I’m getting married next month and have been planning my wedding for the past year. Now that the wedding is almost here, I begin to think back on things that I feel were a waste of money. So here is my list not in any order. Luckily, I’ll admit that I spent unnecessary money on only one of these items. 1.Invitations – I do not believe that people should spend $300 to $400 on invitations. It’s a waste of money, nice yet affordable invitations will do just find. Most people are going to throw it away after the wedding anyway, half of them may even lose the invitation before the wedding. The only people that will hold on to the invitation as a keepsake are you and your parents. That’s about it. 2.Personalized Aisle Runners – the cheapest personalized aisle runner is $90 on the high end $150 dollars. Let’s face it; the runner is only down on the floor for everyone to see during the ceremony. Nobody will see it during the reception anyway. You can’t reuse and you can’t even it sell it or give it away. Who wants an aisle runner with someone else name and wedding date on it. It gives the ceremony a nice touch but for $100 or so, I say skip it. 3.Floral Centerpieces for Reception – Real flowers are nice I’ll admit but for the price, you should save the money. Personally, I don’t think anybody is going to care about whether or not you have real flowers on the table. They die anyway and it’s just for decoration. I say chose fake floral arrangements or if you want real flowers, just small centerpieces but do not splurge on flowers. I do believe you should have real flowers for the bridal party. That is a must. 4.Personalized champagne flutes, cake and knife serving sets- They are nice and it’s good to keep as a keepsake but really, the banquet hall will provide this so why bother spending extra money on it. 5.Wedding Dress – I’m so sorry. I know so many people will disagree with me on this one but wedding dresses are truly the biggest waste of money. A wedding dress can easily run $2000 or more and that is not including tax and alterations. You will wear it one day. You will never wear your wedding dress again. Some will say save it for your daughter. But let’s face it, as beautiful as your dress is today, your daughter will most likely hate it 30 years from today. She’ll said it’s so old fashion. Or get this, you may not even have a daughter, what if you have all sons. I just think this is the biggest waste. 6.Party Favors – This is iffy. Party favors can be really inexpensive if you know where to go but most people trash them. If you are going to get favors, it should be edible or at least will be of great use. If it something that will just sit one’s table, they will trash it. But again, don’t spend a lot on this either. I think that if you are going to splurge for your wedding then it should be on food and alcohol, DJ or band, and photo and video packages. When people come to your wedding, they want to eat good food, drink and have a good time while listening and dancing to good music. I think that is what makes the wedding fun and really bring people out of the shell and come together. People should not go home saying the best part of your wedding was the flowers on your tables. That’s not a good thing. People should say I had the time of my life and I am stuffed, best wedding ever. As for photo and video, look you spent a year or more planning your wedding, you should be able to see where all your hard work went. This is for the memories. You want to look back and remember your wedding with good photos and a good video. There’s nothing wrong with using an amateur, just make sure their work is good and you’ll be fine in the end. There are other things that could have made the list but didn’t want it to be too long. So what do you feel were the biggest waste of money for your wedding?