Wedding Season Has Arrived

Today I got my fourth wedding invitation in the mail today. Three of my friends and one of my wife's are getting married this Spring and early Summer. I have responsibility to be an usher at one, but so far I don't have any mandatory tux rentals. Still, the travel is certainly going to add up and we aren't going to have very many free weekends once this starts. I think it might be a bit much.

Going back to my post a few days ago, Gift Spending: Am I Cheap?, there will also be lots of gifts to buy. Some of these friends have been out on their own for several years now, so they don't necessarily need the basics like pots, pans, and kitchen appliances. I don't like to buy gifts that never get used either. I think this may be an occasion where a $30 gift card for each lucky couple is useful and appropriate. Sound reasonable?

I also need to get my out of shape self to straighten up my diet. My suit was a tad tight last time I tried it on, and that was probably 15 pounds ago. It is a nice $300 suit and I certainly can't afford to buy a new 'fat man' suit. A financial incentive should keep my going to the gym 3-4 days a week but I'm not sure if it will be enough to keep me out of the chocolate chip pie my wife baked last night. Yum!

The next task is to fit these costs into the budget so I can save up for them right? I'll let you know in a few months how successful I am with that task. Love is in the air, but dollars don't grow on trees.