I've found a new way to waste hours at a time.
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at, it is basically supporting all my possibly hare-brained schemes. Like letting my bridesmaids wear whatever dress they want (within a color scheme). Look, there are even pictures! Doesn't that look nice? Don't the bridesmaids look happy? It also solves the problem of etiquette dictating I at least help pay for dresses if I'm going to insist they all wear $500 creations, because now they can shop at Goodwill for all I care. I'll gladly finance half the cost of a Goodwill dress.:-)To beat the summer heat, I wandered into Barnes & Noble today. I just wanted to see if they carried the Offbeat Bride book, which they didn't, but they had about a million wedding planner books. Just books of lists. I love lists, but it was overwhelming. It was also ironic that a lot of the "How to Plan a Wedding on a Budget" books all said not to buy wedding books. I guess they were betting on most people buying the books and then reading them, but I'm a cheapskate so I skim books before buying.
I came away from the whole experience with one question: if you have a destination wedding, how do you get all the crap to your destination? The wedding dress (and accessories) is going to take up at least one suitcase. Do you FedEx all the reception favors, etc, to yourself?
You can normally take your wedding dress on as hand luggage - but check with the airline. A lot of brides do end up posting lots of stuff to themselves for their wedding.
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Good luck with all your plans!