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Yet another purchase for the trip. And this time it's better than ponchos! My DH2B and I had been talking about getting a new camera for some time now. The one I currently have is around 5 years old and a crack started to form at the top of the camera and it was going to be really expensive to fix it. With the wedding and honeymoon coming up we figured it was a good time to invest in a new digital camera with updated specs. We had been researching them and had decided to basically get the newest version of my current camera (a cannon digital elph). Then my car crapped out and cost way to much money to fix so we had decided to skip the camera and just hope that the one I have doesn't get worse with the big crack at the top.
Then we were driving to the store to pick up gifts for our bridal party when I see a sign for Ritz/Proex saying that Everything Must Go 50-80% off. So we made a little stop expecting that all the camera extras like cases and memory cards to be 50-80% off while cameras at 10% off or something. That is what seems to happen with all these kinds of sales. So we went into the store and it was a mad house! Luckily it was the first day of the sale. We waited forever and looked at a bunch of cameras almost exactly like the one we had discussed getting. The one we had decided on before my car crapped out was the newest model and the one in the store was from last year. Either way they were around $250, which although not too expensive for a nice digital camera it was still a lot when I had the bill for my car looming over my head. Then we saw that the camera's were actually all 50% off.
So we found that the cannon digital elph from last year was going to be about $120. Such a good deal. Then I looked at the non-elph versions of the cannons and found that they are still fairly small. So we looked at those. Compared the specs on the elph and the non-elph and everything was pretty much the same except for the size. Now I'm the one who wants the tiny little camera so that it fits in my purse cause if I don't have a tiny one I don't bring it anywhere. And I thought the non-elph was tiny enough. When I saw the price difference I decided that the non-elph was definitely tiny enough. It was only $65 with the 50% discount! We couldn't say no. We ended up getting the camera a case and a 4GB memory card (fast speed) for under $90. So now we don't have to worry about our current camera dying on our wedding/honeymoon. So excited! And after playing with the new camera I found I got a major upgrade. 3MP to 8MP. 3x zoom to 4x zoom. All in all I'm really happy and excited to have saved the money. Still not sure where I'm going to come up with the $90 I spent, but the memories captured with the camera will be worth it right?
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Not many updates on the trip lately. We're too busy with the wedding. And since that happens first that's what we're dealing with. We got the invitations out the door so maybe I'll have time to focus on the honeymoon sometime in the near future.
I did make my final payment to Disney today! Well my TA actually made the payment, but as of 12 PM we are PIF! Its so nice to not have to worry about making that payment anymore.
We did also go and buy a bunch of stuff for the honeymoon at Target the other day. My DH2B is a team member at Target and he had his discount plus a Target visa rewards. We saved tons! I got a backpack for the parks, new clothes, travel sized stuff, activities for the plane, hand sanitizer, and sunscreen and such. Not super exciting, but its good that it is taken care of. The check out lady did think we were strange with what we were buying. All the stuff for vacation PLUS 35 bags of Dove chocolates We're using them in our wedding favors, but we looked strange buying TONS of chocolate.
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I am really enjoying this Pre-TR. You have done an amazing job with your planning AND you have managed to get some truely awesome savings and deals Try to remain as stress free as possible. Hope you'll post some pics of the wedding too!
PIF! Very cool. I bet she did think something was going on with all that chocolate - although, now that I think about it, I could use a few of those myself.
I am really enjoying this Pre-TR. You have done an amazing job with your planning AND you have managed to get some truely awesome savings and deals Try to remain as stress free as possible. Hope you'll post some pics of the wedding too!
Thanks! If you think we've saved a lot on the honeymoon you should see what we've managed to save on the wedding. I refuse to pay full price for wedding stuff. One day does not = $20,000 to me! We'll have a lovely wedding and not break the bank.
I'll have to see about posting pictures. I've never posted any on the boards, but keep thinking I should put something up even as we're planning. We have a website with free storage for pictures so maybe I can link/post from that. Just another thing for me to look into in my (non-existent) free time. It would be a lot more interesting than stuffing favor boxes that's for sure!
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And after playing with the new camera I found I got a major upgrade. 3MP to 8MP. 3x zoom to 4x zoom. All in all I'm really happy and excited to have saved the money. Still not sure where I'm going to come up with the $90 I spent, but the memories captured with the camera will be worth it right?
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We're using them in our wedding favors, but we looked strange buying TONS of chocolate. 
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