But we had location for free (family farm home), food for cost (neighbor is a caterer), and did a lot of shopping at Costco. She liked her engagement ring so much that she didn't want another one, which I'd gotten from Shane and defied the whole "mount with huge diamond" in it for a much simpler and more attractive ring with some pink sapphires - and mine was $200 because I got tungsten instead of gold.

EDIT: Also, you will soon notice that as soon as you say "wedding", anyone trying to sell you something will reflexively increase the price by double if not triple.