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Being a bridesmaid is EXPENSIVE, getting asked is a huge honour... but do you have to say yes?

Talking all things wedding finances:
- Wedding Budgets
- Wedding Gifts
- and Saying no to attending Bachelorettes / Bridal Showers / Weddings

As always, you can find more here on Instagram @thefinancediaries and on TikTok @thefinancediaries

Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

Wedding season is officially in full swing, and if most of your friend group is getting ready to tie the knot, it can feel like a lot navigating all the do’s and don’ts, from bridal showers and wedding gift-giving, to dress codes and what to wear at different kinds of weddings. Luckily for us, etiquette expert Myka Meier has the answers. 

Myka has been coined the “Marie Kondo of etiquette,” is the author of two best-selling etiquette books and even trained in London under a member of The Royal Household of the Queen. She started Beaumont Etiquette which offers courses on etiquette that are super relevant to society today and also co-founded The Plaza Hotel’s Finishing Program. She brings a fresh and modern perspective to manners, breaking down the stereotype that etiquette is stuffy or outdated. 

Listen to our full episode, #53, with Myka here.

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Wedding season is officially upon us – which means it’s time to struggle with overwhelming gift registries and confusing dress codes (what the hell is “cocktail semi-casual??”). To help us sort through all of the madness, we’re chatting with Lizzie Post, author of “Emily Post’s Etiquette - the Centennial Edition” and co-host of the podcast “Awesome Etiquette” (also Emily Post’s great-great-grandaughter!). Learn about the importance of RSVP cards, whether or not it’s okay to buy a gift off-registry, and why wearing all white to a wedding as a guest is the ultimate faux pas. 

Cited Sources: 

• The Wedding Report - "2021 Covid-19 Wedding Market Update"
• Bankrate - "Survey: Americans can expect to spend over $600 to attend a wedding in 2023" 

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Which sounds better, a new toaster, or a gondola ride in Venice? In this episode, we sit down with our guest Sara Margulis, CEO of Honeyfund, a company that expanded the way we think about wedding registries. Rather than limiting your guests to new towels and kitchenware, Honeyfund lets them show their love and support by contributing to experiences on your honeymoon—and more!

We talk more about: 

• How Sara took Honeyfund from an idea to a Shark Tank pitch to a thriving business
• The importance of honeymoons and travel for the health of your relationship
• The ways Honeyfund helped couples through the delays, cancellations, and hardships of 2020
• Where Honeyfund has expanded even past honeymoon registries
• And so much more!

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With us is friend and filmmaker Jamie Root, founder of JFR Media, which is producing short films, web series, commercials and so much more.  Jamie is also the assistant director on our upcoming feature film, Stream.  

Having seen more weddings than a priest, Jamie is our resident expert.  So we discuss all the craziness that comes with todays weddings, from planning to presents.  Do you think wedding gifts should be returned if a marriage doesn't last?  Do bridal showers make sense anymore?  Will you be having a Sem Ceremony at your wedding?  And most importantly is Mike a groomzilla (you can see some of his wedding footage on Patreon)?  Let us know what you think and we'll share it in a future episode. 

Love stories and memories with Sas

Sas Huntwood is the owner of The Story Tellers a company that aims to capture your stories and images in a beautiful keepsake that you and your family will treasure for years to come. From commemorating special moments in a life to telling a life story these books capture, love, humour and personality. Today I sit down with Sas to talk about the value of telling stories.

Where the memories start

Sas lives in Devon and is married with a 10 year old daughter who thinks she is 21 can you relate? I have a 20 year old that thinks she doesn't live at home anymore so I have seen the progression and not a lot changes in all honesty except more grey hair!

Moving to Devon was an inspired move as just 2 months after the move we went into the first lockdown, now if you're going to be locked down anywhere?! The idea for the Story Tellers actually came a few years ago but I did with the SPWV Sas sat on the idea never quite finding the right time to start. Then we went into lock down and like me Sas decided what a great time to start a new business. Yep I think we are both crazy but some of the craziest plans end up creating the best outcomes. So, The Story Tellers was born.

So what is a story book?

It's like this is your life, Michael Aspel and his big red book but on steriods

It's the stories and the memories that sit behind the photos. Over time our mind memories fade but pictures illicit memories so what we do is capture those memories now just as they are so they can be enjoyed for generations to come. In the episode Sas shares an amazing story about the nan and grandad do take a listen as I won't do it justice in writing it here go to about the 4 min mark for the start of that story.

Story books are the capture of social history and it's so much more interesting to read it from the point of view of the person who lived it than the history book version of things. It's even more interesting when it's your family that are the hero's and heroines of the stories. 

Love Stories

Your wedding day takes a lot of planning and preparation and you don't always see all of what goes on on the day. It's a huge life event and when

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