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Wedding Dress BridalResearch by Alliance & Leicester found that most people end upwith a significant budget shortfall, and spend about ￡3,500more than the ￡15,900 they expect the big day to cost.However, it is possible to cut wedding costs substantially withsome careful planning, and the starting point should always be toset a strict budget to work around, and to allocate how much youwant to spend on each part of the wedding. One of the biggest expenses of any wedding is the reception, but tokeep costs down, think about tying the knot midweek rather than ona Saturday. Wedding venues tend not only to have greateravailability during the week than at weekends, but prices are oftenmuch cheaper. Whichever day you decide to get married, don't forget to try tonegotiate on costs – you might be able to get a discount ifyou haggle. The website www.cheap-wedding-success.co.uk has some good suggestions for inexpensive reception venues. Itrecommends starting with your local council website, as this oftenenables you to hire buildings that may have been turned into localauthority centres for training or education. Local sports clubs are also worth a look, and hire charges areagain likely to be low. As well as the reception, wedding dresses can be a major expense,typically costing around ￡1,000, but it is always worthasking the shop manager if they have any ex-display dresses. I managed to pick mine up for a bargain ￡99 in a Londonstore, and then had to spend a bit on alterations, but the finalcost was considerably less than the dress's original ￡980price tag. I don't think any of the guests guessed how little itset me back, or at least they were too polite to say so. Another alternative is to find a dress you like in a bridalmagazine and see if you can get a dressmaker to replicate it– this again often works out more cheaply than buying from abridal shop. A final option worth considering for wedding dresses is to visitOxfam. You may not want a second-hand dress, but 90 per cent ofthose that are sold are actually brand-new, originating fromcatwalk shows and wedding retailers. The typical selling price of an Oxfam wedding dress is about￡250. Oxfam has nine shops with bridal departments. Visit thewebsite www.oxfam.org.uk/shops/content/bridal.htm or call 0845 300 0311 for a full list of those near you. When it comes to stationery, think about making your owninvitations, orders of service and menus. It needn't be difficultwith the help of a computer and printer, and could help save youhundreds of pounds. There are several websites that can help withthis, including www.weddingcrafter.co.uk , and www.weddingdiy.co.uk The latter, for example, specialises in DIY wedding stationerykits with prices from 70p to ￡1.40 for invitations. You canalso download templates from the site for use with the invitationsyou order. Think about whether you could enlist the help of friends or familymembers when it comes to photography, making bridesmaids' dresses,chauffeuring their vintage car, or preparing some of the food. If you still find costs spiralling out of control, then you couldask friends to contribute to the cost of the wedding itself, ratherthan buying you a conventional wedding present. For example, by using the website www.youbuymywedding.com , guests can pledge money towards the part of the wedding theywould like to help pay for – from the hire of the receptionvenue to the wedding cake. Couples pay a registration fee of￡49.95 to use the site and they then get a reference numberwhich they can include on their invitations. The number enablesguests to log on to the couple's own page and make their pledge. However, bear in mind that there is also a 4.75 per centadministration charge in addition to the registration fee –so for every ￡100 pledged by your guests, you will receive￡95.25 to help pay for your wedding. Whatever you do, try not to get into debt paying for your wedding.If you have a long engagement ahead, start paying into a regularsavings account as soon as possible. These usually run for a yearand offer a high rate of interest that can boost the amount yousave. For example, Abbey's Fixed Monthly Saver 7 account pays animpressive 7.25 per cent gross interest a year on a minimum monthlyinvestment of ￡20. The maximum you can pay in is ￡250 amonth. To share your penny-pinching tips, please write to penny.pincher@telegraph.co.uk

bamboo baby clothes50,000,000+ Baby Boomers Get Brassy New Voice to 'Express TheirAttitude' via Sassy New Tee-Shirt Collection The unique new 'Boomers with Attitude' (BWA) collection ofeye-catching men's and women's tee-shirts, which is focusedexclusively on the Baby Boomer generation, is now available. Eachof the more than 80 pieces in the collection is designed to notablydistinguish and enhance the status of the wearer in many ways.Their subtly 'in your face' designs are tastefully provocative oredgy, yet straightforward and distinctive in appearance. Thestandout 'BWA - Boomers with Attitude' identification in the frontof the tee-shirt proudly announces precisely who's wearing thearticle, as well as how they feel. Most importantly, each designfurther empowers its wearer to creatively 'express their attitude'by featuring one of over 60 unique, clever, funny, insightful,nostalgic, iconic, biting, spicy or thought-provoking Baby Boomerspecific messages on the tee-shirt's back. Barrington, Illinois ( PRWEB ) June 11, 2008 -- Baby Boomers now have an exclusive new casualclothing option that brings fresh meaning and pizazz to the tiredold maxim 'Been there, Done that, Got the Tee-shirt.' The newly available 'Boomers with Attitude' (BWA) collection ofmore than 80 eye-catching men's and women's tee-shirts is designedto uniquely distinguish and enhance the status of the wearer inmany ways. Their subtly 'in your face' designs are tastefullyprovocative or edgy, yet straightforward and distinctive inappearance. The standout 'BWA - Boomers with Attitude'identification in the front of the tee-shirt proudly announcesprecisely who's wearing the article, as well as how they feel. Mostimportantly, each design further empowers its wearer to creatively'express their attitude' by featuring one of over 60 unique,clever, funny, insightful, nostalgic, iconic, biting, spicy orthought-provoking Baby Boomer specific messages on the tee-shirt'sback. All designs are offered in multiple colors. Comfortable, highquality, eco-friendly bamboo blend articles are available, inaddition to traditional cotton / poly blends. New designs andmessages are added daily. "Finally, Baby Boomers, who've never been the least bitbashful about expressing exactly what's on their mind, now havetheir own unique collection of distinctive, eye-catching tee-shirtswhich empowers them to proudly declare 'I'm a Butt-Kickin', NameTakin' Baby Boomer!' and expands their cherished 50 year plustradition of openly and unabashedly articulating their sincerest,most heart-felt attitudes, thoughts and dreams to the world andthose around them." says Jim Riddel, founder of 'Boomers withAttitude' and fellow Baby Boomer. BWA branded merchandise is available exclusively via the newlylaunched BWA online store, which features high quality, affordablypriced apparel that focuses solely on the most exceptional andfinancially influential generation in the USA today -- BabyBoomers. In addition to the BWA Tee-shirt collection, the store offers BWAlogo imprinted baseball / golf caps, golf / tennis polo shirts,flirty-'n-fun men's and women's underwear items, along with otherapparel accessories. The online BWA store's web address is www.BoomersWithAttitude.com . It's available 24/7, 365 days of the year, and accepts creditcards including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express,Diners Club and PayPal . For more information about 'Boomers with Attitude', please contactJim Riddel at (847) 496-5148. ### Post Comment: Trackback URL:http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1Ib3JyLUNvdXAtTWFnbi1Qcm9mLVplcm8=

Embroidered Salwar Kameez As Haal-e-Dil gears up for release later this month, Ajay and wifey dearest Kajol even went ahead and shot a special song for the film. The songcalled 'Oye Hoye' seems like a typical Punjabi number and has Kajoldressed in a beautiful maroon salwar kameez. The song, which wasshot at the Filmistan studios in Mumbai, also features the film'slead pair Nakul Mehta and Amita Pathak dancing along with Ajay andKajol. Hope Ajay and Kajol's magic rubs off to this film.