December 2007 Archives

Millions of presents are bought each year, but some women would argue the best present they've received this Christmas is a shiny engagement ring.

Thanks to the Facebook, I know several friends and acquaintances who were proposed to sometime this week. I'm sure more are to come; they just haven't got to the Internet. Yet.

So you've got the rock - now what?

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There are many enjoyable things about preparing for one's wedding, but squeezing into a sample size wedding dress is not one of them.

Not for me at least.

I know I'm not the only bride-to-be who feels the pressure to drop the pounds. But never was that feeling more suffocating than when I stood in front of a chipper woman holding the dress of my dreams in a size I more readily associate with me circa 1993.

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Only this could happen to me. I psyched myself up for my once-in-a-zillion years trip to Whataburger (it is really rare that I eat out for lunch), and seconds after I order, my cell rings.

Me: "Hello?"
Other person: "Hi, this is Leah at ___ ____! I'm calling to tell you that your wedding dress is in!"
Me: "... ohhh OK."

Wedding gods: 1, Adrienne: big, fat 0

>> Continue reading: Guilt, guilt, guilt

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Wedding experts often suggest that weepy individuals tuck a tissue in their dress in case they get emotional during their nuptials.

But this is a bit much --

NEW YORK (AP) -- Here comes the bride, all dressed in white ... two-ply, extra-soft toilet paper.

Lovebirds Jennifer Cannon and Doy Nichols of Lexington, Ky., plan to get hitched Wednesday in a public restroom. She'll be wearing a gown fashioned from glue, tape and Charmin Ultra Soft and Ultra Strong toilet tissue.

The intricately detailed dress was designed by Hanah Kim, winner of the 2007 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Co...

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You always hear about girls who've spent their whole lives dreaming of these big, fairytale weddings.

... And then they get engaged and realize that all they can afford with their budget is a half a slice of sheet cake from the grocery store, a tune-deaf serenade from their creepy drunken uncle and a gently-used pair of "just married" flip flops.

The Wedding Belles feel your pain, so we've decided to help.

Instead of sacrificing the college fund of your firstborn for a wedding announcement in the paper, just send a brief write-up and a pic of you and your beloved to us, and we'll post it ri...

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The funny thing about that song is that since it's not classical or religious, I probably won't be allowed to walk down the aisle to it. First lesson of wedding planning: Assume nothing.

Anyway, welcome to the Wedding Belles blog! My co-author, Taylor, and I want this to be an informative, but mostly humorous, look inside wedding planning and the whirlwind that surrounds it by giving you a peek at what we’re going to be doing until next August.

There's a reason they tell you it takes a year to plan a wedding: You chug along and plow through a few of your 24,895 (approximate number) things to do, and...

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