Thank you all so much for your participation in last week’s Money Saving Monday contest.  Now that commenting is closed, it’s time to take a vote.  I took the liberty of paraphrasing some of the comments  Choose your favorite and vote in the comments section by writing the name of the commenter that you believe had the best money saving tip.  Voting will be closed on Sunday October 4th at midnight and a winner will be declared by popular vote next Monday evening.  Only one vote per IP address please.

Reduce the size of your guest list – Oleg 

Go to Vegas – Cathy  

Stick to the basics – bride, groom, great photographer – Ginger 

Re-use bridesmaids’ bouquet flowers for center pieces at the reception – Taylor 

Get married on a Friday or Sunday and have a smaller “fancy” cake with sheet cakes in the back for serving – Melanie

Repurpose things from the weddings of friends or family members and consider silk flowers – Allie 

If getting married in a church utilize their existing décor, don’t bother with matching shoes for the bridesmaids, and have a buffet reception – Vikki 

Have a weekday destination wedding to cut costs on vendors and the guest list – Louisa 

Consider a dessert reception – Mary 

Use a photographer who offers a digital package – Michele 

Skip the cocktail hour – K8 

Do a destination wedding with a honeymoon registry in lieu of gifts – Kitty 

Find a creative way to have someone else foot the bill – there are lots of wedding reality shows, etc. – Joey  

Skip the whole wedding thing and elope….but you can still hire a great photographer to document the elopement  - David

Now go tell all your friends to vote  May the best tip win!!

P.S. Because every post is better with a pic, here’s what I was working on earlier tonight…