Stop in for a cup of coffee

Well, wine for a big wedding in a fancy place will be thousands of dollars. You don't have to be cheap to want to avoid that. The best way to do that, however, would be to accept your limitations and choose a less fancy place. Not pretend you can afford something you can't.
right on - sure, I would love to have the penthouse suite - but the very nice cool as hell room on the 5th floor will work for me - thank you