Discounts appeal with average cost above $28,000 The fairy tale weddings that many couples have yearned for are starting to come back down to earth - leveled by everyday problems like house payments and rising gas and food bills.

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With the assistance of Frisco’s Ricardo Tomas, couples planning to tie the knot can be certain that their wedding day will be everything they imagined.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I understand that a registry should be taken only as a suggestion and that anyone who chooses to give a gift is under no obligation to purchase from a set list.

Some dads are just hard to shop for. Father’s Day is Sunday, and retailers are looking at Saturday to be a big day for shoppers. “It’s more of a weekend thing,” said Sandee Kraft, general manager at Dillard’s. “The wives usually bring in the k