Wedding Blog

Mrs. Bee here.

Real Simple Magazine’s monthly question in the most recent issue is “What’s the most surprising financial advice you’ve ever received?” One of the featured answers was wedding related:

Pennies, nickels, dimes, or quarters - hold on to your change. In just two years, I accumulated enough to pay for a nice chunk of my wedding.

In what ways have you and your SO cut back…

Mrs. Bee here.

Last night I watched the In Style Weddings Special, and Joely Fisher’s 10 year anniversary vow renewal was one of the featured weddings. Ever since getting married, I’ve wanted to renew our vows on our 5 year anniversary. Now that I’m actually in the wedding industry, I think that I could do it better the second time around. We’d do a lot of things…

Mr. Bee and I don’t give each other Valentine’s Day gifts, but we usually celebrate by going out or making a special dinner. I’ve actually found a gift that I want this year though - this adorable t-shirt! (It’s a reference to a classic Simpsons episode.)

Valentine’s Day is just a fun, silly holiday for us. But I know a lot of people hate Valentine’s Day…

Mrs. Bee here.

When Miss Poppy first blogged about Gary Chapman’s book, The 5 Love Languages, I was intrigued and purchased a copy. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but just going through the general overview online was fascinating. The author talks about the importance of expressing love in a “language” that your spouse understands. There are five primary love languages, and while…

Mrs. Bee here.

Whenever I talk to Mr. Bee about “girly” things, he says that he doesn’t know about those things and that I should talk to my girlfriends. I always reply, “But you’re my best friend!” He says he unfortunately knows what a tankini is now thanks to me.

I talk to Mr. Bee about everything - from what I should wear, to makeup, to…

Mrs. Bee here.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Mr. Bee and I were talking about special places that couples share, whether it’s where you met, had your first date, got engaged, or is just your favorite place to go on a date together.

For Mr. Bee and I, it’s ‘ino - a little wine bar in the West Village. It’s where we first met, and where…

Mrs. Bee here.

I recently watched Season 1 of Prison Break on dvd. Not only is it a fantastic show, but I developed a huge crush on the show’s star, Wentworth Miller. Now, I’ve never really been prone to crushes of any sort, let alone celebrity crushes. But now that I’m married, I feel kinda guilty.

Do you think celebrity crushes are harmless? Do you and your…

Mr. Bee was watching a rerun of Scrubs last night (it’s one of the few shows that we both really like). In the episode, Elliot had been on four dates with Paul, and asks Carla for some advice.

Elliot: Carla, you know how I’m…really crazy?
Carla: Sure, what’s up?
Elliot: It’s just getting so hard to hide the crazy from Paul.
Carla: Oh, I hear you, girl. I mean, Turk and I are…

Mrs. Bee here.

Speaking of changing my name, several readers sent us links to articles about a Los Angeles man who sued for the right to take his wife’s last name, as easily as she could take his. When Mike Buday and Diana Bijon decided to get married, they agreed that he would take her last name because she had no brothers, he was estranged…

Mrs. Bee here.

The New York Times had an interesting article today titled 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse.

For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.

¢¢â€š¬…”This is yet another of the inexorable signs that there is no going back to a world…

Mrs. Bee here.

Since it’s a holiday, I thought we’d do a reader buzz that was kinda fun and silly.

I asked Mr. Bee how much he loved me on a scale of 1-10, and he replied, “12.” I said, “12?! Why not higher?!” To which he replied, “12 is as high as I can go and still be credible, because if I go too high, then…

Mrs. Bee here.

I find that one of the most popular topics on wedding forums, is favors. Miss Kiwi even asked how important favors were to you in her blog today.

As a guest (of 8 weddings last year!), I can say that favors do not matter to me in the least. Sure they’re nice, and definitely appreciated, but it wouldn’t matter - to me anyway…

Mrs. Bee here.

SoonToBMrsB blogged about having a basket full of SASE’s with blank cds inside them, instead of disposable cameras at her wedding. This way guests could mail back their digital pictures, and she’d also get ceremony shots which she wouldn’t with the disposable cameras on reception tables.

(via knottie Ayamm1123)

Mrs. Bee here.

I was chatting with one of the bees this morning, about how paying for wedding party expenses varies according to each culture.

• In American culture, bridesmaids typically pay for their own dresses, hair and makeup, and groomsmen typically pay for their own tux rentals.
• In Korean and Russian cultures, the bride and groom typically pay for all their wedding party’s attire, hair, and…

Mrs. Bee here.

PlanetGordon posted a video of himself bungee jumping on his recent New Zealand honeymoon. That got me to thinking whether or not any weddingbee readers would be participating in extreme sports on their honeymoons. I was chatting the reader buzz idea over with Mr. Bee this morning, and he brought up the amazing story of the man who jumped on the subway tracks.…