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Nightmare wedding, how can we keep costs down?

Koopa — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:55:57 +0000

I have a real issue with my wife in the latest wedding she is in. It is completely out of control! The bride likes expensive taste, which is fine, so I didn’t complain when the dress was in the 200 dollar range. It is everything else that is completely out there!

Bridal shower – 300 dollars a person. There are 6 people in this wedding!

Bridal shower favor (yes, I thought that would be included in the price too) 55 dollars a person

Bridal shower gift (when will it end) 92 dollars a person!!!!

Total bridal shower expenses: 447 dollars

Bachelet party – 165 dollars a person (this pays for dinner, limo, hotel, and entertainment. This does not pay for liquor. My wife is not going to buy any liquor since she is pregnant)

Now, I don’t see why a limo or hotel is in order. For my wife’s party, which the bride had planned, did NOT have a limo, or hotel, or nearly this many expenses. She went cheap, but nice for her. Now, in return, she expects these expensive things. She even made a comment that my wife isn’t the type of person that needed expensive things but she does. That is one of the crappiest comments I have ever heard. Well back to the prices…

Wedding day – hotel 200 dollars. Nails, hair, and everything else, I would guess 200 dollars.

Grand total: 1212 dollars! THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A WEDDING GIFT!

Can my wife not go to the bachelet party? With a baby on the way, I can think of much better things to do with 1212 dollars. I like this girl, don’t get me wrong, but no wedding should be THAT much money to be in. Am I wrong? If you have some suggestions, I am open to hear!

Travel Week

Koopa — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:17:14 +0000

This week is going to be known as travel week I am helping move tow offices down in Westchester County in NY and I am going to disembark on that journey at 11 AM today. It is a 1/2 an hour drive there from my home office. Tomorrow I am going straight there so hopefully I will have time to sneak in a post or two…

The best thing about travel days are the reimburse meals…this trip, I get lunch and dinner paid for. How awesome is that? I think it is pretty keen! I know for certain that lunch is on the company and I won’t even need to float the tab. It is so much nicer working for a major corporation than a mom-and-pop…

Expense reports…..big business sucks :)

Koopa — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:32:20 +0000

I had not realized that expense report checks have been mailed to me. I have filled out two of em. On both reports, I was told to expense out my internet costs and to put 40 dollars for it. I was not told to provide receipt of my interent costs! This is annoying to me. On top of that, because I did not know that the reports were mailed to me, this has happened twice not once. I now need to figure out how to recover this moneys! Those bloody accountants and their gayness!

This is the first negative impact that big business has on me. So far, I have been enjoying working for the big business and their ways. I was doing what I was done. Now this? This is how you repay me! You heartless bastards! This does make me want to run to the bank, however. The one expense report is over 100 dollars!