When I proposed to Melissa we knew that we wanted to have our wedding in the fall, so we sat down and did the math (best guess) about what it would cost for a wedding and how much we could afford to save each month to make it happened. The reason we are going to get married this fall and not next was because we were able to save what we thought we would need. Mel’s parents have been awesome and have offered to pay for quite a bit.  As a result, we have decided that if we have any money left over from the wedding it will start our house fund.  We are going to continue to save the amount we are currently saving, and put any money we have “left over” after our bills and expenses towards the house as well.  We will see what we actually have left over, because as we get closer we keep finding all those things we forgot about or that slipped through the cracks.  Either way, it is nice to have a little padding and to make sure that I can help Melissa have the wedding she really wants.

We hope that with whatever money is left after the wedding and whatever we end up saving between now and when our second year’s lease is up we will have enough money for a down payment on our house.  We want to be able to put at least a 15% down payment on the house so that we actually own part of our house and so we can keep the payments lower as well.