Q: These costs are adding up quickly so I want to cut to the chase in terms of spending. Do I have to have a wedding program? Is it rude not to? This is a small wedding and I don’t even know what I’d write in a program.
A: Nope, it’s not rude at all. Nor [...]

Q: I was thinking of having a pot luck wedding reception. Would it be ok to put that on my wedding invites? Heck, is it even ok to have a pot luck reception?
A: Well, that’s tricky. If you are just having more of a “celebration gathering” than a reception then I don’t see anything wrong [...]

If you were reading back when I was planning my wedding you’d know that wedding favors were the last thing on my mind. I wasn’t trying to be cheap, I just didn’t think it was important.Later on, I started to get a little cheap, though I prefer the phrase, financially conscious about a one day [...]