Tips to save for your wedding

Are you having trouble saving for your dream wedding during this cost of living crisis, while Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits increase every year? Side note: Did you know the price of cocoa powder has more than doubled in the past year?

Here are some (serious and joking) tips to help put aside a bit extra to make your big day everything you deserve:

Stop buying toilet paper. Steal it from work like you did in 2020.

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Stop drinking alcohol until the big day (unless someone else is paying). You liver will thank you too!

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Accept that you’re not going to be able to afford a house in the next ten years. Put your house deposit towards the wedding.

Delete the UberEats app and learn to cook!

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Share streaming services with your friends and family or find some new favourite shows on SBS and iview.

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Don’t buy an Apple Watch. You don’t need to know how many steps you’ve done everyday.

Cancel that gym membership you’re not using.

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Only camping holidays until your wedding.

Stop shopping at Second Ave IGA andThe Boatshed market.

Stop buying berries, fancy cheese, iceberg lettuce, anything organic, coconut oil and maple syrup.

Get a FIFO job.

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Make friends with a plumber, car mechanic, electrician and hairdresser.

And if all else fails you can either:
a) break up
b) say you’re not going to get married until Leo dates someone his own age!

That’s all for now. Like and subscribe for more hot tips.

Hannah Brockway