Ernst, R. G. W., III. (2000). Great wedding tips from the experts.Los Angeles: Lowell House.

12/13/08 to 12/21/08
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This book contains a lot of helpful information on how to deal with the business/organizational side of getting married. I loved the guidance on making spreadsheets, schedules, and binders (though I don't think I'll use the binders). The interview questions for the various vendors and the ideas about what one should expect each to provide were also helpful. Despite these good things, the book on the whole was annoying. It was filled with routine assumptions about what a marriage ceremony should look like. Anyone who tells you that you must have engraved invitations for a formal wedding let alone a particular order for seating parents and receiving lines is far too traditional and rigid for my taste. I guess it's good to know these rules before one breaks them, but the fact that a wedding consultant (or whomever) spreads them around is what perpetuates the rules in the first place.