The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding: How to Find a Dress, Return the Shoes, Hire a Caterer, Fire the Photographer, Choose a Florist, Book a Band, and Still Wind Up Married at the End of It All

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Lara Webb Carrigan shares the wisdom of her own experience in The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding: How to Find a Dress, Return the Shoes, Hire a Caterer, Fire the Photographer, Choose a Florist, Book a Band, and Still Wind Up Married at the End of It All. She counsels that choosing the right kind of wedding for the couple is the most important decision to be made, and all plans should come from that. Carrigan illustrates her points with anecdotes gathered in her many interviews with suppliers, couples, brides-to-be and others. This best friend reminds readers about things they should do now (rather than after the rites), and hangs in until it's all a lovely memory. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


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“Useful tips and information that no one thinks to share until the big day is over…warm, funny, and wise.”


Book Description
Everyone knows your wedding day is the most important day of your life. But did you know it could also be the wackiest? Part family reunion, part ceremony, part dinner party, part get-down-and boogie dance party, weddings have a tendency to spin out of control-especially when You start considering all the important questions: Do I invite all of my relatives or just the ones I know? What does a wed" ding budget look like-and how do I stay on one? Where do I find a Dj who won't play the macarena? Why is my groom acting like such a grouch?So who can you turn to for answers? Your best friend-that wise, resourceful, and wonderfully witty friend who will help you pull together the wedding of your dreams and make sure you have fun along the way.In The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding, Lara Webb Carrigan, like that indispensable girl Friend, helps you navigate the complicated process of organizing a wedding with smarts, grace, and, above all, good humor. After having survived he hundreds of brides-to-be and newlyweds, collecting the kind of useful suggestions that no one thinks to share -- until after the wedding. Filled with voices of real women, plus insider tips from wedding consultants, caterers, and other pros, this essential resource offers practical, step-by-step strategies, checklists, and real-life advice from brides who have been there before. It also debunks wedding myths from "All bridesmaids have to wear the same dress" to "Seating charts are optional" and "The more makeup you wear, the better you'll look."Like your best girlfriend, The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding helps you keep track of all the details (and your wits) while reminding you that what matters most isn't a perfect wedding but a wonderful marriage.


About the Author
Lara Webb Carrigan is a freelance writer and former book editor. She lives in New York City with her husband, Brian.


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Lara Webb Carrigan shares the wisdom of her own experience in The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding: How to Find a Dress, Return the Shoes, Hire a Caterer, Fire the Photographer, Choose a Florist, Book a Band, and Still Wind Up Married at the End of It All. She counsels that choosing the right kind of wedding for the couple is the most important decision to be made, and all plans should come from that. Carrigan illustrates her points with anecdotes gathered in her many interviews with suppliers, couples, brides-to-be and others. This best friend reminds readers about things they should do now (rather than after the rites), and hangs in until it's all a lovely memory. (Jan.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.


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