[quote name='Moxio']Holly shit @ those costs.[/QUOTE]
When you tell a caterer, photographer, florist, tent/furniture rental place, venue management that anything is for a wedding you can expect to pay at least 50% more than the going rate.
Our cost were actually comparatively for a southern wedding, I was lucky to get a florist for cost (aunt), caterer for cost plus (family friend) and a discounted venue. Of all our friends we had the cheapest wedding per person, but because of the size of our families and businesses related invitation obligations, the largest.
They are colossal wastes of money IMO. Had her parents offered us the "cash out" for a small wedding option that most of my friends got offered we would have taken it, but they didn't. My friends were idiots for not taking their parents cash, again IMO.