Wedding planning and my new thrift store find

I have a very sweet sister/friend (she is more of a sister than a friend) who is getting married. She is "that" girl. The one that all the boys fall in love with, want to marry, or are just content to stand in her presents drinking in the perfection that is...well, her.

She has the beauty of an exotic supermodel. She's about has high maintenance as a Maytag washer and dryer (remember the commercials? The repair guy with nothing to do?) She has high moral standards, loves the Lord with her whole heart, has a genuine kindness that you don't find much these days, and, well, you guessed it....I hate her.

Jusssst kidding! I love her with my whole heart. I just wish that she would get an enormous zit on her forehead every once in a while. Is that so wrong??

I have the pleasure of planning this beauty's wedding, and I cant tell you how excited I am! This is my thing! I love decorating, planning, making phone calls, finding good deals...
because $15,000 to $25,000 for a wedding?!?! Are you serious? We're in a recession, people!! Or we just came out of one, or we're heading towards another one... I'm not sure. Either way, that is an insane amount of money to spend on a party. I'm aware its the most important day of your life and blah blah blah, but that's just nuts! Sorry to anyone who spent that on your wedding. I don't mean to offend. I'm just cheap.

I say, spend the money on your honeymoon! I heard someone say, or read somewhere, cant remember, that "the happiest people spend their money on experiences, not things." I love that.
There are definitely things you want to spend money on when it comes to your big day, such as photography, video, etc., but there are also a lot of ways you can cut costs.
My opinion: don't spend $1,000 plus on a huge cake that everyone is simply going to shove in their face, digest, and then....well, you know. I can honestly say, I don't remember what the cakes looked like, or tasted like at the last 2 weddings I went to. Sorry if you're reading this and you're one of those people. I'm sure it was a beautiful cake!

I have planned my share of weddings, two to be exact, and managed to keep the budget below $8,000. My plan is to do it again. Now if I could only get the wedding venue coordinators to stop hanging up on me.

I'm excited to share this project with you over the next 2 months!
Did I mention we're doing this in 2 months?

And now for my new sweater! You may be asking yourselves "what does this have to do with your post?" to which I would say, "nothing, but I didn't have pictures that related to this post, so why not make it a partial outfit post to show off my latest Goodwill find!" Next you might ask, "why is she wearing that thing in the middle of summer in Arizona?" Well, I had a rehearsal and they keep the sanctuary at a comfy 28 degrees, it seems. Hooray for a reason to wear my new sweater!

Anymore questions?

And that's enough of that! It was 107 degrees when we took these!

I'm an idiot.

 

Sweater: Thrifted

Tank: H&M

Cutoff shorts: Thrifted

Belt: Old

 

Happy Monday!!

 

~Mimzi~