Thanks for all the tips! Yeah, I think we must live in a fairly expensive city because I've been calling around and things are pretty pricey...starting to wonder whether we should go back to our hometown for the wedding as I imagine it would be cheaper (but not nearly as conveinant for all the out of town guests - of which there are many).
And thanks for mentioning the flowers...I think that may actually be a place where I can save some money because I'm not much of a flower person either AND I have really bad allergies so I'd be ok going with fake flowers (as long as people don't consider that tacky or something)