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No 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, Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK - The fairytale weddings that many couples have yearned for are starting to come back down to earth — leveled by everyday problems like house payments and rising gas and food bills.The wedding industry has long been considered one of most recession-proof. Most brides, grooms and their parents see the “big day” as a once-in-a-lifetime event not to be skimped on. But unlike Cinderella and Prince Charming, who didn’t have to worry about a mortgage on the castle, more couples are finding it hard to swallow the average pricetag of items like wedding cakes (about $500), bridal gowns (around $1,300) and flowers (near $2,000)…

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24600277&GT1=43001

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Now here is a Blog post I can get behind. In fact it is downright salubrious! Imagine asking what the Groom wants for the wedding cake?! Whaaaaa?! You mean I could get a cake in the shape of Iron Man? or Catherine Bell XBox Chocolate triple-tiered with white icing and Lace? Sweeet.

I think we all know that the wedding is all about the Bride, as it should be. Let’s face it, men plan for a wedding pretty much five days before it happens. Women folk, on the other hand, have been in some form of planning mode for this day for their entire lives. Yup, pretty much from the first time they saw Snow White. Me, I thought it was pretty suspect that Snow was living with seven Mini-Mes, and still needed a Sugar Daddy, but hey what do I know, I thought Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekend. Time to relax, hang out with friends and…what’s that Hun? Time to go where? The Paper Store? You mean, like, Staples or Office Depot? Cool, I need a new holster for my staple gun! Ummm, I don’t know if they carry Ecru (honestly, Ecru? Isn’t that what I ate in France last year)? I am more of a Golden Rod man myself.

If the above conversation hasn’t happened yet, it will. Give it some time. However, in an effort to make these times a but more convenient I have some information Read the rest of this entry »