Happily Ever After

“And, while Cinderella and her prince did live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they lived.” – Ever After (1998).

Mawwidge1After months of planning, I finally got married! Woohoo!

It was truly perfect. Sunny, low humidity, high of 75 degrees. Lovely, wonderful people in attendance who I love and admire. Beautiful music during Continue reading

The Pope’s Coming to My Wedding!

Pope Francis waves to crowds as he arrives to his inauguration mass on 19 March 2013.

Just kidding. But Pope Francis WILL be visiting NYC the day before my wedding, which is both AMAZING and super inconvenient. It’s really difficult to get a hotel block for your wedding when the Pope is in town. THANKS, POPE FRANCIS!

Thankfully, the wonderful people at Kleinfield are helping me to reserve room blocks around the city for our many out of town guests. Kleinfield has a truly amazing FREE service for “finding and booking hotel rooms Continue reading

Wedding Planning!!

Just because I’m getting married does NOT mean I have to spend a fortune on a wedding. It can be beautiful, classy, elegant and still be less than $10,000. I am a firm believer of this.

Some ways my fiance and I are saving money on our wedding:

DRESS:

If you read my last post, then you know that I bought my wedding dress for $145 (plus shipping). Yes, I bought it online, which many of you may be afraid of. Yes, it was shipped rolled up and stuffed into a box. Yes, there were a few threads hanging off when it got here. BUT, it looks just like the pictures, it fits beautifully, and it was ONLY 145 DOLLARS!!!  Continue reading