There are some smart young couples out there

On Sunday, we visited in New Rochelle. I noticed a wedding invitation out and remarked on the fact that it like the last several ones I've received was as plain as can be. It was just printed in Hebrew and English on basic ivory stock with no color, extra lining or even a monogram. Elaborate invitations can be beautiful but usually cost $5 a piece or even more. On a large run, the plain ones would cost less than $1 a piece. That translates into hundreds of dollars in savings. Another thing that shows smart thinking is where the young couple registered. I was told that in that area they no longer register at places like William Sonoma or Tiffany's but at Bed Bath and Beyond, where they pick out the most mundane of practical items like trash cans. Ms. Maven would be most pleased, as that is what the column in the summer issue of Kallah Magazine advised -- don't register at overpriced stores and select from stores like Bed Bath and Beyond that are more fairly priced and cooperative about returns.

Comments

Register at Target!!!
Even though at Bed Bath and Beyond sometimes the price is the same as Target EXCEPT you have your trusty little 20% off coupon that saves you more money.
In my circle we all save our coupons and give it to the kallah so that she can use them all up for her house.
Though I would not recommend registering at Sears...awful experience.
Good post.
Orthonomics said…
Another problem with expensive invitations is their weight. Stamps are already 42 cents and an invitation traditionally requires 2 stamps. Sending out invitations that take a dollar postage on the outside isn't cost effective.
Ariella's blog said…
concernJewgirl, thanks for the comment. I save the Bed Bath & Beyond coupons. though I don't use them all, they never expire, and I have given some away to kallahs who have requested them. I also like Target for gifts because they always offer gift receipts, and the recipient is bound to find something -- if even things as mundane as laundry detergent and cereal -- that she can use there if she doesn't care for the gift. I pointed this fact out to my daughter when she was given a chotchke from one of the local rather overpriced gift stores. The chotchke was useless -- and it's $15 price there was less than any of the other choices in the store (where even stationery was priced at $18). So we had add nearly another $15 to the credit on the gift to get something she liked in that store-- costume jewelry. That is why I would never purchase a gift for someone from such a store. You don't get your money's worth, and they don't get a credit that is really worthwhile. Yes, it's the thought that counts, but you want the recipient to get something s/he likes without having to add in money of his/her own.

SephardiLady, that is all too true. On top of paying extra for the invitations, you have to lay out far more for postage. That point is touched on in the article on invitations in the fall issue of Kallah Magazine (at the printer as we speak, er blog). You have to weigh the invitation complete with all insertions at the post office to ascertain how much postage it requires. You also have to check for the invitations going out of the country.

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