trying to do a wedding on the cheap

as we make decisions on the little details of the wedding, we've agreed that once we both are on board, the info goes in a wedding folder and that's the end of that decision.  online shopping has made so much easier and accessible.  and then you think you need gobs of stuff, the lists are crazy.  i realized quickly that i was not going to be able to do an economical wedding and have all the cute stuff too.  but we picked invitations and will be getting those with envelopes and little note cards and all that stuff for about $120.  that's a deal.  and the reception venue on had white tablecloths available.  i don't want white.  the color is purple, i want purple.  so i found throw away purple round tablecloths for a better price than renting them.  and i found really nice paper napkins, cute intertwined hearts with our names and the date, with little desserts plates for the cake, all for about $50.  i've given up the beautiful wedding dress and am going to wear a purple ball gown and carry white flowers.  it'll be beautiful.  the floral centerpieces are being put together by moi and some friends.  ok, i did promise liquor for the volunteers.  should be fun.  i'm planning on ordering 10 dozen purple carnations from a wholesale floral place and am having safeway do the bouquets.  it's all saving a tidy sum of money.  i'm selling all the stuff i don't need any more to help pay for the wedding and find it most therapeutic to clean lots of old stuff out.  kinda making room for a new life.  i like that idea.