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.
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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.
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.