Bullseye Bridal

dailycandy <http://www.dailycandy.com> did a weddings-on-the-cheap special today -- RSVPs online, cupcakes instead of a three-layered white cream monstrosity, the whole shebang.

but, as someone who has lived in 2 cities now that have disproportionate quantities of bridal boutiques (replete with silent, desolate white window displays, and often showing off several dresses i don't think anyone in their right mind would buy) in their downtown neighbourhoods, what really surprised me was this:
<http://www.target.com/b/ref=in_br_display-ladders/602-4643302-5076628?ie=UTF8&node=347006011>

izaak mizrahi wedding wear for under $100. not bad stuff, either. you can order online, with free shipping, and your choices even include a pantsuit in case you want to be all gender-neutral or business-like or whatevs.

wow. now that's the kind of wedding shopping i'd like to be doing. no bling, no crazy bills, no debt.

(i wonder what their return policy would be on this line... and how funny it'd be -- hypothetically, of course -- to see hungover brides coming in the next day to stand in the customer service line, tags still attached.)

(before anyone starts freaking out, no, i will not be picking out a dress to match the $42 ring i wrote about here last year <http://simran.nomadlife.org/2007/09/ring-of-truth.aspx>.)