Lauren Rodrigue

12/19/15

A Holiday Gift Guide for the Almost-Bride

You know who is probably not being showered with enough gifts and attention just for making the huge relationship…

11/28/15

A Very Wedding Instagram Account Primer, Part I

If the world of wedding blogs is a candy-colored, calligraphed, calla-lillied carnival, then wedding Instagram is…

11/13/15

Say Yes to the Engagement Photos: A Breakthrough, Courtesy of My Wedding Photographer

Is there any reason to want engagement photos? Of course not, say the newly engaged, and the unengaged, and me, once…

11/4/15

My Bridal Fitness Plan

For the past eight weeks I’ve been waking up and doing 135 crunches before I do anything else. I pad into the living…

10/23/15

Veil Yeah: My Obsession With a Contentious Swath of Tulle

I did not expect to give any shits about veils, to be honest. They are just one or a few layers of airy fabric, and…

10/9/15

A Bump in the Wedding Road, a Financial Freakout

Everything is going great! will be my last words, just as they are for so many others—right before Satan’s pitchfork…

10/2/15

5 Insane Things From Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, Fall 2015

Is it the hardening of one’s heart that makes one less and less impervious to envy with each passing issue of Martha…

9/25/15

'Wedding Inspiration' Photo Shoots Are Killing Me Not-So-Softly

It is one thing to wince at the glow of a Real Wedding staring back at you from a blog, to scroll through—one eye…

9/14/15

It's Not So Easy to Say Yes to the Dress

If you were to ask me about my dress shopping right when I’d started the process, I’d probably gush all over your…

8/31/15

Why Is It So Fucking Hard to Figure Out How Much a Wedding Will Cost?

Recently, I looked back at the preliminary wedding budget my fiancee Joe and I had come up with it about six months…

8/20/15

4 Things You Should Never Have to Hear if You're Planning a Wedding

If you’ve ever dared to utter the “W”-word in conversation with a group of 20-somethings in a major American…

8/13/15

5 Insane Things From Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, Summer 2015

Not gonna lie: I’ve been sort of nailing it these past couple weeks in the wedding planning department. I’ve…

8/7/15

The Wedding Gowns I Didn't Want, and What I Learned From Them

Over the course of three short days last week, my mother and I went shopping for dresses, both hers and mine. It was…

7/23/15

Wherein Picking a Wedding Caterer Becomes an Expensive Identity Crisis

Last week I officially passed the “one year left” mark on my wedding planning calendar. Between celebrating and…

7/17/15

I'm Learning What 'For Worse' Means Before We Even Get Married

When Joe and I adopted Cheddar, a scared, three-year-old blonde terrier mutt who looked like a small, fat, elderly…

7/8/15

Five Godawful Wedding DIY Ideas From Pinterest

On a scale of one to ten—one being Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who is literal royalty and has never touched a…

7/1/15

I've Got My Mind on My Money and My Wedding on My Mind

A good reason to not marry me is that I am not exactly a financial genius. While I’ve always been good at making my…

6/24/15

I Thought My Engagement Ring Would Act as a Shield Against Men. Nope.

Does my engagement ring conjure a force field when I wield it against prying men? It feels as though it should. It…

6/12/15

Five Wedding Dresses I Want But Cannot Have

Before I met my fiancé, I believed that true love existed in clothes and not much else. A silk blouse that flowed…

6/3/15

Maybe I Should See if My Fiancé Has an Actual Opinion About Our Wedding?

Wherein our columnist, currently in early stages of planning her wedding, has a GChat conversation with her fiancé…

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