He drew a really pretty dais picture - a compilation of different ideas. I'm not sure if our mak andam's deco can replicate the design we've got in mind. It's quite simple, really. We'd be contented with just a little roof over our heads :)

Thanks girls for your opinions, now I'm starting to feel that it's alright to pay slightly less than $3k on deco (whoops!).

Actually my heart says it's OK, but my mind says it's not. Yesterday I went to a wedding with really pretty deco, & I'm quite sure it cost more than $3k. I looked around - same chair covers, same table cloths, same rapul2...hmmm..macam tak percaya benda ni makan belanja beribu2. Fresh flowers can cost up to $50 for a little bunch of fresh flowers. I joked with our friends yesterday that we should eat the fresh flowers since it's so expensive (melampau!).

Anyway I had good fun yesternight, engaging in wedding talk with his friends (whom I hope, have become mine too :P). I guess weddings don't come cheap. And perhaps $2.5k to $3k deco is quite standard.

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Anyway yesterday Mak said that her friend commented about a berkat she received. She had attended a wedding where the deco was grand (read: mahal rabak) but there was an anti-climax coz the berkat she received was only a cupcake.

Actually eh, I thot of giving cupcakes for berkats too (coz i love wedding berkat cakes, so yummy..i can just gobble them down), but then again, betul jugak eh. Tetamu ada mata, ada akal & mereka melihat & berfikir. Kalau si mempelai ni boleh berbelanja wang gini banyak untuk decor majlis, kenapa bila part berkat, kasi benda yang murah & berkualiti rendah? Hmm, tak mau pulak jadi buah percakapan orang.

So yeah, these are the things I'm taking into consideration now. Berkat tak boleh terlalu mahal, tapi jangan pula terlalu murah (read: cheapskate). Yang penting, sempurna tapi sederhana. Pray Allah guides us in making all these decisions.