Bridesmaids, get ready to save a fortune on your wedding dress, shoes, accessories, bridal shower invitations and decor, and more. Since bridesmaids often spend over $1,000 during their time in just one wedding party, you’ll be thrilled to know that this one little tip can save you up to 85% off your bridesmaid gown, shoes, accessories, and up to 60% off the supplies you’ll need to throw a fabulous bridal shower and bachelorette party. You can even get things for free.
So what’s this magic secret? Here it is… Get On the List. Sign up for every mailing list possible at a range of bridal gown and bridesmaid dress shops, department stores, outlet stores, and craft stores, and you’ll get advance, VIP notice of members-only sales and clearances that will save you a fortune.
At a bridal gown shop’s VIP access trunk sale that only people on the mailing list know about, you can save 50%, 60%, up to 85% on pretty, designer bridesmaid dresses – and if you already have your dress, you can get the same savings on your shoes, jewelry, gloves and other accessories. There’s no rule saying you have to shop for a dress at these super-sales! (It may even be safer to be in the accessories section while all those other dress-hungry bridesmaids elbow each other to get to that sophisticated sage stunner!)
At the craft store, members on mailing lists get valuable coupons via e-mail, access to members-only shopping times, advance notice of clearances and sales, and invitations to craft-making classes led by their experts. If you’re not on the list, you miss out!
Be smart when you sign up. Getting on mailing lists will generate a flurry of junk e-mails, so use a separate, dedicated e-mail address just for your bridesmaid activities and provide that one when you sign on. Set your spam filters to accept e-mails from these stores you’ve chosen, and you’ll soon get a goldmine of money-saving offers! And check your spam files to see if your computer re-directed a legitimate, wanted message over there so that you don’t miss it.
The List may be an actual signup sheet in the store, or a form filled out on their site, Liking their Facebook page, filling out a form at a bridal show; when you give them your chosen, safe contact info, you could very well save a LOT of money…which is welcome news if you’re the bridesmaid with less money than the other bridesmaids, or if you’re in more than one or two weddings this season!
I have tons more savings for you in my book Bridesmaid on a Budget: How to Be a Brilliant Bridesmaid Without Breaking the Bank, and you’ll find budget tips and planning ideas in my best-selling Ultimate Bridal Shower Idea Book. Also, find free worksheets at my site www.sharonnaylor.net!
I wish you were in Massachusetts for my bridal show, 🙂