Notes from the Mother of the Bride: Planning Tips and Advice from a Wedding-Day Veteran - Softcover

Goodall, Sherri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402202415 ISBN 13: 9781402202414

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2004

Synopsis

Finally, a humorous yet practical approach to wedding planning--from the perspective of the M.O.B. (Mother of the Bride)!

As the Mother of the Bride (M.O.B.), you may be producing the largest party of your life. Enjoy the trip down the aisle with the magic formula that allows you to remain sane and sensible, both during the planning process and on the great day itself. Professional event planner, wedding day veteran and former M.O.B. Sherri Goodall guides you through it all, including:
-Anecdotes and advice to save your sanity
-The Ten Commandments for the M.O.G. (Mother of the Groom).
-Checklists and tips, plus a bonus section of R.U.T.s (Really Useful Tips)

Know the secrets to:
-When to speak up, when to shut up
-Surviving the guest list
-Avoiding the excessive, orgiastic blowout gala
-Staying on good terms with the bride
-Remembering anything about the wedding day itself

Lively, funny and eminently useful, no M.O.B. can afford to be without this guide!

About this title

About the Author

Sherri Goodall knows from whence she speaks. She owned a party store for several years in Tulsa and was a sought-after party ­planner. The ultimate test came when she planned her daughter's wedding in 1994. Utilizing her creativity to the maximum, she unearthed the most efficient and effective ideas and resources necessary to produce a wedding unique to the bridal couple...a wedding with panache, dazzle, sophistication, and originality.

Goodall was among the wedding-planning veterans on wedding details.com. Her expert M.O.B. advice was sought by hundreds of inquiring brides, their moms, their grooms, and others concerned with the M.E. (the Main Event).

Goodall is the Editorial Advisor and a Contributing Editor for Oklahoma Bride Magazine, which debuted in January 1999.

In August of 1998, Goodall became a M.O.G. (Mother of the Groom) and found that she could wear beige, but keeping her mouth shut was a stretch. (There is a well-known maxim among wedding literati that mothers of the groom are expected to wear beige and keep their mouths shut.)

Goodall is a freelance writer, specializing in travel. Her articles have appeared in several publications including Departures, Travel News, Nostalgia, and Tycoon magazines. She writes for Tulsa People, Tulsa Kids, and Tulsa Woman. A grandmother of three, Goodall has written several humorous essays on grandmotherhood, which have appeared in 50 Plus, Metrofamily, 55 and Better!, and Senior Magazine, to name a few.

"I have ridden elephants in Chiang Mai, tuk tuks in Bangkok, hot-air balloons over Kenya, camels in Eilat, rafts on the Colorado River, the Eastern Oriental Express through Malaysia, cabs in reverse in Mexico City (when the transmission ran in one direction only-reverse)," says Goodall, "but the most thrilling ride of all was the one in the elevator down to my daughter's wedding!"

Edition details

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402202415
• ISBN 13: 9781402202414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128