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With designs inspired by fashion icon Audrey Hepburn, Absolutely Audrey carries a line of vintage and modern shoe clips to spice up your footwear.

They have a bridal line, but their shoe clips can easily jazz up any look. I think they’d look great on plain black pumps, with jeans, on a purse… the possibilities are endless. They would even make a nice bridesmaids gift. Tres cute.

(source: bridalwave)

I’m not doing this but kudos to those of you who are. I think it’s a really cute idea. Here’s some additional info.

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I was planning on writing a post about the pros and cons of merging finances after marriage, but looks like thenest beat me to it - they have a helpful article today on joint vs. separate accounts.

Also check out their tax prep guide which tells you the pros and cons of filing taxes individually or jointly. I actually sent an email to my CPA today about this very topic because I thought it’d be helpful for both me and weddingbee readers with tax day just around the corner.

Mr. Bee and I have a joint account because I wasn’t making any moola while launching this wonderful site. But I do have a separate checking account (even though I don’t use it that often). Eventually I think I would like for us to maintain separate checking accounts only because I think it’s easier to track spending (and saving) that way (I’m horrible, he’s not). But who knows - a joint account is working for us now.

What are your financial plans once you get married? Will you maintain separate accounts? A joint account? Or separate accounts and a joint account?

Last night I went to the New York Metro Wedding Showcase. They didn’t have as many vendors as The Bridal Event I attended last month, but the atmosphere was more upscale - they had high quality vendors and free wine and champagne. I also got to taste Godiva’s new chocolate wedding cake favor - delicious with a soft chocolately center.

Check out the gift bag they gave to each guest. I’m a greedy bastard that loves anything free. It was worth going for the gift bag alone.

Some highlights of the gift bag:

• make-up bag
• NY Metro Wedding Magazine (unfortunately I had already purchased one)
• Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book, Newlywed Edition
• Pommery Pink Pop champagne
• Vincent Longo lipstick in Nolita
• Amore Pacific Samples
• Malin+Goetz Samples
• box of cereality
• plus thank you cards, mints, coupons, and gift certificates.

I’ll be reviewing some vendors from the show in upcoming posts. I’ll also be at the 4pm Events bridal show next month. They’re going to be giving one sick giftbag. I can’t wait.

Mr. Caterpillar and I have been trying to get our registries together, and it’s taking forever. So far we’ve selected silver and china from Michael C. Fina and some bakeware from Williams Sonoma. Part of the problem is that I don’t actually believe people will purchase things from our registry. Yellow people always give cash, which is really ideal; and everyone else will just laugh at the idea of a $200 canape dish.

Hannah Jung

Then and Now

Birthdate: September 15, 2002
Age: 3
Personality Type: Princess all the way
Likes: Anything Cinderella or Barbie. Loves playing with Susan Unnie (that’s me). Designer clothes. Likes to bang on the bathroom door while people are doing their thing. Hide-and-go-seek. Likes hugs.
Dislikes: Hates eating meat and listening to people.
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite TV Show: Any Cinderella cartoon
Recently Got in Trouble for: Cutting her own hair (There’s a patch of hair growing back on the right side of her head)
Boyfriend: None, but in her pre-school class she is the only girl in her class. Go girl.
How do you think she will do as a flower girl: She’s gonna fuck it up.
Secret Power to get her to listen: “If you don’t listen Susan unnie’s going to go home.”

Josie Elizabeth Lee

Then and Now

Birthday: May 3, 2004
Age: 2
Personality Type: Mosher
Likes: Head banging to Blue’s Clues music and screaming at the top of her lungs. She also likes to stand an inch away from the tv. Likes to hang out under the coffee table or over it.
Dislikes: People taking her little dolls that she carries everywhere
Favorite Color: Doesn’t have one
Favorite TV Show: Anything Blue’s Clues
Recently Got In Trouble For: Pushing a boy at the playground
Boyfriend: None, She likes to push them, not date them. A little boy once kissed her and her father heard about it and literally freaked out. She’s 2. Relax dude.
How do you think she will do as a flower girl: She’s gonna fuck it up.
Secret Power to get her to listen: The only way she’ll move away from standing so close to the tv is if you say “Josie! Backbackbackbackbackbackbackbackback…”

Do you need a new set of luggage for your honeymoon? I’m actually in the market for a good garment bag myself because Mr. Bee and I have to travel to so many weddings.

Luggage Online offers free shipping on purchases over $125 ($10 shipping for purchases under $125) and free returns. Plus they offer a price guarantee on internet advertised prices.

This 5 piece Samsonite Nested Set is only $169.95.

Or you could always register for luggage. That’s what we should have done.

You guys know you can’t have all 3 you smart asses! At least write what you really want on the back of the card! Now I’m forced to call you and talk to you boobs! Why must you torture me so!

Guess what came in the mail?!!!

You have to see them in person. The photos don’t really do them any justice. They’re sooo cute! I ordered these from Pegeen. I love them and the woman I’ve been dealing with, Marge, is so prompt in getting back to you and helping you pick the right measurements.

Recently we’ve received a lot of emails from brides asking us how to find Knottie Bios. To tell you the truth, I could never figure it out either so I’ve never surfed any bios myself.

Our Knottie correspondent Miss Dragonfly tells us that she uses the magnificentbliss directory (where brides add their own bios) to begin searching. If you know the username of a specific bride, you can also put it into theknot’s bio search tool.

For the most part though, I think brides jump from one bio to another by clicking on links. And as far as I can tell, there is no way to look for bios in specific cities (I think there used to be an engine for that but it no longer works).

Bios can be a very helpful tool when planning your wedding - it just takes a little practice to learn how to surf them. Hope this helps. Happy surfing!