Many brides-to-be are finding ways to save on their wedding
ESCANABA -- Twenty-two-year-old Laura Klein is getting married on July 7, 2012. She's been diligently working on wedding preparations, and naturally, dress shopping is at the top of her list.
“I have a dress I really like,” explains Klein. “But if my fiancé sees this...I don't want him to see it. I want it to be a surprise.”
But the economy is also affecting wedding planning. This past spring, Laura drove to Green Bay to shop for dresses. But she decided to settle locally because the cost of gas would've been too expensive to have to drive back and forth for alterations.
And gas prices are also affecting bridal stores; some for the worse and some for the better.
“Well, for us, the gas prices are keeping the bridesmaids local,” explains Gayle Johnson of Dream Day Event Center. “So it really has helped us that way. You know, you figure by the time you go out of town, you're paying gas, maybe a hotel, meals out."
Both Laura and her fiancé Josh's family, are helping finance the big day, but her wedding party will also pitch in with other preparations.
“We are trying to do a lot of things ourselves,” Klein said. “A lot of the decorations are do-it-yourself. I have really crafty bridesmaids, so they're helping me make some really awesome centerpieces and stuff like that. My whole family's helping out."
But bridesmaids can also save a little, too: shorter cocktail dresses are increasing in popularity because they can be worn again after the wedding.
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