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The Real Bride: One month to go!

I cannot believe it! After over a year of planning and budgeting and arguing with just about everyone I have ever known–I am down to the the final 30 days before my wedding…and now the real fun begins!
My invitations have been out for 3 weeks–all delivered safe and sound to their intended recipients without [...]

The Real Bride: Invitation Danger!

So, I go down to the Post Office yesterday afternoon to mail my invitations, big box in hand, and as I stand in line, I see a young woman also with a box, talking to one of the Postal workers. I glance over to see that she has a stack of ivory envelopes with addresses [...]

The Real Bride: More Registry Tips

With my bridal shower less than a week away, I have some more advice with regard to registering–Make sure you don’t do it all online, or, make sure you have a good mix of things that can be purchased in the stores, as well as online.
Of the 3 I have, I set all of them [...]

The Real Bride: Registries–Some Tips…

One of the biggest questions you will be asked, right after “Have you set a date” is: “Where are you registered?” So I thought I would talk about my experiences registering, and offer some tips to make it easy and enjoyable.
Best tip I can give you is START EARLY. My fiancé and I started the [...]

The Real Bride:
Is the Cost of Saving Money–Worth it?

I have mentioned in my writing about how saving money has been my personal mission as far as my wedding goes. I know that the “average” wedding in this area is $22,000…I have $10,000. So I know to save money, and still have the wedding of my dreams, I need to be creative.
So I thought [...]

The Real Bride: When the wedding is over–what the HECK am I supposed to do with…

This DRESS?
While you may not have gotten married yet, deciding what you want to do with your gown after the fact is probably something you should think about prior to the day. Your wedding gown is probably the most expensive dress you will ever own, whether you paid $200.00 or $2 million for it. So [...]

The Real Bride: Some thoughts about opinions, insights and the like…

When you get engaged, suddenly everyone around you, even perfect strangers, are compelled to offer advice, insights, and TONS of “you shoulds” with regard to planning your wedding. (I heard this happens when you are having a baby as well…)
It seems that everyone around you has an opinion about how YOUR day should be!



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