Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wedding Picnic Menu (For 23 guests including us)

From a really really awesome Italian market that specializes in freakin awesome cheese:

Cheese platter: A selection of our most popular imported cheeses with pepperoni and sopressatta, accompanied by dried & fresh fruits, nuts and one of our famous cheese spreads. All trays include sliced bread & cracker assortment.
Medium $99.99

Signature Bites: An assortment of 5 different petite artisan sandwich rolls presented with Turkey & brie, roast beef & Swiss, tuna salad, tomato & mozzarella, and Italian meat & cheeses “Taste the art of sandwich making” $6.99 per person * 23 people = $161.00

Crudité Platter: Fresh garden vegetables with pesto aioli Medium $54.99

Fresh Fruit Platter: Served with caramel mascarpone fondue Medium $59.99

Chocolate Ganache: A very rich chocolate cake layered And iced with rich chocolate ganache, decorated with delicate Chocolate curls: $25

Strawberry Shortcake: Light Italian cake layered with a blend of real whipped cream and succulent strawberries. Smothered with dollops of real fresh whipped cream and topped with fresh choice strawberries: $25

Total: $426 + $50 delivery and set up fee + taxes (not sure yet) + $100 tip (you still tip 15-20% when there is a delivery fee, right? I mean they have to drive 40 minutes to get there...): ~$600

Total spent on wedding so far (including venue, dress, veil and food): $800

Still need to purchase: White Gold Rings ($600?), Photographer friend(??), Wedding License ($80), Candles($20?), More thrift store plates($20?), cups/drinks($30?), shoes($75?), clothes for B($100?), stamp + cards + stamps + envelopes for the invitations($30?).

Ok maybe my idea of keeping the wedding under $1000 was a little silly, but I bet I can still keep it under $2000!

11 comments:

  1. AE, here's a great l;ink to explain the wedding caterer tipping policy: http://www.hudsonvalleyweddings.com/guide/tipping.htm

    Looks like you should check your contract for language like "service fee" if so...it's already been added to your bill. If not, gives you a percentage (18%i think it was)

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  2. WHy not a pot luck picnic?

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  3. anon- we thought about that, but the vast majority of our guests are going to be traveling 2 hours or more to be at the wedding (at least a third of our guests are going to be flying in and staying at hotels), so we didn't think it would be fair to ask them to cook too!

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  4. Ok maybe my idea of keeping the wedding under $1000 was a little silly, but I bet I can still keep it under $2000!

    Good for you! I can't believe how much a big wedding costs.

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  5. White gold rings shouldn't cost that much. I think mine (a bit small, I admit) was less than $100. You may still be in range after all.

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  6. moshe- how long ago did you get them? The price of gold is up now... We've been going around to jewelry stores, and $300 seems to be the minimum (the $600 was for two of them).

    If it was recently then where did you get them?

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  7. A white gold ring cost me $A500 here last year. About $US300 a piece makes sense. Moshe must have bought his a long time ago when gold was cheaper.

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  8. I think you just divulged your fiance's name at the end of this post... Just so you know.

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  9. www.e-weddingbands.com has a nice selection of white 14k gold bands for under $200

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  10. Overstock.com has a nice selection of wedding bands.
    http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/Mens-Wedding-Bands/14662/subcat.html

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