Dave Smith wrote:

>
> Personally, I don't like the pretentious sit down dinners with all the silly
> frills. I am astounded by the money that people waste on a wedding, with so many
> brides wanting to be treated like a princess for a day. There is no need for center
> pieces on every table (to be given away at the end of the reception).


There was actually something in my local newspaper the other day about
the new trend in weddings in which the couple decides not to go into
debt to throw one. They mentioned shopping for a fancy white dress and
buying the train and veil separate, getting the cake at a bakery without
making it a specially decorated wedding cake, picking up flowers at a
florist instead of putting in a special order, asking friends to take
photographs, designing a nice invitation and getting it printed at
Kinko's, etc. The only surprising thing about it was that they were
reporting this as *news*. Apparently the average price of a wedding has
climbed up to $20,000 so entertaining guests nicely for a mere $10,000
got in the papers.


--Lia