For me, ang pinakaimportante is stick to a budget, whether civil or church. Yung budget na dapat may matitira pa na savings ninyo.
My husband and I had a modest wedding kasi pinili namin na ipang-downpayment yung ipon namin for a condo unit, our first home. Kaya after kasal, tumira kami agad dun. Nasubukan namin talaga how it was like na magsarili. Ang saya parang bahay-bahayan. Hehe