Amy, the friendly and knowledgeable lass over on the Ultimate Goth Guide blog, has just posted a guest post by me – Tips for Planning the Perfect Gothic Wedding. Here’s a little teaser: Agree on a budget early on, too, and add on a 10% contingency for unforeseen expenses. Weddings can be unfathomably expensive, but [...]

As those of you who’ve read my book, the Gothic Wedding Planner, know – I’m opposed to STDs. I mean Save-the-Date cards, although it never hurts to remind ourselves to practise safe sex. Practise a lot, if you’ve got the opportunity Save-the-Date cards. I hates them. We didn’t send them out, and when my soon-to-be-wedded [...]

Dear Steff Help! We are SO POOR! I mean, food-stamp poor. My fiance was laid seven months ago, and I was laid off last month.We’re making just enough to pay the bills and keep our house, but we’re living on noodles and half-price leftovers from the farmers market. We used the last of our savings [...]

You’ve followed all the wedding budget advice. You’ve agreed on a budget, set a savings goal, created a separate “wedding” bank account, and basically saved you ass off to afford your dream wedding. (If you’re super-smart, you’ll follow all the tips in the “budget” section of the Gothic Wedding Planner). But you forgot one teensy-weensy [...]

The world financial crises effects us all, even in the wedding industry. The Wedding Times are tough, so the industry works in overdrive, and we get suckered in. Those GORGEOUS pictures splashed across every bridal magazine and wedding blog really convince us we’re not doing it properly if we don’t have all of those exquisite [...]