It’s a nice day for a…iPod Wedding…

iPod & the DancefloorWhen it comes down to picking caterers, photographers, etc. probably the most important ingredient at the wedding, besides your bad self – you are going to show up aren’t you? – will be the band, or DJ, OR your iPod.

I have gone back and forth on this one a bit, because a band is always cool (if they are good) and a good DJ can set the right tone and double as an MC. But how many weddings have you been to, where the band sucked or the DJ played one or two of your songs for every three or four of his songs. And all DJs today have…wait for it…. iPods that have all their songs on them anyway.

Finally, don’t forget these guys will be eating your food and drinking your booze as well, so you are paying for them on TOP of paying for them. Wow, hmmmm…this got me thinking. I started doing some research on using my trusty iPod for something else besides watching Battlestar Galactica the wedding music.

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In a Big Country

someone was left at the alterYup, it is a big country. And a big country needs a big wedding industry. About 2,160,000 weddings occurred in the US from December 2005 to December 2006 (according to the CDC) spending approximately $86 Billion. That averages out to around $40,000 per wedding. Shoot me now Sweet! Just to put things into perspective, I Googled the word “wedding” and got 301,000,000 references.

Just for kicks, I Googled runaway brides and got 38,000 references. “Left at the alter” brings in 12,000 (ouch now that is just too much). So subtract 50,000 from 2,160,000 weddings and that leaves you with 2,110,000 weddings that actually went off without a hitch! Another way to look at it is $2 Billion dollars was left standing in the aisle! Yes, I know these stats aren’t even remotely accurate, but it makes you think… So go home and hug you fiancee and tell her

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Wedding 2.0

No, Wedding 2.0 doesn’t imply a failed first marriage and a lame second attempt at wedded bliss yet. It refers to the myriad of programs out there, (both web based and computer based) that are available to help plan your wedding. Some are just downright awful, buggy and not really worth talking about. So let’s just forget about them.

Today I am stepping up to hucksterism and plugging a peice of software that was so cool. I am a total geek mind you. Seriously, I was getting off watching my Roomba make endless circles on a clean floor last night while the prewife was trying to watch “Dancing with the Stars”. I know, “Dancing with the Stars” is soooo lame. Nothing beats the Roomba for pure entertainment.

The software is called iDo Wedding (and no this is not one of those “paid” reviews, though that gives me a few ideas…) and comes in couple and Wedding Planner edition. The couple edition costs about $29 and from just playing around and watching the well documented online tutorials, I was hooked. First off, I found it a very intuitive program to use. Another great point is that this program takes you from the initial planning stage all the way through the thank you cards for the gifts.

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How to Plan a Wedding in 6 Months and still keep your manhood.

Our Wedding Cake TopperI was doing research for today’s article on how to plan a wedding under a time crunch, especially if the clock is ticking and those months are slipping by and your prewife is beginning to doubt your intestinal fortitude about living up to the empty promises you made to her during your courtship. There are lots of things to plan. A few of those items you will actually be involved in at the proper moment. Pay attention when it does. It will come out of nowhere and knock you over like a hit and run. But that is part of the fun! Your relationship is now about to hit more curves then the Speed Racer movie. And it will be less enjoyable too… unless you have a plan. Or even some semblance of a plan. Remember, that is why she said yes in the first place. That’s right, all that B.S. you laid on about being handy and thoughtful and attentive.. It is about to bit you in the ass. Impress her by keeping your head in the game. So to help your sorry ass and mine, just keep reading.

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Why The Word “Wedding” Will Cost You

Where it all beginsNo shit, really? I thought to myself as I read an article from the Motley Fool about the word “Wedding”. The article is titled “Cutting Wedding costs in half“, so of course I was going to read it. So should you. In fact I should start a section on how to save some greenbacks on weddings….

Weddings are like owning a boat (stay with me on this one, there is a payoff, I promise). As anyone who owns a boat will tell you, everything in a boating goods store is marked up about 25% to 50% over a normal hardware store. But just about everything you can get in a boating store, you can get at a Home Depot. Just head for the stainless steel aisle for most of your needs.

Same with weddings. Anything with the word wedding attached to it and BOOM,

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