My grandmother and mother sat down together shortly after we announced our engagement and flipped through a bridal magazine to look at dresses. Grandma apparently spent the entire time talking about all the "nakedness" of the models in their strapless dresses. She kept asking my Mom where their jackets were. She even flipped to one designer's page and commented to Mom that "those are lovely nightgowns."

Indeed, Indie Bride. Indeed. And bedazzled, at that.