

I don't understand the process so I can't quite comment on it. There were many purchases and returns in this month from bridal shops. He was a recommendation from a friend whose wedding I had been to. While we were there, I went ahead and bought our wedding bands too. Well, she thought about it and decided she doesn't want the expensive ring. But I decided I wasn't going to cheap out on the ring and got the ring she liked. Financially, I'm doing pretty well but even for me the ring she liked had a steep price tag. $2700 (20%) deposit for the engagement ring. I hope this post will be useful for some of you in some way. I wanted to give you guys a rough list of our expenses to show why weddings are so expensive even when you're trying to control costs. I know there are people who can pull off a wedding for $4K or maybe even for $500. Since it's more or less what I spent, I thought it'd make a good title. I just googled "average wedding cost" which says the average wedding costs $26K. Edit: Just to clarify the title, I don't mean it to come pretentious.
