A couple splashed out $80k on a lavish destination wedding in Mexico - spending $28k on food and drink, $4k on flowers and almost $3k on fireworks.<br /><br />Misaki Hajimirsadeghi, 29, and her husband, Amir, 29, got married on April 2, 2024 - 11years after they met during their first week at college in 2013.<br /><br />After finishing their courses at the University of California, Misaki moved back home to Los Angeles, California, US, while Amir also headed there for work.<br /><br />The pair started dating in October 2019 and in December 2022 Amir got on one knee and popped the question the day after Christmas.<br /><br />Misaki and Amir wanted to pay for the wedding themselves so had saved up $100k in case they went over budget.<br /><br />With a healthy wedding budget, the couple decided to tie the knot at Nobu Hotel, Los Cabos, Mexico - which was free for the venue as they had 75 guests staying at the hotel.<br /><br />They spent $28,860 on catering and drinks opting for appetisers and a three-course meal with an open bar, $700 on welcome bags with a handwritten letter, a both bomb, tea bags and sunscreen and $2,800 on fireworks to get the wedding party off with a bang.<br /><br />In total Misaki and Amir spent $80,230.78 on their wedding and said it was a "perfect day" and "bang for my buck".<br /><br />Misaki, who works in finance, from Los Angeles, California, US, said: "It was the most perfect day.<br /><br />"It was the best vacation, I had all my friends and my family with us - when can you ever do that?<br /><br />"When can you have all the people you love in the same place?<br /><br />"We wanted to spend our money in a smart way, we wanted it to be a destination wedding.<br /><br />"When you become an adult it is so hard to plan a vacation with family and friends so the only way to do that was force them through a wedding."<br /><br />Misaki and Amir met each other through a friend on their first week at the University of California in San Diego.<br /><br />But they didn't start dating until three years after they left - in October 2019.<br /><br />Misaki said: "His dorm was down the hall from the girls' dorm, we met that way and then my roommate became very close with him through soccer.<br /><br />"That is how we kept in touch throughout college.<br /><br />"After college, he moved to LA for work and that is where we rekindled.<br /><br />"I would host parties in LA and he would come over and we started hanging out.<br /><br />"Each date we had kept getting better and better - everything felt natural to us.<br /><br />"He felt like home, I am the most comfortable when I am with him.<br /><br />"We share the same sense of humour and we are very alike.<br /><br />"The number one thing is I respect him as a person and I am always inspired by him."<br /><br />After a few years of dating, the couple got engaged on December 26, 2022, on a rooftop overlooking LA.<br /><br />Misaki said: "He told all of my friends and family he was going to propose.<br /><br />"The actual proposal was on a rooftop in LA, he had set up this beautiful arrangement and he popped the question.
