Yes, it's time. It's time to have the dreaded budget talk. It's crazy that I keep going back and forth about my wedding budget (Yes, I know that is terrible, I have to have a set budget). So let's get to it. I always thought I would have a $20,000 - $25,000 wedding budget and thought that was a good amount of money to have a great wedding, especially in Atlanta. Boy was I wrong. When I started my wedding venue search, I was so surprised by how much everything costs. But even then I was still feeling ok about the budget, we can do this. Maybe we will set aside an extra $3,000 - $5,000 for things we just had to have and that were special to each of us (Probably an entertainment portion for the FI and for me it's videography). But then this past week, the bottom let out for me. I received my sample catering menus and was literally blown away by the cost.