The year was 1982 - Our rings cost $100 for BOTH gold matching bands, and whatever we paid the judge, blood tests, and for license. Friends & family threw a reception a week or so later and other stand up folks took us out for drinks the day of. Probably less than $200.
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"Economy is a poor man's revenue; extravagance, a rich man's ruin." ~~??, frontspiece, The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia Maria Child, Harper & Row, 1836 edition (dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy).
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