When DH and I renew our vows...

SWBs Wifey

We're going to have a Platinum Wedding.  No idea where the money will come from, but I'd really love to just get what I want and not care what the price tag is (although I don't think I could really do that).  It would be super green, of course... just... no holds barred.

Hippinski

LOL.  I so couldn't do it...it's just not in my nature.

But then again I did a sit down prime rib dinner for 225 on a $10K budget.  It was a lot of work but it was worth it.

SWBs Wifey

I hd ZERO help planning and prepping... just some monetary help from Dad.  My mom died when I was 19, ther ewas no step mom in the picture yet.  And MIL has 3 girls older than DH- she was SO OVER the wedding thing.  We spent about $13k for $120 people... but I cut a lot of corners.  Our biggest "splurges" were the chair covers ($600) and the open bar (almost $3k).  I had too much my hand and didn't think it was "perfect" enough... Gorgeous... and fun... but not exactly what I envisioned....

His(1&only)wife

When we renew our vows I'm going to wear the skinny mermaid style dress I really wanted!  My mom refused to pay for it because "You always wanted a poufy princess dress growing up" so I ended up with a full skirt and train with a dropped waist (at least hte top was fitted). 

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We totally didn't have the wedding we wanted - it progressively got more fancy and more formal and more typical.  Everyone says it was beautiful... all I remember is how nasty my shellaced hair was.

When we renew our vows, we will put folding chairs in our front yard and use our front step as the altar and I will walk down the front path toward the door.  We will have karaoke and all sorts of fabulous grilled foods and lots of strings of lights in the backyard and I will wear something slinky with a big flower or something behind one ear.

We wanted vows on the Chesapeake Bay at sunset, guys is white shirts and khakis, groom in a black blazer with the same.  I would be in a white satin strapless gown that was free of adornments, hair down a la Jennifer Anniston.  Girls in orange tea-length dresses.  Flowers the colors of the sunset.  Girls in whatever hair and jewelery and shoes they wanted.  A good friend to be our minister, our dog as the ring bearer and a crab feast for the reception.  We got married at an historic mansion, guys in tuxes, girls in full length taupe silk, my dress had Swarvoski crystals on it and my hair was shellaced into a French twist.  Ah well, at least I got the orange invitations I always wanted and the groom I dreamed of for over a decade!

proudarmywife08

I loved our wedding, low key just like we are...but when we renew our vows its going to be the wedding I always wanted. On the beach...in Maui...with our kids (well I didn't envision our kids at our wedding, but you kwim). No other family or whatever either, they bring too much drama. In fact, we probably won't tell them until after we do it :P And I'm sure we'll celebrate it up fancy style like we like in Maui (Four Seasons, etc...we're addicted since our honeymoon). Plus treating ourselves once every five years makes is super special.

Joes_love

our renewal will be on a beach somewhere.  with me in a skinny pretty dress...if i ever get skinny and pretty :-P

but, i loved my wedding.  we were married in my parents front yard and had our reception in their back yard.  55 people, just the right size for me.

crackerjackprinter

We already renewed our vows (our 1st anniversary since we eloped) and it was so hard, I don't know how people do that with the added pressure of not already being married!  I don't even for sure know it was worth it!  But I already had a dress to use (my G-ma had bought it for me but I didn't think it made sense to use it in a courthouse wedding) so we made it look more like a real wedding.  I actually ended up thinking it was weird to do it that way.  But it was a great party and we did the whole thing for about $6000. 

So yeah, I'm never doing that again...maybe on our 50th anniversary so I have enough time to forget it and my kids are old enough to do everything for me!

kelbrian

Ugh, I would never want the stress of that. Our wedding was so low key, and I just can't imagine having anything larger. It was so laid back and fun. People still talk about what a great time they had. If we renew our vows, we'll do something very similar to what we had at our wedding.

Under 5K. Married in a renovated barn with solar lights pretty much in the woods. Lots of 'picnic' type foods all prepared by my mom, sister, and grandmother, a lot of booze, a lot of laughter. 

It was so great.  I would go with a different dress because I think I just looked awful in it and it was nearly 100 degrees and way too hot to be wearing such a heavy dress, but oh well. 

Lady Galadriel

Our wedding was 3K including the wedding, reception, and honeymoon. We paid for everything. DH wore jeans along with all the guys in the wedding. My matron of honor wore sandals (and socks).

I already told dh I want a redo at our 10yr.