Could a Payday Loan Help You Have Your Dream Wedding?

No payday loan, no wedding last year

If you find your perfect dress at a fatally flawed price, check eBay.

Maybe if Maria Ayson and Nolan Green had gotten a payday loan, they wouldn’t have had to postpone their wedding an entire year.

Yes, it seems the recession is creeping into every little facet of life, and weddings are no different.

A dream deferred

Last year Ayson and Green planned to marry in August, but they changed their plans when Green lost his job. The couple say they are glad they decided to postpone the wedding, but maybe if they’d gotten a payday loan, they’d already be married.

Costly celebration

As it is, the couple plans to marry in August this year. Ayson has revamped her original plans to adjust to the couple’s new situation. She is doing what most Americans are doing in the face of the recession: cutting corners to try to save whatever money she can.

Couples spent an average of $28,700 on their weddings in 2007. That amount dropped 6.5 percent in 2008, and this year couples are expected to spend $20,400.

Wedding 2.0

In the grand tradition of using the Internet for, well, everything, one bride saved $1,000 by buying her dress on eBay. She found her dream gown, but the $1,200 price tag was a bit of a nightmare. She found the exact dress for $200 on eBay. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Could a Payday Loan Help You Have Your Dream Wedding?"