So a question came up today that we weren't 100% prepared for. We knew it might happen, but we hadn't made a plan for it: cash.
While we are true to our word in that we want to make this a cost-free wedding, that doesn't mean that no money is involved. For instance, if my aunt decided to buy the paper for our invites, I would still call that a donation of goods. The concept of this project is not that no one can spend money, but rather, that Brian and I can`t spend our own. (Most specifically, because we have so little...more generally, because the experiment is to see how far kindness and community giving can take us.)
It is generally the consensus that we`d be crazy to turn down cash, and we agree. But, in the spirit of the adventure, we plan to do the following, when receiving cash donations:
1. Thank that person as any other donor to the project, if they`re comfortable.
2. Pool the money for things that simply don`t get covered by donations. There`s bound to be some stuff.
3. If we do not use all the money for the wedding, we will redirect it to the honeymoon...another giant fish to fry!
4. If the person has something specific they`d like the money to go towards (ie. flowers, etc) we will try to honor that, allowing for the possibility of donations or other monetary gifts that overlap their request.
I figure this weekend, we will post about some of the donation offers that have started coming in, including the first of the cash donations. We can`t thank you all enough for the awesome start to this project.
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