[Los Feliz Slim]

I spent <u>way</u> more than this when I married my wife. Like many things, the amount you spend (or someone spends) on your wedding depends on the amount of disposable income you have (or someone has). For the record, we paid for the wedding ourselves (but accepted a very generous gift from her father that accounted for about 20% of the total cost). We already owned our home, so we weren't blowing a down payment. Basically, it was an awesome party - you would've thought we spent twice what we did. I've had so much to drink at my friends' weddings over the years, I felt a moral obligation to have an open bar. I don't regret it a bit, and wish I had an occassion to do it again.

Congratulations on your impending nuptuals. Life is for living, so enjoy this as much as you can and try not to worry about how much money's being spent, or whether anyone else is having fun. And don't let it become open-mic night in Forest Park - you let drunk friends and relatives take the microphone, disaster will ensue.