The Frugal Bride: Your Complete Guide to Saving Money on Your Wedding Without Losing an Ounce of the Romance

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Summary: tacky!
Review: I read this book in one evening and was disappointed to have wasted my time. I found its suggestions tacky and/or rude. Have your wedding sponsored by local companies--tacky. Announce your engagement via e-mail--why not? I did. E-mail your wedding invitations--not if you want anyone over the age of 16 to take you seriously! Omit the stamp on each reply card--rude. Instead of asking your girlfriends to be bridesmaids, ask them to help in other ways, because then you don't have to get them gifts--sure you don't, but if you don't at least thank them, they're going to see you for the cheapskate you are! (Been there, done that.) Well, that's only one-quarter of the near-200 pages of awful suggestions. My suggestion? Skip this book!

Rating:
Summary: tacky!
Review: I read this book in one evening and was disappointed to have wasted my time. I found its suggestions tacky and/or rude. Have your wedding sponsored by local companies--tacky. Announce your engagement via e-mail--why not? I did. E-mail your wedding invitations--not if you want anyone over the age of 16 to take you seriously! Omit the stamp on each reply card--rude. Instead of asking your girlfriends to be bridesmaids, ask them to help in other ways, because then you don't have to get them gifts--sure you don't, but if you don't at least thank them, they're going to see you for the cheapskate you are! (Been there, done that.) Well, that's only one-quarter of the near-200 pages of awful suggestions. My suggestion? Skip this book!

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Summary: Wonderful, unique and tasteful budget solutions!!
Review: I wanted my wedding to be beautiful and classic but also uniquely us. I found this to be very difficult, particularly with the fact that my fiancée and I were paying for our wedding ourselves and were on a limited budget. Cindy's book was full of great ideas that kept a budget in mind. I had a lot of wedding books that I had bought or had been given, and they all pretty much said the same things. However, The Frugal Bride was, thankfully, much different! It had lots of creative and fun ideas and really helped us make our day special.