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In the wild, wonderful, crazy, expensive, nutty, world that is your engagement, nothing else is quite befuddling and expensive as “Save the Date Cards”. You see, you poor sap gentle reader, save the date cards are Pre-invitation wedding cards to notify your loved ones of the joyous days approach…without actually explaining very much except the fact that the wedding is indeed Read the rest of this entry »

Yup, 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 Read the rest of this entry »