The one thing that made my purchase of a $bridal_magazine worthwhile was finding the mail order invitation places. Now you can probably do it on line (geez, I'm old), but they were lower cost, and I was able to find something simple with all the other bits, like RSVP cards.

There are tons of ways to spend less money on a wedding, and afaic, the number one thing is to strip out the BS the wedding industry has put in place. You don't need napkins with your name on them, do you? Things like that were once markers of conspicuous consumption, but became must-have on the advice of people who profit from customizing matchbooks and other paper products.

Er, I, er, have opinions about this, I guess.

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