Gothic or Halloween Wedding Theme Cards and Party Invitations

Halloween wedding theme, you ask? Yep. Believe it or not. Wedding planning is getting way outside the white lace box and into the gothic, funky, you name it. If you're hosting a Halloween or fall themed wedding how about skipping the expensive cards and invitations? Here are Halloween printables. You could do a wedding theme of zombies, True Blood, Twilight, Corpse Bride. Not my cuppa, but to each his own. Free Printable Halloween Trick-or-Treat Cards and Party Invitations

Marriage isn't Just about Wedding But Staying Married

On this blog, I share cheap wedding tips. But the wedding is teeniest, least important part of being married. You could have a terrible wedding (ours wasn't so great), but great married life (like us). And vice versa. We've been married 26 years, only to each other, kids only together. Lots of people say "wow! you're an anchronism! how do you stay together?"

I always say "lots of red wine and IPA!" That's a joke, but I do have a few less-orthodox tips. I write about them on Yahoo! Voices and Bubblews calling them my relationship glue-recipes. Today's tip--learn to read between the lines. Listen to what he's saying and not saying.

Example: my husband has to work all weekend--third shift--at least 13 days in a row. I invited my daughter for dinner but she had plans. I asked my son, but he was tired and crabby. I could have called a friend. But that's kind of awkward. Most of them would be busy. Plus, our busy, odd schedule doesn't allow time to cultivate friendships. Read more Relationship Glue Recipe Read Between the Lines (photo is us with the youngest).