Two Cents

Wedding costs unveiled: Did we get ripped off?


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It’s our wedding anniversary! 💍🥰


To celebrate, we’re finally answering your burning questions about our wedding, and giving you the backstory behind all our financial decisions on our special day.


Tune in to hear why people thought we got ripped off by our photographer, what we regretted spending on, how we cut costs on our favorite things, and what we have to say to the haters. ☕️


If you’re married, how much did you spend on your wedding? Let us know in our community poll!


And if you liked this episode, we’d appreciate if you gave us a follow and a review! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send us an email at [email protected]. Thanks! 💚


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Links to all our wedding vendors:

Photography: Nicole Simensky

Dress: Lulu’s

Suit: Men’s Wearhouse

Venues: Gravelly Point, Spider Kelly’s

Macaron Tower: Sweets By Caroline

Bouquet: Etsy

Temporary tattoos: Etsy


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Edited by ⁠⁠⁠Amanda Deisler⁠⁠⁠

Graphics by ⁠⁠⁠Nhu Nguyen


Episode breakdown:

0:00 Intro

1:31 Wedding cost breakdown

2:31 Our newest hire: DREA!

3:13 What about our household and housing budget?

4:08 What’s the average cost of a wedding in the US?

5:00 Our total wedding budget

5:38 What cost $0?

7:50 Did we get ripped off by our photographer?

9:35 How long were we engaged?

12:15 How many people did we invite?

12:40 Our highest cost

15:07 “We didn’t get any help…”

15:30 Answering your questions

16:40 Addressing the racist comments we received

18:27 Why were there no black people at the wedding?

20:42 Why was Hannah’s wedding dress so cheap?

22:02 Why were people outraged about James’ suit?

23:32 Textbook financial sexism

25:44 Hannah’s bouquet fooled everyone

27:02 What did we regret spending on?

28:40 What was worth spending on?

29:40 How we brought our pets to the wedding

30:36 Cheap and fun additions we loved

32:21 Why didn’t we do a destination wedding?

33:01 Final thoughts and takeaways


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