Budget Lace Flats

 

 Photo courtesy of Mother Of The Bride

Looking for some budget priced lace flats? Do you love these high end flats but don't have the budget for them? I do too, but I see no reason to pay major money for a pair of white flats with some lace added. These shoes (by Jimmy Choo) are perfect for a bride who wants to wear flats but with a little work you can transform inexpensive white flats into still pretty AND affordable shoes, for the bride, a flower girl or for little girls who are celebrating their First Communion. 

Pick up some inexpensive flats at Payless or other lower end shoes store and glue your favorite lace to the shoes. Be sure you don't buy shoes with a dark bottom. If you are a bride you can probably match the lace on your dress and order some when you order your wedding gown if you want everything to match perfectly. 

I love these romantic looking flats. They have pretty lace but are still affordable if you add the lace to a simple pair of plain white flats. As a woman who loves saving money, I give these five stars!

Budgets! Easy Aids You Can Take With You

Having a hard time saving for your wedding or honeymoon? Here are a couple of web sites to help you out.



Video courtesy of Mint.com and YouTube

Mint.com from Intuit Inc helps you track every penny you spend (as well as every penny coming in.) It will let you track if it's a check, cash or credit card purchase. Overspending because you are using you credit card too much? Learn to leave the card at home. Awareness of your spending habits (especially the bad ones) can help you save as much money as a weekly savings plan.

Mint.com lets you set up the app on your smart phone and track your cash flow. But the key to any of these apps is the data is only helpful if you are dedicated to entering each expense (including that burger at McD's or that latte that you swore to give up!) The tablet version of the app has graphs to show you where you've been spending your cash.

Intuit's Mint.com can also alert you by email or text (your choice) to remind you when bills are due or when your bank balance is low. Best of all, because the app is owned by the same folks who own TurboTax, the app is set up to integrate your info with their tax program come tax season.


EEBA Budget Aid from YouTube

If you grew up with parents who set aside cash in separate envelopes for each expense as a way to budget Easy Envelope Budget Aid from Dayspring Technologies may be for you. Like your mom's or grandmom's way of budgeting, Easy Envelope Budget Aid lets you separate money to help control your spending as a way to help discipline your spending habits. The app lets you set up envelopes for each bill or expense and each expense gets tagged as a withdrawal from it's envelope. Couples can register together and sync transactions between two mobile devices and a website as a way to budget together.

Hope these help you budget for your wedding! Everyone has their own system that works best for them.

Win Tickets For Catch Me If You Can

 

Win tickets for the Tuesday night performance of Catch Me If You Can in Philadelphia. This toe-tapping Broadway musical will be at the Academy of Music Tuesday, January 15 - Sunday, January 20.

 

I know you're busy wedding planning and saving money is key, so free tickets are just the thing for the busy bride to be and her fiance. You need to take some time away from wedding planning and a musical is just the thing to get your mind off budgets and guest lists.  Come on, it's time for date night!

Catch Me If You Can is a rollicking adventure that follows con man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale Jr. as he uses his charm, imagination, and boyish good looks (and a few million in forged checks) to live the high life posing as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. Not only does he pull off these cons, he falls in love with the girl of  his dreams. Close on Frank's heels is FBI agent Carl Hanratty. Hanratty chases Frank, laugh as he 'just misses' catching up with him multiple times.

This entertaining musical was created by a Tony Award®-winning 'dream team,' book by Terrence McNally (The Full Monty, Ragtime), score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Legally Blonde), and it was directed by Jack O'Brien (Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

Don't miss this chance to win two free tickets to see this big-hearted musical adventure "based on an astonishing real-life story of being young, in love...and in deep, deep trouble!"

To get a chance to have a chance to win two free tickets write a comment below on why you want to win these tickets and who you'd like to take with you if you won. Be sure to provide your email address so I can contact you to let you know you are 'THE WINNER!" One set of free tickets available for the giveaway on this blog.

Other bloggers giving away free tickets (just in case you don't win mine):

Delco Diva

Genesis Moments

Fun Finds For Families

Kitchen Table

Mommy Entourage




**The blogger was provided with free tickets for running this giveaway. This has not effected the content of this blog post and all opinion remains her own.

Lingerie For Your Trousseau Coupon From Buy With Me

Looking for some lingerie for your trousseau? Biatta Intimates and Buy With Me currently have a great deal going for some of the prettiest lingerie around.  If you purchase the coupon you will get $50 worth of lingerie for only $15.  A savings of $35! What more could a bride to be ask for?  Visit Biatta's web site to see the lingerie available now.  The coupon is good until March 12, 2012, but you only have six more days and a few hours to purchase the coupons, so head over to Buy With Me and get your coupon before they run out!