The Cheap Bastardette’s guide to self-catering your wedding
Our plan: rather than pay $15 per head for upwards of 160 guests (is it just me, or is the guest count never where I left it?) we’re stretching our $5,000 budget as far as we can by offering a variety of snacky things. Here’s how we’ll pull it off.
Dina and Desiree: Screw you, earthquake — we’re going to honeymoon in Japan!
Dina and Desiree went on their Japanese honeymoon a month after the Tohoku earthquake. Japan was still under a travel advisory by the Australian government — according to them, they shouldn’t have travelled to Tokyo. But their honeymoon went off without a hitch.
Is four hours long enough for a reception?
“The venue we’re looking at allows us to be there for four hours. Is this long enough for a reception?” For the answer to this, we went to our resident wedding planner lady, Ang.
How to deal when your wedding goes viral and people hate it
Let’s put aside all our Very Important Opinions about how other people have weddings we don’t like. I want to address the other side of this issue: how to deal when YOUR wedding (yes, YOUR incredibly tasteful, personalized, awesome wedding that you worked on for months or even years) goes viral, and then gets shit on by dozens or hundreds or even thousands of strangers.
10 tips for how to negotiate the price of a wedding dress
I negotiated $400 off of my wedding dress. Er, technically $387, but I like nice round numbers. Plus, with tax lessened, it probably all rounds out, right? Right. For those who don’t like anecdotes, here’s a handy dandy list on what to do to try and to negotiate your price for your gown.
Where can I find non-conductive wedding rings?
“I’m having difficulty finding rings that are NON-CONDUCTIVE! My electrician boyfriend can’t wear a metal band because of the safety risk at work. As much as I love tattoos, he won’t do it, so I’ve been looking for anything that we can use that won’t fall apart. Any thoughts?”