“What sort of humorless god expects you to fly across the country for the Kleinfeld experience without trying on at least one absurd Pnina Tornai dress?”

can they at least try them on? as long as they never leave the dressing room? they should get to have those memories. Read more

Most orthodox women are not spending 4000-7000 on a dress. The vast majority of orthodox women are getting gowns through community gemachs. A gemach is a free or low cost rental ($250). Most modest gowns are easily modified and rebuilt. In communities where there sometimes 3 or 4 weddings a nights within the… Read more

Yep, also true. Since United has reserved seating, I don’t even bother with early boarding — I just stay in the lounge with my snacks until it’s time to go and walk on with whatever group is going at the time (that is my level or below — I do not try to jump the boarding line, and love when people get booted to the… Read more

Nothing too juicy, I guess, unless you count getting yelled at by the managing editor because the proofs were stapled together the wrong way. Read more

I still don’t know what an escort card is and my 5th anniversary is in September. HAS MY MARRIAGE BEEN ANNULLED? I don’t want to do it all over again. Read more

I’m getting married in 11 days. If any of you are not yet married please either hire a wedding planner or plan a really small wedding. We were only planning on 150 but it turns out everyone loves us so we ended up with 191 RSVP’s. My parents graciously offered to pay for everything. The other day jokingly my Mom said… Read more

Having just got married I did in fact delete every spreadsheet & list when we got home from our honeymoon. And damn it, it felt GOOD. Read more

I’m sitting here at work, and said out loud (and disgustedly) “Tablescapes?” and now people are looking at me (and this was before I even reached the directions telling me to do so).
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Excellent. Now when I get married (in give or take ten years) I’ll just fill it out as we go along, because I know my wedding is going to be some magical pinterest shit. Read more

This is one of the best mic drops I’ve ever read. Read more

Holy GOD. I’d get married just to wear something that incredible. (And that’s a problem, isn’t it?) Read more

I highly recommend the blog of the costume emroiderer, Michele Carragher. She has fantastic detail pictures of several of these.
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Yes! These roses have thorns.

Here she is, at least from wedding #1! I’m leaving this huge. Highly recommend the whole blog post with greater details shown.

The latest episode made me want a winter wedding. The snow looks so pretty and I’d finally have an excuse to wear a kick ass cloak. I’ll take a pass on marrying into a family of psychopaths though.
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Have you ever measured a tablespoon of milk? I’ve done it when baking, but it takes on an altogether different meaning when you’re measuring out a tablespoon allotment of milk for your coffee. And that meaning is something along the lines of, “This feels like disordered behavior.” Read more

Any diet that allows diet soda is suspect. Read more

Monogrammed slippers should be to “I Thee Dread” as monogrammed thermos is to “Kitchenette”. Those are some dumb looking slippers. Read more

Recently went on a business trip and am a nursing mom. Hotel was so wonderfully accommodating to provide a fridge with a functional freezer for my expressed milk. And snacks. Because mama HUNGRY. Read more