<prompt> Human: Our wedding is in Jan 2016. We are a couple in our 20s and work at the same company. Paid off all our loans, and now each of us has a small investment account plus an emergency fund. Heres a summary of our savings We want to keep emergency fund intact, and that brings our wedding budget to just about 10K. However current cost estimate stands at 16550... Can you help me cut this down to 10K? Here is the budget: Venue 2000 Dress 800 Alterations and accessories:500 Grooms outfit rental: 500 Save the date with postage: 50 HairMakeup: 700 MusicDJ: 1000 Reception Decor: 500 Catering for 150: 5000 Drink: 1000 Invitation: 200 Rings: 500 Photography: 1500 Marriage License: 200 Bouquets: 500 Hotel Room: 500 for 3 nights Tips: 300 Gifts: 500 Insurance: 300Even if I include the emergency fund, our entire savings is less than 16550. Id never want to dip into the emergency savings, let alone our 401Ks for just a party. How would you have a nice, memorable wedding at 10K?  <response>: You might get some ideas from: rweddingplanning rWeddingsunder10k There is also rbudgetweddings and rFrugalWedding, but those 2 are very small subs. 