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Finally Found The Dress

I should have known that the relationship with the in-laws was not going to be great, I would have been happy with tolerable. Seeing as I had no friends in Texas yet I had very few choices when it came to choosing someone to go wedding dress shopping with me. I chose to take my fiancee with me; I know superstition says he should not have seen me in my dress before the wedding day. I do not believe in superstition. I wanted my one friend in Texas to come with me and he did. I was not looking for … Continue reading →

H1N1 and New Families – Part II

Yesterday I talked about how the H1N1 virus has impacted families in the mother/baby ward. As it turns out, I learned today, more and more hospitals are banning children and teens from hospitals unless they are patients. I went to go visit a friend who recently had a baby today, and I discovered that I couldn’t even leave my son with a friend in the cafeteria area of the hospital. They were not letting any children in the hospital anywhere. They even had a sign right by the front door. Fortunately I had called ahead and was able to leave … Continue reading →

After the Wedding: Keep the Dress or Sell It?

What did you do with your dress after your wedding? Or, for those of you who are about to be married, what do you plan to do with it? Since I was pretty sure even back when I got married that I didn’t want to have kids, I didn’t really see a point in keeping my wedding dress. I didn’t foresee I’d have a daughter to pass it down to, so why keep it? But I ended up keeping it anyway. Mostly at Wayne’s insistence of all things. When we moved from Phoenix to Jacksonville we held a garage sale. … Continue reading →

Sell Your Wedding Dress

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The wedding season is hot upon us. Modern couples want to enjoy not only the trappings of a traditional wedding, but also a deep-seated sense of frugality where they can save money. How can you do both of these things? Consider selling your wedding dress after your wedding and recouping some of the money you spent on the dress and affording another bride an opportunity to enjoy similar fashion for less the cost. Decide Ahead of Time It’s important to make the decision to sell your wedding dress before you actually get married. I wouldn’t have sold my wedding dress, … Continue reading →

An EDIBLE Wedding Dress???

You’ve heard of yummy looking fashions, well this next dress takes the cake—or at least the cream puff. Make that 1,500 cream puffs. According to news reports, a Ukrainian baker surprised his fiancée by designing the sugary masterpiece that she actually wore on her wedding day. The dress, which was made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighed 20 pounds, took Valentyn Shtefano’s two months to make, and by the end of the wedding reception, bride Viktoriya said she couldn’t imagine wearing a more perfect gown. According to Shtefano, making the edible dress was far from a piece of cake. At … Continue reading →

Top Ten Pre-Wedding Tips

The following wedding tips are designed to help you make your perfect day more perfect. Planning a wedding is a lot of work and whether you use a wedding planner, do it yourself with wedding planning software or coordinate it with your parents – these tips are designed to help. Order Extra – Order extra invitations, envelopes and more. It may add a little bit of cost at the beginning of your planning, but it’s better to have a handful too many than need to put in another minimum order later Save Wedding Cake – Your first anniversary is a … Continue reading →

Marriage Planning – The Perfect Dress

When it comes to planning your wedding, finding the perfect dress will require that you spend more than just one day shopping. There will be as many as two or three ‘fishing’ trips. Once you locate the dress you want, there will be fittings to be done, accessories to be shopped for and bride’s maid dresses to be picked out as well. Whether you are planning a wedding for a daughter or for yourself, you want it to be a perfect experience with the perfect dress. Your taste may run to Cinderella fantasy or black gown evening classic. So here’s … Continue reading →