by Hope
The bridal shower is complete and here’s what I spent in total:
| Description | Cost |
|---|---|
| Venue | $250 |
| Photographer | $150 |
| Flowers | $196 |
| Food/Drinks | $217 |
| Games/Prizes | $145 |
| Invitations | $33 |
| Travel | $88 |
| Total | $1,079 |
And here’s what I learned:
- Lots of people, evidently, have no notion of RSVP. And even more, have no clue that when they say they are planning to attend, people count on that and spend money as a result.
- People pay no attention to the invitation you send out ie you will get texts just as your event starting with people asking for the address. And you will get calls 1/2 through the event with people asking why you are not at X$%? location…1/2 an hour away from the location listed on the invite.
- When you are doing some like this long distance, it’s going to cost more because you will have to buy things you would typically be able to grab from your house unless you plan in advance and can tote those things with you across the country.
And so much more.
You can probably infer some of the challenges based on those 3 bullet points alone. We sent out 30 invitations. Only 3 RSVP’d.
When we texted the bridesmaids…several said, what does RSVP mean? Thankfully, all the bridesmaids did show and stay for the entire event.
Multiple people communicated to Beauty that they would be coming…none of them did. We planned for about 20. We had 10. (2 that hadn’t RSVP’d and 1 that hadn’t been invited.) It was a blast.
But we had too much…too much food, too much alcohol, too many prizes for games. I’m glad we did it. I’m glad I went and conquered my nerves. But phew, I’m so glad it’s behind us!
Now the countdown to the wedding.
Beauty and the faux bouquets everyone made as one of the games
