Why cant I have that!? Grand Wedding on a budget.

Are you a bride to be? Do you obsessively Pin all Indian wedding pictures on Pinterest? Are you jealous or sad when you see something you REALLY want but is out of your budget?? If yes then this post is for you.

I am sure we have all been to weddings or seen pictures of the ones that we wished were ours......come on even if you had your dream wedding there is always that one wedding or the one event or that one thing that you wish you had, or wish you had the budget for.

Fear not my friends we are Indians, the Kings and Queens of Jugaad!

The Indian Bride and the Budget

So your a typical Indian Bride researching online about planning a wedding on a limited budget.

Here is what you get :

1. Cut down on your guest list (I cant do that , mom and dad will kill me if I don't call Rakesh Tauji's 2nd cousin once removed...hmm maybe I can make the invitation accidentally get lost... )

2. Marry Off-season (are you serious?! and every time anything goes wrong between the two of us everyone will be like "galat time pay shaadi ki thi na is liye", too much superstition attached! plus summers too hot, winters too cold, and rainy season is too rainy...the pre-decided pundit dates actually fall into the correct season)

3. DIY, make your own center pieces (for 300+ guest, ya right)

4. Instead of invites, send emails, better still make a wedding website! (yes and when the cousin dadi living at  Jhunjunu finds out your married and you didn't call her, its sure to be an epic family war)

5. Have lesser function (this is probably the only one that makes sense!)

So what do you REALLY do?!