My sister got her dress for less than $800 since it was the floor sample (it only had a few marks on it that came out easily with some hand washing). My bridesmaid dress for her wedding was only $60 from eBay (our dresses were to be black knee-to-tea length party dresses). The wedding was in the same complex as the reception (Las Vegas knows how to package weddings well--we just had to walk from the pond-side grotto where they were married down the path to the banquet hall). They did pay a bit extra for the good booze at the open bar and their cake was a group of different-flavored cheesecakes, so the food/drinks were probably the most expensive part of the evening.

Oh, and in non-wedding topics, what can come through the pet door!

Most of the time I post a link, I'm not surprised that it doesn't get comment. But this one?

Satyana?

Maybe someone already posted it.

Pffft. It's all about the cake.

That was totally me. I mean, after the groom, OBVIOUSLY. (Although, he was a given, really. I already knew I liked him. I wanted the cake to blow me away.)

I bought the first dress I tried on, after trying on maybe five or six, and it was something like $100. I don't love it now when I look at pictures, but hey, I'm never going to wear it again, so.

Satyana?

Aw, baby! With ... a really strange name.

I'm guessing it is pronounced like Tatiana with an S instead. Which is different but doesn't sound it as much as it looks.

Well, you should make your link more descriptive, Gud, I didn't realize what you were linking to! (And, really, since ita, I'm ever so suspicious of links that aren't telling me what they are...).

That IS a very odd name for Allyson and Alexis' child. Hrm.

Satyana Denisof has a ring to it.

The weather you can't really control so there's little point in worrying.

Still, I cared more about having nice weather for my outdoor wedding than having a nice dress.

I cared about whether my family would traumatize his family.