You may or may not know about my, uh, rather strong feelings about the cost of weddings these days. Last I heard, the wedding industry rakes in about $25 billion a year. Billion. With a B.
I'm all for having a nice wedding that celebrates love and marriage and family and purity and how the Lord brought you together. What I am NOT for is this mindset that "It's my wedding day. I can have whatever I want. No matter what the cost. Even if it's $900 M&Ms that exactly match my $5,000 cake."
I used to snicker at the thought of a couple who split up before the wedding was paid for. Until that happened to someone I grew up with. She was married about two years and is still paying for her $15,000 wedding that she admits came from nothing but selfishness.
Before I continue, I would like to establish that I was NOT shopping for wedding invitations. So, don't be getting the wrong idea, capice? [Is that how you spell that word?]
Anyhoo, last night, I was doing a bit of websurfing, clicking down the internet bunny trail. I saw an advert for wedding invitations that looked really cool. Since one of my hobbies is making cards and I'm always looking for neat ideas, I clicked on over.
The invitations were awesome-- creative, original, classy, really amazing. So, out of curiosity, I clicked to get a quote on 200 invitations. When the price came up, I seriously almost fell off my bed. Twenty. Eight. HUNDRED. Dollars. That's two thousand eight hundred dollars. For 200 invitations. Even now, I just can't even believe someone would pay that much for something people are going to THROW IN THE TRASH.
*shaking head* I'm too overwhelmed to continue. Twenty eight hundred dollars. Incredible.
I'm all for having a nice wedding that celebrates love and marriage and family and purity and how the Lord brought you together. What I am NOT for is this mindset that "It's my wedding day. I can have whatever I want. No matter what the cost. Even if it's $900 M&Ms that exactly match my $5,000 cake."
I used to snicker at the thought of a couple who split up before the wedding was paid for. Until that happened to someone I grew up with. She was married about two years and is still paying for her $15,000 wedding that she admits came from nothing but selfishness.
Before I continue, I would like to establish that I was NOT shopping for wedding invitations. So, don't be getting the wrong idea, capice? [Is that how you spell that word?]
Anyhoo, last night, I was doing a bit of websurfing, clicking down the internet bunny trail. I saw an advert for wedding invitations that looked really cool. Since one of my hobbies is making cards and I'm always looking for neat ideas, I clicked on over.
The invitations were awesome-- creative, original, classy, really amazing. So, out of curiosity, I clicked to get a quote on 200 invitations. When the price came up, I seriously almost fell off my bed. Twenty. Eight. HUNDRED. Dollars. That's two thousand eight hundred dollars. For 200 invitations. Even now, I just can't even believe someone would pay that much for something people are going to THROW IN THE TRASH.
*shaking head* I'm too overwhelmed to continue. Twenty eight hundred dollars. Incredible.
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