Wedding is Breaking the Bank!!?
June 27th, 2010 | 
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My boyfriend’s old college roommate is getting married next month.
It’s a destination wedding, and the dress code is "evening formal"
So.. My boyfriend and I are buying formal clothes ( The bride sent xeroxes of what was acceptable.)
we bought our tickets ( $ 1,600.00 ) and we booked our hotel. ( 0.00 ) And we will be paying for taxis and meals too.
We have already spent SO MUCH money,My BF is in Grad school so money is tight but we have to go. ( My fella is really close to this his friend.)
The bride emailed me and asked us to get into the country a few days earlier than planned.
How can I tell her nicely that we can’t afford much more.
Also, the wedding registry is very expensive! They registered at Tiffany’s and nieman marcus.
I told my BF maybe we could get them something romantic and sweet? like, Cinderella Champagne glasses? or, monogrammed bathrobes? Mr and MRS… ( their last name)
I’ve never been to a wedding before much less a fancy destination wedding.
What is the polite thing to do?
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Tags: bf, champagne glasses, cinderella, college roommate, destination wedding, dress code, fella, few days, formal clothes, grad school, mr and mrs, much money, nieman marcus, taxis, tiffany, wedding registry
I would just respond to the bride that although you would love to come a few days early that you have already made all your arrangements and since money is a little tight you are not able to change the plans.
Sign off with a nice line like "Sorry we can’t come in early but we can’t wait to be there for the wedding."
That is really all you can do at this point.
As for the gift, either give a gift card or get them something not on the registry like what you mentioned above.