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101 Uses For A Bridesmaid Dress
Bridesmaid dresses -- what are they good for? We've got to pay for them, wear them, and then find a spot for them in the back of the closet. Our best women friends, suddenly transformed into tasteful-white-dress-wearing brides, tell us, "You'll be able to wear this bridesmaid dress again." But we know better. 101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress, tongue firmly in cheek, pokes fun at the hopelessly horrible dress that a bride asks her "court" to don. These whimsical illustrations and silly suggestions, from cocktail napkins and shower curtains, to pony blankets and frilly jock straps, are a hilarious antidote to the bridesmaid dresses we'll never wear again. Less than $15.
Bride In Overdrive: A Journey Into Wedding Insanity And Back
Jorie Green was a practical, levelheaded, modern woman before she got engaged. But the moment boyfriend Barry slid that sparkly ring onto her finger, she went a little insane. Adventures in the life of a bride-to-be: Waiting for the proposal...and waiting...and waiting; Sometimes love means compromising on your china pattern; The "slightly less painful than sawing off a limb" wedding-dress diet; Merging families - and living to tell the tale. Bride in Overdrive is a hysterical memoir of one bride's march toward marital bliss and a tender look at the fears and joys that come to the surface as the big day approaches. A must-read for any bride who's given serious thought to what kind of underpants she should wear on her big day. Less than $15.
The Bridesmaid's Survival Guide
Nearly ever woman has had to stuff herself into a hideous mint green dress and take the devastating walk down the aisle, trailing behind her friend--the Bride--only to see her friends and loved ones ride off into the sunset into happily-ever-after. Finally, help is at hand from illustrator and author Mary Kay McDermott--a woman who has herself been a bridesmaid a total of nine times. Raucous and wickedly clever, The Bridesmaid's Survival Guide is certain to become the must gift for bridesmaids from brides--or even other bridesmaids. Chock-full of home-spun four-color cartoons and incisive girlfriend humor, this handbook is sure to become a classic. Without laughter, how else will a prospective bridesmaid endure the arduous trip down the aisle, attending to her stressed-out friend and being left behind in a dress almost as frightful as the Visa bill it will show up on? Less than $10.
The Funny Bride Guide
Getting married? Or know someone who is? The Funny Bride Guide is a humorous but practical little book full of helpful tips that keep brides and bridesmaids laughing. Not only will you save money on food, flowers, and wedding cake; you'll know exactly what to say to every bridal shower gift! Do you know how to: Make sure your family heirloom gown can stand up to your wedding reception; Show sincere appreciation for the crocheted toilet paper cover, pioneer cookbook, or velvet replica of the Last Supper; Thank your bridal shower gift givers graciously after unwrapping the third coffee or ice cream maker? If you're not sure, then YOU NEED THIS BOOK! Less than $10.
Going Bridal: How To Get Married Without Losing Your Mind
What causes a seemingly normal, well-adjusted woman to become obsessed and emotionally unstable after her boyfriend pops the question? She's obviously gone bridal! Going Bridal is an actual syndrome, coined by journalist Li Robbins, who in these pages takes a sharp and witty look at what makes a bride go nuts and explains how to prevent emotional overload from spoiling the Big Day. Filled with helpful, humorous stories from brides who have, regretfully, experienced Going Bridal firsthand as well as those who have narrowly escaped a memorable meltdown, this fun, chatty guide puts it all in perspective. Before it's too late, brides on the brink learn to identify and treat the four major causes of their condition, which include: Family-induced freak-outs; Vendor-induced high-decibel venting; Fiancé (oh, yeah, whatshisname)-induced fits; Friend-induced frenzy. Forget the place settings and the perfect dress; this unique bridal guide focuses on the key ingredient for a successful wedding day - a sane and centered bride! Less than $15.
I Do. I Did. Now What?! Life After the Wedding Dress
Were Candace Bushnell to chronicle her first year of marriage, it might look something like former New Yorker-about-town Lee's frank, witty account of coming to terms with what matrimony really means. When the sparkles on her engagement ring have dimmed, the Vera Wang has been packed for posterity and the words "until death do us part" have begun to sink in, Lee confronts her "glass-slipper fantasy" of marriage. Reality, she discovers, requires a great deal of sacrifice (moving to frumpy Boston), compromise, (sharing her exorbitantly expensive shampoo) and adjustment (grappling with putting on the "newlywed nineteen"). From cooking to nagging, from cleaning to fiscal responsibility ("I learned the hard way that my husband doesn't consider a Neiman Marcus last-call shoe sale an emergency") and from the art of couple socializing back to nagging again, Lee's anecdotes from the post-honeymoon period go from very amusing to a bit stale by the book's close. Luckily, though, by then Lee has learned to appreciate those subtle yet intimate "happily-ever-after" moments, which is an important lesson for detail-obsessed brides destined for disillusionment in the wake of all the nuptial hoopla. And to the bridesmaids who will purchase this book as a send-off, take comfort: now Bridezilla has someone else to bug. Less than $15.
Nearly-Wed Handbook: How To Survive The Happiest Day Of Your Life
Humorist Dan Zevin has compiled a belly-busting guide to the potential horrors of matrimonial planning. He offers much in the way of words of wisdom. He suggests an apt nickname for those stuck-up gift registry attendants: "cyborgs." He advises that for the benefit of the impending marriage, the groom's bachelor party should not include dalliances with women with names like Chestitty. He claims that if things progress the way they did for his "Peg," then each bride needs to allow for at least one gown fitting per pound of body weight. He also concedes that it's the bride who ultimately gets to pick where the reception will take place, so grooms should abandon all hope of influencing this decision. Zevin's most ominous warning is that how no matter how career-oriented an engaged woman may be - even if she owns "four (4) briefcases" like Peg - she will be overcome by a giant force: her Inner Bride. This means she will suddenly and surreptitiously procure and pore through every 8,000-page issue of every bridal magazine possible. She'll make appointments at places like Madam Snootella's Bridal Boutique, where there's a 14-week wait for appointments, where the sales help reads Town and Country, and where the dresses all make her look like a giant piñata. Beneath its humor, Zevin's book has a real message that should be well heeded by all Nearly-Weds: there's a difference between getting married ("You want to spend each and every moment together") and getting weddinged ("You spend each and every moment together trying to figure out which table senile Uncle Abe should sit at"). Less than $10.
There's No Such Thing As a Perfect Wedding: True Wedding Tales, Odd, Funny and Disastrous (Paperback)
Almost anything that can go wrong in a wedding, has. Ministers have failed to show up. Fights have erupted at the altar. Grooms have been kidnapped by their buddies, or have fainted before they could kiss their brides. Author Margaret Bigger has spent years collecting stories about disastrous weddings, and she has assembled scores of them in this entertaining book that should be read by every couple about to be married and expecting a perfect wedding. Less than $10
Wedding Sanity Savers: How To Handle The Stickiest Dilemmas, Scrapes, And Questions That Arise On The Road To Your Perfect Day
Brides- and grooms-to-be can best save their sanity by skipping the ceremony altogether, but short of that, their best option might be to pick up this empathetic advice book by Atkins, a psychologist and columnist for weddingchannel.com, and Gilbar, the Web site's former editor-in-chief. Using a reader-friendly Q&A format, they discuss a range of wedding-related issues, including stress, the bridal party, parents, future in-laws, money and religion. The authors talk, for example, about the roles that bridesmaids play in the process. "It can become too much," they admit. "More often than not, the bridesmaid ritual brings with it tension, irritation, and arguments that you don't need... And how do you feel? Sometimes betrayed, often let down, and almost always shocked at the changed behavior of women you considered...your closest friends." Atkins and Gilbar have heard their share of horror stories about attendants who bail out on the bride at the last minute or speak ill of her behind her back. To simplify matters, they advise "keeping the lines of communication open" at all times. Let others know what is expected of them, they say. Let them know "how much they mean to you and how much you appreciate what they're doing." Other topics in this book are addressed in similarly practical tones, an approach that could make upcoming nuptials less nerve-wracking for everybody involved. Less than $15.
You've Got to Have a Sense of Humor to Have a Wedding (Paperback)
From the author of There's No Such Thing as a Perfect Wedding, 235 more true tales-humorous, disastrous and outrageous-from the engagement through the honeymoon. Based on 15 years of collecting these stories, author Margaret Bigger has added Advice Not Found in Wedding Guides. Although done with a sense of humor and anecdotes to back it up, this is actually very good advice (such as: "Outlaw the bachelor party"-it can ruin your wedding, possibly even your marriage). Until now our most popular title, this wedding humor book is an ideal gift for an engaged couple, bride and groom, bridal vendors, wedding directors, organists, ministers - and the person who needs humor the most: the mother of the bride. It helps people lighten up during a time of extreme stress. Less than $10.