Dec 19 20151612/19/15A Holiday Gift Guide for the Almost-BrideLauren Rodrigue46You know who is probably not being showered with enough gifts and attention just for making the huge relationship…
Nov 28 20151811/28/15A Very Wedding Instagram Account Primer, Part ILauren Rodrigue115If the world of wedding blogs is a candy-colored, calligraphed, calla-lillied carnival, then wedding Instagram is…
Nov 13 20151311/13/15Say Yes to the Engagement Photos: A Breakthrough, Courtesy of My Wedding PhotographerLauren Rodrigue170Is there any reason to want engagement photos? Of course not, say the newly engaged, and the unengaged, and me, once…
Nov 4 20153211/4/15My Bridal Fitness PlanLauren Rodrigue354For the past eight weeks I’ve been waking up and doing 135 crunches before I do anything else. I pad into the living…
Oct 23 2015610/23/15Veil Yeah: My Obsession With a Contentious Swath of TulleLauren Rodrigue254I did not expect to give any shits about veils, to be honest. They are just one or a few layers of airy fabric, and…
Oct 9 20151210/9/15A Bump in the Wedding Road, a Financial FreakoutLauren Rodrigue141Everything is going great! will be my last words, just as they are for so many others—right before Satan’s pitchfork…
Oct 2 20151010/2/155 Insane Things From Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, Fall 2015Lauren Rodrigue220Is it the hardening of one’s heart that makes one less and less impervious to envy with each passing issue of Martha…
Sep 25 2015169/25/15'Wedding Inspiration' Photo Shoots Are Killing Me Not-So-SoftlyLauren Rodrigue178It is one thing to wince at the glow of a Real Wedding staring back at you from a blog, to scroll through—one eye…
Sep 14 2015189/14/15It's Not So Easy to Say Yes to the DressLauren Rodrigue192If you were to ask me about my dress shopping right when I’d started the process, I’d probably gush all over your…
Aug 31 2015218/31/15Why Is It So Fucking Hard to Figure Out How Much a Wedding Will Cost?Lauren Rodrigue496Recently, I looked back at the preliminary wedding budget my fiancee Joe and I had come up with it about six months…
Aug 20 2015268/20/154 Things You Should Never Have to Hear if You're Planning a WeddingLauren Rodrigue468If you’ve ever dared to utter the “W”-word in conversation with a group of 20-somethings in a major American…
Aug 13 201598/13/155 Insane Things From Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, Summer 2015Lauren Rodrigue437Not gonna lie: I’ve been sort of nailing it these past couple weeks in the wedding planning department. I’ve…
Aug 7 2015138/7/15The Wedding Gowns I Didn't Want, and What I Learned From ThemLauren Rodrigue222Over the course of three short days last week, my mother and I went shopping for dresses, both hers and mine. It was…
Jul 23 201597/23/15Wherein Picking a Wedding Caterer Becomes an Expensive Identity CrisisLauren Rodrigue483Last week I officially passed the “one year left” mark on my wedding planning calendar. Between celebrating and…
Jul 17 2015537/17/15I'm Learning What 'For Worse' Means Before We Even Get MarriedLauren Rodrigue605When Joe and I adopted Cheddar, a scared, three-year-old blonde terrier mutt who looked like a small, fat, elderly…
Jul 8 2015207/8/15Five Godawful Wedding DIY Ideas From PinterestLauren Rodrigue396On a scale of one to ten—one being Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who is literal royalty and has never touched a…
Jul 1 2015137/1/15I've Got My Mind on My Money and My Wedding on My MindLauren Rodrigue257A good reason to not marry me is that I am not exactly a financial genius. While I’ve always been good at making my…
Jun 24 2015236/24/15I Thought My Engagement Ring Would Act as a Shield Against Men. Nope.Lauren Rodrigue460Does my engagement ring conjure a force field when I wield it against prying men? It feels as though it should. It…
Jun 12 201546/12/15Five Wedding Dresses I Want But Cannot HaveLauren Rodrigue258Before I met my fiancé, I believed that true love existed in clothes and not much else. A silk blouse that flowed…
Jun 3 2015216/3/15Maybe I Should See if My Fiancé Has an Actual Opinion About Our Wedding?Lauren Rodrigue273Wherein our columnist, currently in early stages of planning her wedding, has a GChat conversation with her fiancé…