The man I love’s mother checked out the place in Burbank online. She called, outraged at the prices. She’s done salmon dinner for 100 in her house in Cincinnati for $1,200! How could we even think about spending that much!
She made a few suggestions: cut our guest list in half, no one needs appetizers, and no open bar. Which as far as I can tell means no friends and no fun. We want to invite 100-120. 50 of those are family.
The man I love was crushed. We had found an acceptable Los Angeles location, and one or two other possibilities, and were feeling like we had done pretty well so far. But she was basically saying we were crazy, and that we shouldn’t think of spending more than $6000. Which in LA covers the rental fee of the cheapest place and—maybe—an app?
I get it; I really do. $10,000+ is a lot of money! It is crazy!
I threw a wedding in our backyard for my first wedding for around $6,000. I know what to do; I know I can do it. But the man I love wants a Wedding, with dinner and dancing. I’d really like to walk down an aisle. And, honestly, for our numbers, our backyard is too small.
So I’m going to put together an under $10,000 wedding proposal for here in LA. And we’ll see what that looks like, and we’ll see if that’s what we want to do.
