Dammit. The Australian Offbeat Brides have all the fun:

Thanks so much to Linda for sharing her photos with us in the Offbeat Bride photo pool. We'll be sharing LOTS more of them and all the magical details with you tomorrow…

Jezebel recently did a post addressing how wedding costs can add up (In The Long Run, Your Wedding Could Cost You Big Time), and while the post itself is somewhat interesting, I was completely taken by a comment posted by a user named geekgirlliz, who caters weddings.

Here were geekgirlliz's excellent tips on how to save money if you're going the catered-hotel-wedding route:

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This week's shoe gazing post is all about buckled wedding shoes.

Buckled heels, buckled boots, buckled flats. White, red, pink, silver, gold. Big heels, little heels, no heels, platforms … I tried to get a little bit of everything, always imagining how great they would look both peeking out from under a relatively traditional white gown, or as a show piece with tea length dress in some daring color. I tried to get a range of splurgeyness, too — from $60 to $600.

As usual, I like my shoes loud and your tastes may vary. But if you're looking for buckles, ladies, I got you covered…

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So, here's the deal: you're ready to marry your sweety. You would propose, but you think they may already be planning something and you don't want to step on their proposal planny toes. What do you do? Sit around and wait? HELL NO! You follow Shelby's example here and make a video letting your partner know, "I Am Ready":

The video was filmed by Audre Rae Photography, and the music is "Wonder-Dummied" by Brooke Waggoner.