My $20 Wedding Dress

(courtesy iReport @ cnn.com)

Each day I start out by reading world news, financial news and then on my scouring my wedding sites to bring you ideas, new releases and more. On cnn.com, I found an iReport (where readers and bloggers can upload their own reports of news and topics), and on this particular report was a woman who bought a $20. Now her story shows us what really important in a wedding and in a marriage. Remember that during these tough economic times, that your soon-to-be spouse is there for you for better or worse, richer or poorer.


It was 1965. The all lace wedding dress I wanted cost $25. My dad only gave me enough to get the one with the lace bodice for $20. I borrowed a veil, and wore the shoes I had worn to prom two years earlier. Yes, I got married three days after I graduated from high school. My dad did not come to the wedding; all I ever knew was that it was in a Baptist church and he was raised Catholic. No discussion with him, my brother-in-law walked me down the aisle. The ladies in my church set up the reception, my mom had nothing to do with the wedding except be there. The cake was provided by my future father-in-law who ordered it through the bakery he worked for. It came in the back of a bread transport semi, a little mashed on one side, but mostly intact. I never knew about that until after the wedding. We borrowed money from my dad for my ring as my husband was in the Navy and money was very tight.

For the rest of the story; http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-32298. Enjoy!