Discussions by Holly

If you have ever made an account at the Knot, it has probably scoured the web to look for your registries even if you never connected them to the Knot. I know there was a post about this recently but...

I’ve been super busy since the wedding and move to California, since I got hired as an elementary school teacher two days before school started! I am working 10-11 hours a week and coming home totally...

I know there are always threads about whether or not to do table assignments, but just wanted to get some opinions anyway. I'm super pro table assignments, because I think otherwise there's this...

FH came home from work today carrying a skinny, tall wrapped gift. He had lunch with his friend, who decided to give us our wedding gift now. He said we could open it early-- it was a ukulele! We were...

I know it's normal for toasts to be given by the best man/maid of honor and maybe a parent from each side of the family, but how do these people know to give toasts? Do you ask them to? It somehow...

I had my first wedding dream that wasn't a nightmare! I kind of got there late and was like ahh I don't have time to put on makeup or do my hair, but then I was like whatever, I'm fabulous as is, so I...

FH and I are moving to the bay area this summer. His parents live there and have a “cottage” (a studio bath guesthouse) in the backyard. We’re planning to live in the cottage initially while saving...

For those of you with long or hyphenated last names, how big of a pain is it? I'm thinking about changing my name to a hyphenated one when I get married, which would be 6 7 letters long. Will that...

My sister is my MOH/only BM. She is excited to do this. On WW, everyone says her only responsibility is to show up dressed, but that's the hard part! She's very particular about her clothing. She does...

How did you do it? I'm looking at the WW tool, where it's just a bunch of pages of names of songs and ain't nobody got time for that. My parents are in an Irish band and have played for tons of...

I got emails from both WW and the Knot today with coupon codes for free tickets. FH will be out of town so I figured why not, since it's free! Anyone else going? Impromptu WW social before or after???...

I was looking for a new book to read and stumbled upon "Father of the Bride" by Edward Streeter, which is what the movies were based on. I remember thinking the movie was funny in elementary school...

I have two questions: 1. We're going to be moving across the country next summer to the Bay Area, so I'm not sure how big of an apartment we'll have since everything is $$$. How...

I'm at my grandparents' house for the holiday, and my grandma hands me a letter in the newspaper about how to have a wedding without going into debt and says "I'm sure you're doing things reasonably,...

There is free shipping tonight until midnight PST with code "HOORAY." Also for anyone who misses that but plans to buy something soon, I got a free shipping coupon with my dress, but don't think I'll...

An issue of Real Simple Magazine came today and I guess it's the wedding issue. Don't know for sure because FH is hogging it! But he read out a study about $ spent on e-ring and how it...