunteered to help pay for the wedding. To which I personally say, thank goodness. I'm not quite as established as I would have wished to be at this point in my life, and the help is very much appreciated. At any rate, in order to set my budget, I had to get a number from him, which is always an awkward conversation. I love my Dad, but there's always been an undercurrent of tension in my family about money.

Then I had to make another slightly awkward call to my fiance, to report to him what my parents and I could contribute... his family has said to let them know what we need help with and they'd do it. Which is what my Dad had initially said, but you have to have a budget to determine scope. You can set any kind of scope for the wedding (see: "Rich Bride, Poor Bride") but you may not be able to afford the richer wedding.

So right now, the planning is at a standstill until we figure out how much we have to spend and where it'll be, which affects the sum total by a lot. (We've got one particular place in mind that would be so cool, but it's way pricier than any other alternative I've looked at so far. We're currently using inside contacts to see if we could negotiate on price a smidge.)

And personally? I like not doing any planning. I always do this - I get all excited about something and run around like a dog chasing its tail until I get tired. I think from here on out I'll be much calmer about the whole thing, haha. Well, at least until a month or so from the wedding date. Oh, but I do have my dress! Which deserves a post of its own, so... to be continued...