My Top Ten Penny Saving Tips in Five Days (5/5)

Whew that was a rush. LOL Blogging for 5 days straight. Here are my last two tips.

9. Stick With What You Like: Although you may experiment with some things to find out what you like, there is nothing more wasteful than to buy a bunch of flowers and find out you absolutely hate them. If you didn't like pink before nine times out of ten you won't like pink for your wedding day. Know what you like and go with it. Your family, although well intentioned, will try to get you to check out other stuff. That's cool if you end up liking some of their suggestions, but if you don't like it, don't buy it. It will save you lots of headaches and lots of money. Especially your dress. If you didn't feel that emotional attachment to your dress when you purchased it, please don't think that it will grow on you. Buy the dress you love. Speaking of dresses, shop during the off seasons. Sales galore.

10. Ask You Family For Help: I know this may seem simple and often times annoying, but really your family wants to help you with stuff. Even if you aren't fortunate to have parents who saved up a ton of money for your wedding day, I'm sure they would be willing to help with something. Don't be all bridezilla and demand that your family take some of the financial responsibility, but see what they are willing and able to do. Hey you may be surprised to find out that Aunt Rosie is a good DJ and she wants to help you out. Or that your Uncle owns a nursery and wants to furnish the whole wedding with flowers from his nursery. Now 9 and 10 go hand in hand because a lot of times, when other people decide to help you out, they want some say in how things go. Just let them know in the nicest way possible that you don't like something and leave it alone. All in all, the more people help, the more money you save.

The point of a wedding is to enjoy the beginning of a new life, not to have tons of debt because of it. I hope this helped you. The great thing is that you can use a lot of these tips to just save money in general. Have a great Saturday everyone. Save those pennies.