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An unconventional engagement ring

by Karen on December 8, 2009

The diamond engagement ring is one of those traditions that many frugal people shun. After all, diamonds are expensive, mining practices are often unethical, and who says you even need one? In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I have a traditional diamond engagement ring. I love my engagement ring. It is [...]

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How I planned an elegant wedding for under $5,000

by Karen on June 4, 2009

Since Tony and I just celebrated our first anniversary, and my sister-in-law is in the process of planning her own wedding, I’ve been thinking about wedding planning a lot lately. Before I started planning my own wedding, I believed that it had to be all or nothing: either an all out, extravagant affair or a [...]

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Budget weddings: You don’t have to skip the honeymoon

by Karen on October 8, 2008

With Tony in grad school and me working part-time, we could barely afford to pay our bills let alone go on an extravagant vacation right after the wedding. We decided to put the honeymoon off for a couple years until after he graduated. We’d save now, then we’d go on a big vacation later. The [...]

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Get a great price on wedding bands online without getting ripped off

by Karen on October 1, 2008

My husband and I agreed that we didn’t want to spend a fortune on wedding bands. I know, it seems counter-productive to spend less on something you’ll keep forever. I’m just not into jewelry, though. Anything flashy (read: expensive) would have looked out of place on my hand. The same is true for my husband. [...]

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Budget weddings: It’s ok to spend a little more on what’s important to you

by Karen on September 24, 2008

Every couple has a different set of priorities. Some couples choose to spend next to nothing on the wedding so they can take the trip of a lifetime for their honeymoon. For some brides, a designer dress is the budget buster. For us, it was photography. When we first started planning, we weren’t going to [...]

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Budget weddings: If you can do it yourself, you’ll save a lot of money

by Karen on September 17, 2008

The do-it-yourself philosophy of wedding planning has been around as long as the budget wedding (forever). As I said in the last post about wedding flowers, many people even choose to do their own floral arrangements. We were very conventional in the aspects that we chose to do ourselves. Even taking on only the simple [...]

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