Wedding Budget Tips

With less than a week to my wedding, I've been compulsively checking my wedding spreadsheets to make sure we're on track. We're actually under budget! I've been going on a lot of wedding forums and I feel like so many couples go needlessly over budget. Sometimes you can't avoid it, but at least you can reduce the amount you'll be over budget.

Here are my top wedding budget tips:

Wedding Update: Wedding Dress Shopping

After hemming and hawing about dress shopping I finally bought my wedding dress yesterday. There's only about 8 months until our wedding and, according to some bridal stores, I'm cutting it pretty close purchasing the dress only now. I didn't really know what kind of dress I wanted at first and my initial appointment decisions were heavily influenced by the bridal styles I was seeing on Instagram, which was a such a big mistake! My first appointment was at a boutique bridal store in Vancouver and while the customer service was stellar and the dresses were beautiful, they only had 3 dresses that fit my budget and none of the dresses really fit my body type. I ended up cancelling an appointment at a similar boutique bridal shop. I went to a few more traditional bridal stores and finally found my dress at the last store I visited. Beyond what I think are the two most important rules of not trying on dresses outside of your budget and giving yourself enough time, here are a couple more tips that helped me finalize my dress decision.

Aritzia Clientele

*UPDATED*

It's time again for the annual Aritzia summer sale! I think it's insane that I've been shopping at Aritzia for over 10 years and what's even crazier is that this is probably my 8th year being invited to the private sale. I haven't even been buying much stuff there over the last few years, but I think they know they can really hook me into buying stuff I don't need if they invite me to the private sale haha