Thank you for this. I’ll admit, it makes it sound way less weird to have some sort of Pinterest board for these things, now, because it’s better to have an idea in your head.

I got a lecture from my father - who has never been a source of financial support, even when I was a child - that “back in [his] day, the parents set the guest list because they paid for this whole thing” so he should get to invite whoever and however many people he could come up with off the top of his head. I…

Well, your problem is that you didn’t set a budget, you just jotted some ideas down. You did no research beforehand (like reading a magazine, asking friends) and you’re letting the vendors tell you how much you should spend. If you don’t want to spend $150 on a boutinneer, then tell them how much you want spend each…

I would trust a felon, because at $65/day that vintage bike is a STEAL.