In article <z6Kxd.787368$8_6.580195@attbi_s04>, Julia Altshuler
> wrote:

> 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.

Our wedding and honeymoon including my gown and our rings cost us
about $3500-4000. I did most of the cooking with my MOH and a friend,
another friend who is a photographer gave us a huge, huge discount
(basically we paid for his film), the flowers were from a place I always
bought from and she gave us an incredible deal if we picked them up.
Mostly, though, we found that if we didn't mention wedding when talking
food, the prices were significantly lower. I was thin enough to fit in
an off the rack gown, which was discontinued and marked down to a third
the price, bought my headpiece at a consignment shop and made the veil
to go on it. Our honeymoon was a little beach cabin at Canon Beach, we
drove, the place cost us something like $300 for 3 or 4 nights and Rich
brought in the food and did the cooking. Our wedding cake place is gone
now, Kienow's Bohemian Bakery in Portland, but they did exquisite cakes
for very little money and generous portions. I ate wedding cake and
drank champagne for breakfast every day on our honeymoon.

Regards,
Ranee

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