Three Great Lists

Who doesn’t love a list? I’m certainly a fan of information being presented in a quick-to-read, easy-to-digest, numerical fashion.

theknot.com recently sent around a newsletter that contained a link to “The 12 Worst Pieces of Wedding Advice Ever.” While that list was a bit of a disappointment (it’s really just twelve brides talking about weird things people told them to do), that list did lead to some interesting and useful articles.

For example, “10 Rules for Every Bride” offers some down-right common sense guidelines such as “I can live without lady’s slipper orchids” and “I won’t have unrealistic weight expectations”. True, both of those examples are rather obvious but they’re also completely true and on theknot.com, a leader in wedding porn, they’re also quite refreshing.

“12 Wedding Day Details Not To Miss”, meanwhile, offers great advice that’s not so obvious. I certainly haven’t given any thoughts to what our exit will be like and I just assumed that the venue would take care of just details as the cake table and the washrooms.

Then there’s “10 Inventive Wedding Ideas”, a lighter-toned list that once again is packed with great ideas, like having a cookie bar instead of a dessert bar. I think that’s a really and affordable idea. I also quite like the low-tech slide show, which is really just a bunch of childhood photos lined up in matching frames. It’s a classy alternative to a traditional slide show which is often more embarrassing than entertaining and, unless it’s being handled by the DJ or some other professional, a source of much stress.

I’m sure that there are more great lists buried on theknot.com and other sites and I’ll be sure to post them as I come across them.

[Note: I believe you’ll have to be a member of theknot.com in order to read some of the above lists.]