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Looking for wedding budgeting tips, real wedding budget breakdowns, wedding budget hacks and advice? We’ve got it all. Also, be sure to snag our wedding budgeting spreadsheet to REALLY get your wedding budget handled.

Your ride-or-die fashion haul store now has REALLY affordable wedding dresses!

Your ride-or-die fashion haul store now has REALLY affordable wedding dresses!

Y’all know we love a good deal on clothing, and T.J. Maxx is one of those places you can count on for a kick-ass fashion haul for work and life (and of course, wedding guest fashion). Huge news, though: they now carry wedding gear(!) including mother of the bride gowns, bridesmaid dresses, and the biggest win… seriously affordable wedding dresses. We’re talking tons under $100.

Our wedding was a financial wake-up call

Our wedding was a financial wake-up call (and our lessons learned!)

After catching up post-wedding and entirely overhauling our finances, I can see all the places we went wrong. Whenever people ask how we knew it was time to restructure our finances, I answer with one thing — our wedding. This one event clarified a world of issues with our financial well-being, or lack thereof. And so, in addition to the standard simplifying and DIY projects that helped me through the process, here is some invaluable advice with which we walked away…

hidden wedding costs that can blow your wallet

13 hidden wedding costs that can blow your wallet

Wedding budgets are the necessary evil of an already fraught-with-drama time in your life. There are all kinds of things that’ll balloon your wedding budget from necessary undies to last-minute tailoring to extra guests showing up. The best defense is a good offense by knowing what hidden wedding costs may sneak in and how to be ready for them.

Also, we have a quick one-question wedding budget survey that will help us craft editorial with you in mind!

Gifts, loans, and student debt: wedding budget advice

Gifts, loans, and student debt: the importance of being clear about money

Ariel was recently quoted in an “Ask Brianna” article over here. The issue was how can someone pay for a wedding while they’re really trying to pay down their student loans at the same time. It’s a sticky issue with the hugely rising costs of college AND weddings.

Here’s what Ariel had to say about communication regarding financing with your family.