Our 20th is this October.
Congrats to you, too, Rainey!
My wedding dress was an off-the-rack Gunny Sax prom dress for which I paid almost nothing. The stupid veil I didn't want to wear in the first place cost twice as much as that wonderful dress.
I wore a halter wedding dress that I saw in a bridal magazine and my aunt's friend made it for $80.
Our wedding was very small and very 'country'.....both the church and the Inn where our reception took place have been there since the Revolutionary War. It's nice to think that 200+ years of brides and grooms have said their vows in that same place!
How nice! The cheapest place we could find was the reception hall over a bowling alley. Our daughter thinks that was a hoot--as if who would have a reception there.
And YES....I think we old-married folk deserve kudos for hanging in there!
I sometimes wonder how we got this far--it went by so fast!