Shelley Spent Only $1,000 on Her Daughter's Wedding! | Extreme Cheapskates

cheapskate mother-of-the-bride Shelley Watson he's planning to throw her daughter Ashley's entire wedding for under $1,000 this is where you're gonna get married okay this is where we're getting married yes here I know the people and they're letting us use it for free so that's the difference well nobody's gonna look up no I'm serious these were planning the wedding she would want our kids to get married in the country club and the best part about it is that it's free because my friends work here so this is a perfect place to get married I thought it was a joke nobody in the right mind is serious about having it a Jim ridiculous Ashley really wants a nice wedding and Shelley won't let me help so they know there's no what it's all about she don't want to have to waste the money on a couple hours this is gonna be the cheapest wedding ever hands down venues are typically the most expensive line in a bridal budget by getting theirs for free Shelley can now shift her focus on to the wedding flowers which can often run upwards of $3,000 No why is there far wire through careful research Shelley has discovered a holiday decoration warehouse quality flowers are going to be back here it's a seasonal distribution company that would have flowers and those flowers are out of season right now and so they would be cheaper season do you mean Christmas flowers people shaped by their wedding flowers out of florists you don't go in some Christmas warehouse here we go this will work that's not her color this will blend with all the no one's come here asking for holiday flowers for a wedding okay Brittany help me with this Shelley got a whole box of fake poinsettia flowers for under ten dollars a really good deal is pretty much the cheapest deal we've ever made [Music] a wedding cake is really important in a wedding hi can I help you we are looking for a wedding cake all right I really like that one rotting are you're probably looking at right around 400 we have a budget of $1,000 for the cake her eyes kind of got big and she was kind of excited because she's like Oh for the cake and I'm like no that's for the whole wedding total total I think spending $400 on a wedding cake is ridiculous that is wasted money it costs what $2 for a cake mix it's just a centerpiece it's like a decoration I can make a cake a sheet cake don't laugh okay Brittany can make the sheet cake my mom thought we could just bake a cake so she asked me I can bake and heaven knows she can't and we can serve that to the guests and then we get something else for the decoration part how about if we borrow your display cake over there [Music] she asked her if she could take her display her fake display and we can stage a wedding cake to show off at the wedding right yes we can do free advertising we can put your cards on the table and we could do that so how about if we borrow it and bring it back I have never had anyone asked me to use a display before so that that was pretty unusual and we do the free advertising you'd still have to be super careful with it I think the display cake was a better option for her wedding because it didn't cost us anything it was free we'll get you a good dress now when we first drove up to the pawn shop Denis was appalled hey come on guys it's this way I know it's I'm Shelley I talked to you on the phone about wedding dresses where can we find them okay got a couple wedding dresses we've taken in over the years I went ahead and pulled them out for you watch your step watch what you grab because we literally have rested outside the cat's back here oh my gosh I feel sorry for Ashley she could not believe that her mother actually dragged us down there to this god-awful place it was between the power tools and the friction gardening saws normally if I were looking for a wedding dress I would go to like a thrift store or a consignment store and look for something that is very beautiful but I decided this time that I would try going to a pawn shop to find Ashley's dress you see turnaround that's kind of cute no no that is this ridiculous and sad it's the definition of horrific no I don't know all right well let's see the next one they were nice dresses there were three that Ashley could choose from oh that one's pretty I can't let's might be a little tight but I like that that is gorgeous that looked very good in the gymnasium what's that okay yeah I know that's not for you laughs buddy that's P Oh what he wasn't kidding about the rats that's a good thing because now we can get a bigger discount I've always known Shelley to be cheap but after this she blew me away I didn't know people like that could really be that cheap can we have a problem here oh it has rat pee what's the best price we can get on this considering its damage 150 s when I paid for I'm just selling it to you just to get rid of it mmm no this isn't worth 150 I mean how much no dress like this cost no used with rat pee it's not gonna be a hundred and fifty know that it's wrapped it could be something else could just be beer or something no it's no I know smell it you really smell it Shelley seemed quite insistent that that was a rat pee but I'm really not sure I'll do 100 on it well a hundred isn't the medal 75 would be in the metal will do 75 you'll do 75 75 do you want the dress idea what's dress okay we'll do 75 75 it is so thank you I think it'll clean up finer than a girl look real good in it oh my goodness I'm very excited about our wedding I cannot wait to your maid after months of planning and extreme budgeting it's finally the big day Shelly's Fran's pitch in with last-minute preparations saving her $900 in catering staff costs we are making these tea sandwiches for the reception there are no toothpicks and she's having us put them on a Styrofoam tray where's the rest of plates no you're you're putting them all on one they can just come get it just five I kind of deserve it on this I feel your sandwiches they're supposed to pick them up when you have these Inger's wait these are the school trays yeah why is she didn't even my place and every part of this school is being used to make this wedding come together changing in the boys bathroom at a high school wasn't my ideal choice to get ready for the big day but you know it is what it is and I'm just trying to make the best of it did they skip out on the air conditioning - it was really hot here let's not what he expected or anybody expected really I do thank you so much for having me out here I'm not totally excited about where and how we're getting married but I am excited to make that commitment to Ashley yeah you'll get married you know I'm ready [Applause] she's hideous me when I walk through this venue I was like is this the wedding we actually have more people than we thought and they're all bringing their BYOB and they're also bringing their food and they seemed very happy to do it they had no problem go be one [Music]

Channel: TLC

Views: 5,623,966

Keywords: tlc, tlc shows, tlc full episodes, extreme cheapskates, extreme cheapskates full episodes, cheap, cheap people, expenses, money, saving money, savings, budgeting, haggling, haggler, cheap price, cheapskate family, cheapskates shelly, cheapskate shelley, weddings, wedding planning, wedding, cheap wedding

Id: q15UcnjIpvo

Length: 10min 14sec (614 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 12 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/uncommonthrift]

Eh, i would’ve paid for my own wedding at this point lol

[u/triedandprejudice]

That wasn’t the real wedding and the whole thing is more TLC fakery.

Real wedding

[u/[deleted]]

If you can't pay for your own wedding, you aren't ready to get married.

[u/vger1895]

I saw this and thought at first it was going to be "spent only $1,000 on her wedding DRESS" and I was like - mmm, I mean, that's pretty doable. You can definitely spend less and get a nice dress. But then for the wedding? And seeing it was faked? Major side eye

[u/troublesomefaux]

Hope Josh of Josh and Emma doesn’t catch wind of this.

[u/TheCheapo78]

I would have eloped to a nice place.

[u/Sir_i88]

If she is paying for everything then she gets to decide things. If you don't have money then don't throw a wedding. You can go down to city hall if it's that important. Problem fixed

[u/SemeenaK]

I just have to ask: if you aren’t able to talk back to your mom and plan / pay for your own wedding, or at least have one you like instead of hate enough to go on TV...should you be getting married?

[u/marvelgirl37]

Forced her?

Talk about first world problems. "Wah! I was ONLY given a $1000 gift!"