Getting married? Mazel tov! Amazon has got 14 kt. gold wedding bands (in yellow, white, and rose gold) for $49.00 shipped

Amazon has got these thin 1mm wedding bands in 14kt gold for $49.00 with free Prime shipping. These bands are unadorned and smooth, appropriate for Jewish chuppahs.  I personally like the fact that my wedding band is thin, because that makes it easier to wear it with an engagement ring. Sizes 5-8.

• 1mm Thin 14k White Gold Wedding Band Ring, $49.00 with free Prime shipping and free returns
• 1mm Thin 14k Yellow Gold Wedding Band Ring, $49.00 with free Prime shipping and free returns
• 1mm Thin 14k Rose Gold Wedding Band Ring, $49.00 with free Prime shipping and free returns

You can also see this item on Daily Cheapskate's Amazon Influencer page, along with other great deals on Amazon. Amazon.com/shop/DailyCheapskate

You're engaged! Mazel tov! Congratulations! Here are the three best wedding registries to sign up for

You're engaged!  Yay!  Mazel tov!  Congratulations!  Showers and showers of happiness upon you and your spouse and your families.

Okay.  Now what?

No doubt, you've got a long list of things to do before your wedding, and some of them are tedious and some of them are awesome.  Among the list of much funner pre-marital must-dos are registering for gifts. I consider registering for gifts a way of behaving thoughtfully to your guests; for the guests who want to give you something more personal than a check, it's a genteel way of telling them that these are things that you need to set up your new household. It's also a great way of ensuring that you don't end up with 14 Lenox punch bowls.

Retailers make out like bandits over weddings, and they will give brides and grooms all sorts of nice gifts and freebies to entice you to create your wedding registry on their website.

Here are (in my humble opinion) the three BEST registries that you can sign up for and their accompanying perks.  You have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by signing up for all three initially, even if you end up not using all of them, and each signup takes just a few minutes.  Make sure you add at least one item to each registry (you can always remove it later) when you sign up to make sure you have a "placeholder;" sometimes websites do housekeeping and wipe out empty registries before couples have a chance to fill them up with their wishlist.

#1: Amazon Wedding Registry (now with even BETTER benefits).  Amazon is not only the king of retail; they currently have the best wedding registry program, especially if you're an Amazon Prime member.

Sign up for an Amazon Wedding Registry here (and add at least one item as a "placeholder") and check out these benefits:

• Amazon Wedding Registry 10%/20% Completion Discount:  A one-time 10% discount for non-Prime members, (up to $100 on $1,000 worth of items,) and 20% discount for Amazon Prime members, (up to $500 on $2,500 worth of items,) is offered on select items from your registry, good for up to 90 days after your event date. (The Prime 20% off Wedding Gift promotion will be limited to Prime customers who are members of Campus, Fresh, Prime Members with Shipping Benefits, Prime members with Mom benefits. This excludes trial, Student and Invitee members.) Details here.

• Bonus Brand Completion Bonuses:  Since these tend to rotate over time, the current offers are listed here.  At the time of this posting, you can get valuable gifts for completing a Lenox, Nordic Ware, All-Clad, Calphalon, Global/Scanpan, Nesspresso, Le Creuset, and Vitamix registry on Amazon.

• Universal Registry Capability:  Add items from other websites to your registry with the Amazon Universal Registry Button.

#2: Target Wedding Registry

Sign up for a Target Wedding Registry here (and add at least one item as a "placeholder") and check out these benefits:

• Target Wedding Registry 15% Completion Discount:  15% discount on everything left on your registry after the big day.  This is not including your 5% RedCard discount. (If you don't have a RedCard, get one now.)

• Bonus Brand Completion Bonuses:  Since these tend to rotate over time, the current offers are listed here.  At the time of this posting, you can get valuable gifts for completing a GreenPan, Keurig, Circulon, 10 Strawberry Street, Corningware, Joseph Joseph, Thirstystone, Luigi Bormioli, J.A. Henkels, Cambridge, Hamilton Beach, Nespresso, Ninja, Peugeot, and Shark registry on Target.

• Group Gifting:  group gifts are an easy way for friends and family to chip in to purchase a single registry item and Target has a pretty nifty way of managing them. Details here.

• Easy returns and exchanges up to a year after your event.

• Add items from any other site (like Amazon).

 #3:  Bed Bath & Beyond Wedding Registry

Sign up for a Bed Bath & Beyond Wedding Registry here (and add at least one item as a "placeholder") and check out these benefits:

• BB&B Wedding Registry 10% Completion Discount:  Though they don't say so on their website, Bed Bath & Beyond will mail a 10% completion coupon good for up to 3 months after the wedding, and will also host a completion event, a designated day when you take 20% off without a coupon in-store.

• Bonus Brand Completion Bonuses:  Since these tend to rotate over time, the current offers are listed here.  At the time of this posting, you can get valuable gifts for completing a Mikasa, Lenox, Noritake, Oxo, Anolon, Calphalon, All-Clad, Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Keurig, Omega,  registry at BB&B.

• Rock Your Registry Goodie Bag: After you open your registry, attend a free Rock Your Registry event in-store and get a free goodie bag. 

There are other registry benefits for these three retailers that I haven't mentioned here, because I think these are the really significant ones.  Make sure you sign up as soon as you can after you get engaged, and let the perks roll....   

Getting married? Mazel tov! Create a wedding registry on....Amazon! (you heard that right!)

This falls under the category of "Duh, why didn't I think of that?"

Are you engaged?  You might have signed up for a wedding registry at all the usual places, like Bed, Bath, and Beyond, etc., but did you know that you can create a wedding registry at Amazon ?  Yes, Amazon! It seems to make so much sense; why not Amazon?  Here are the perks:

• 10% Completion Gift – Receive a wedding gift after your event date. Get 10% off most products on Amazon for a savings up to $100.
• You already know that Amazon has claim to the World's Largest Selection, enabling you to register for all the items you both want. You can even get Judaica on Amazon, for Pete's sake.
• Your Amazon Wedding Registry is universal. Anything available for sale on Amazon.com can be added to your registry, including small appliances, cutlery, cookware, books, DVDs, electronics, and even sporting equipment. In addition, when you get the universal button you can add more products to your registry from any website. The Universal Button is a browser button that will let you add items to your Registry even if they aren't listed on the Amazon.com website. Once downloaded, just click the Amazon button in your browser while on any webpage. The box that appears will have a drop down to let you choose "Wedding Registry" as the list to add the item to.  You can download the Universal Button when you set up your registry. 

I think the 10% completion bonus is the most important and valuable perk.   You'll need to create your registry at least 30 days before your wedding and it must have at least one registry purchase in order to qualify for the 10% discount. The completion discount may be used only one time for one order, of up to an aggregate of $1,000, for a maximum discount of up to $100.  The 10% completion discount expires 90 days after your wedding.

Start your Amazon Wedding registry here.

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14K yellow gold 5 1/4" baby freshwater cultured 4.5-5mm pearl bracelet, $13.00 (great baby gift for a little girl)

Looking for a great baby gift or a special gift for a little girl? Amazon has got this 14K yellow gold 5-1/4" baby freshwater cultured 4.5-5mm pearl bracelet for just $13.00 with free Prime/SuperSaver shipping, as well as free returns.  This also makes a beautiful flowergirl gift. Please note that the clasp on the bracelet is a spring ring,  (not pictured).  This bracelet got 4.3 out of 5 stars over 23 customer reviews.

Wedding (and other simcha) flowers on a budget: Costco floral packages starting at $115

Where was Costco when I was getting married?

Flowers are one wedding (or bar/bat mitzvah, or bris, or sheva brachot etc.) item that can certainly be trimmed down when you are planning an event on a budget, but to a point.  The thing about flowers is that they add so much to the decor of a joyous event and yet they seem like such a waste, as they fade in a day and they die in a week and there goes thousands of dollars in a puff of petals.

I discovered Costco floral packages purely by accident.  (What doesn't Costco sell?)  They deliver to the site a day before the event and their floral packages are very reasonably priced (starting at $115) and from the pictures, rather beautiful.  Some of the table flowers come complete with vases and some don't, so depending on what you select, you might need to have someone there to put the flowers into vases. They also have bridal party flower packages that I found to be extremely reasonable, complete with boutonnieres for the men and corsages for the Moms, and beautiful bouquets for the bridesmaids and of course, the bride.

And if you are planning a large sheva-brachot with a bunch of people, you can order lovely table flowers from Costco as well. I was amazed at the options (colors, types of flowers, adornments, etc.) available for such reasonable prices.   Click here to check out the wedding & event flower selection at Costco.

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1/10 carat Micro Pave Women's Diamond Band in 10k white gold on clearance for $89.99 with free shipping

SuperJeweler (one of my favorite online jewelry vendors) has got this 1/10 carat Micro Pave Women's Diamond Band in 10k white gold on clearance for $99.99 .   Shipping is free.

But wait!  Use promo code SAVE10SJ at checkout to drop that price by 10% down to $89.99.  Ring sizes 4 through 9-1/2 are available.

This band features 21 micro pave diamonds. The round brilliant diamonds are tiny and delicate, color I/J, clarity I1/I2.  It received 4-1/2 out of 5 stars rating and 35 out of 38 reviewers would recommend this ring to a friend.  Most of the reviews were raves, though many purchasers thought the band was very narrow, so keep that in mind when you are buying this....it is not a thick ring.  Some purchasers bought two of these to stack around their engagement ring (I love that look) and were very happy with it.

Here's what one reviewer had to say:

The micropave is very well done and the stones shine and reflect beautifully. Incredible to know that the first quote I got for a similarly - styled custom ring to complement my engagement ring would cost 20 times more (yes - almost $2,000!!). This ring is one of the best bargains for the quality provided in or out of the stores, and matches my ring so well!

Get this elegant, sparkly diamond band for just $89.99 (use promo code SAVE10SJ) with free shipping here.

As always, all purchases from SuperJeweler.com include a lifetime warranty against the loss of side stones or damage to the jewelry's setting or center stone. They also include a one-year replacement guarantee against the loss of your jewelry's center stone

Reader writes: I need elegant bridesmaid gifts that won't bend my budget!

Received this email from a Daily Cheapskate reader, Amanda K.:

Dear Susie:
Help!  I'm getting married in 6 weeks.  We're having a very upscale wedding and I've got 4 bridesmaids plus a maid of honor.  I know it's traditional for the bride to buy her bridesmaids a gift, but the wedding has turned out to be much more expensive than an I thought it would be, and my budget for all the bridal party gifts is just $75 (though I'd like to spend even less).  I don't want to buy them something cheap-looking or cheesy.  (No silver-plated ring holders, know what I mean?) Can you help?  My bridesmaids are ages 19-26, if that helps.

Sincerely,
Amanda K. in Minneapolis

Amanda, (and all of this summer's new brides,)  first of all, congratulations and mazel tov!  Now take a deep breath.

I know how stressful and budget-busting planning the perfect wedding is.  Here's an idea for your five bridesmaid gifts that is classy but won't break the bank.

How about an 18" string of 6-7mm freshwater pearls for $9.99 from Amazon, with free Prime or Supersaver (minimum purchase $25) shipping?

Pearls are the ultimate jewelry classic, and your bridesmaids can even wear these pearls to your wedding!  Granted, they are not the super-high quality Akoya pearls that can cost thousands of dollars, but genuine freshwater pearls can still be elegant and beautiful. 

If you do plan on buying these pearls for your bridal party, since you are coming in so far under budget, consider buying your maid-of-honor an extra gift too: these Sterling Silver White Freshwater Cultured Pearl Button Stud Earrings for $9 with free Prime or Supersaver shipping.

Amanda, congratulations again on your upcoming marriage!