I have to admit that the whole wedding was my fault. All of the arguments, all of the frustration, and all of the headaches were my fault for two reasons. First, I proposed to Katherine during a Valentine’s Day trip to Paris (pictures coming soon). Second, I ignored Katherine’s pleas to elope and forced a ‘real’ wedding. That being said, I have to attribute the entire success of the marriage to Katherine’s hard work. With my travel schedule and short attention span most of the work for this fell to my bride-to-be!
The Wedding Industry is EVIL! It is designed to over-charge women who are flushed with excitement over the prospect of getting married (your stereotypical blushing bride). When shopping for wedding dresses a number of shops removed the tags from dresses so that comparing the price of a dress across establishments was almost impossible. This is immoral and also illegal! Of course there are also hidden charges. If you attempt to purchase a wedding dress at a boutique you will probably be informed that there is a delivery charge and if you need the dress in less than three month, there is also a rush delivery charge. Katherine was able to find a beautiful dress at a boutique shop where she was able to try it on. With a little bit of research she found the same dress at an online retailer for around half the suggested retail price with free shipping. The boutique shop was charging a hundred dollars over MSRP and wanted over seventy-five dollars in shipping and rush delivery charges.
