By Elizabeth Hughes
Weddings in the US involve big business and - ask any bridesmaid - considerable strain and weirdness as well. But, not to worry: wedding-planning software has arrived for that white-satin-and-tulle-lined market niche.
Bridesmaid for Windows has a simple-to-customize database capable of tracking events right down to place cards for a formal wedding dinner. It includes a spreadsheet for tracking expenditures and sufficient word-processing capability to keep extensive notes of conversations with vendors. Take it from a me, a lifetime maid of honor-cum-wedding planner, this is handy stuff.
While it won't alleviate the angst of planning a wedding, it will create order out of the chaotic preparations you punch in. It assumes - in my experience, correctly - that the user has access to other sources for advice. The least expensive of several wedding planning programs I've looked at, it is also blessedly free of preprogrammed checklist idiocies such as "Enjoy your wedding!"
I'm giving Bridesmaid to the next married-person-to-be who calls in a tizzy.
Bridesmaid for Windows: US$19.95. Simply Software: (800) 425 1122, +1 (205) 870 1975.
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