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Short Wedding Dresses Australia favors easier on the
Layoff dims but doesn't doom one bride's wedding Little rock, ark.Ten weeks
before my wedding, i put 140 invitations beautifully letterpressed on crane
lettra paper with silver ink into the mail, eagerly anticipating the flood of
rsvp cards marked yes. Two days later, my soontobehusband Bridesmaid
Dresses Online got laid off from his newspaper job. I went from sorrow
to anguish to rage to worry:We'd just invited 300 of our nearest and dearest to
eat and drink on our dime, and it was too late to postpone the festivities
without paying hefty cancellation fees.After a oneday pity party, we set about
reworking our wedding in a way that would be a little easier on the wallet
without sacrificing the elements of a very special day. The first casualty:The
pro videographer that i'd booked months before.I forfeited the $100 deposit and
recruited a college friend who'd majored in broadcasting to record the
ceremony.What happened to us isn't uncommon. Weddings, typically one of the most
recessionproof industries, are getting smaller as the economy struggles.Brides
are cutting back, most heavily in Short
Wedding Dresses Australia favors, rehearsal dinner costs and catering,
the study said.Advises.And rethink the traditional saturday night wedding;Friday
and sunday weddings are significantly cheaper, as are daytime events, she said.
Even before jake lost his job, we tried to be thoughtful about how to spend
money on our wedding, picking certain areas to splurge and others to save.We
knew we'd spend the most on food and drinks at a great reception spot, as well
as on a talented photographer and an unbelievable honeymoon.Everything else, we
tried to do on the cheap. One afternoon, i lazily browsed preowned dresses on
(more Evening
Dresses Australia here) ebay, more out of boredom than anything else.One
seller offered an ivory anne barge sample in my size from a few seasons back.It
retailed for more than $3, 000, and i impulsively made an offer of $500,
thinking it would never be accepted.I stepped away from the computer, ran a
couple errands, and when i came back i'd received the congratulatory email.The
gorgeous silksatin strapless dress was mine(And luckily, thankfully,
wonderfully, it fit! ). We customized our invitations to keep them within our
budget(We used only one color of ink for the letterpress, skipped the reception
card and used an rsvp postcard)And we got a lot of bang for our buck. Likewise,
we also used etsy for our wedding programs although totally optional, i wanted
them and got them for less than $1 each. Decorating isn't my thing.The idea of
elaborate, expensive centerpieces didn't appeal to me even before jake was out
of work.Another thing that didn't merit a lot of excitement was a big,
traditional wedding cake, so we killed two birds with one stone by putting
threetiered stands filled with cupcakes at every table.Bada bing, bada boom,
done.
