IT was a case of all-expense banned for self-confessed cheapskate mum Shelley Watson who refused to fork out more than £800 for her daughter's wedding. Even if that did mean serving cheese sandwiches to guests on plastic trays and hosting her daughter's big day in a school gym. 5 Ruthless Shelley planned her daughter's entire wedding for £800, 25 times cheaper than the average UK cost Credit: youtube 5 Ashley was not impressed by her mum's scrimping branding her decisions 'ridiculous' Credit: youtube 5 Shelley bought the wedding dress from a pawn shop where one dress was covered in rat urine Credit: youtube According to Bridebook , the average cost of a wedding in the UK in 2024 is £20, 775 with the largest expense usually the venue, which costs an average of £9,877.
But super scrimper Shelley managed to plan the entirety of Ashley's wedding for more than 25 times cheaper than the UK average. Ashley was aghast when she saw the venue which was furnished with basket ball hoops and a tennis net. "This is where you are going to get married", Shelley said, revealing how she'd managed to get the venue completely free because she knew people at the school.
Unimpressed, Ashley stormed out of the gym in a fit of tears. "This is going to be the cheapest wedding ever!" she complained. The savvy saver's budgeting plans did not go down well with Ashley's fiancé's mother either.
"No one in their right married would get married in a gym, this is ridiculous", she raged. Most read in Fa.
