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According to Glamour Magazine, there is a specific roasted chicken recipe that, well, helps you get engaged!  It all started when an editor at the magazine gave the recipe to an assistant who made the delicious dish for her boyfriend.  Within a month, she was engaged!  As the recipe was passed around from assistant to assistant, the weddings had been sparked!

Could it be too good to be true?  The magazine claims that over 26 engagements (that they know about) relate back to a certain chicken dish that was made in the not-so-distant past.  And just this very month a Glamour writer for the popular blog "Smitten" got engaged post-chicken roasting.

So while all of our OurWeddingDay.com brides may already be engaged (congratulations by the way!) surely there are friends out there in relationships who also want to get engaged.  And who enjoy roast chicken.

You can find the Engagement Chicken recipe here.  Pass it around... and let us test it for ourselves to see if the myth is true.  I think I'll be making this dish myself in the next coming weeks!

Think charming weddings on a budget can't also be fashion-forward?

Lawren Howell recently shared with Vogue her wedding ideas, and one of them was a gorgeously simple natural bench from Party Rental Ltd.

Says Lawren, "Long benches for the ceremony not only look great, but they seat more people (and cost less money) than renting chairs."

Finally something that the high-gloss, high-fashion of Vogue and casual, classic Americana of Martha Stewart can agree on!  We love it!

Unless you have been off planning your wedding in a dark cave without any electricity or word from the outside world, you are fully aware of being "green" (a.k.a. eco-friendly / earth friendly / saving the planet one reusable bag at a time...).  Millions of people have made small adjustments to their lives which, collectively, create a large and positive impact on our planet.

Now, as bride-to-be, you can take it one step further.  Head out to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of The Green Bride Guide: How to Create an Earth-Friendly Wedding on Any Budget by Kate Harrison.  It can help you have the most spectacular wedding while simultaneously being eco-chic!

The book covers planning you engagement party, locations for the ceremony, invitations, flowers, and all the way up to the honeymoon.  Happy (green) planning!

Caroline and her soon-to-be husband had an inspired idea to capture their wedding day.  They rented three Super 8 video cameras and gave them to their friends to document the expierence.

It resulted in a compilation of lovely images that capture the feeling of an amazing day.  Check it out!

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that "new economic realities are now further shaping couples' priorities," and that more and more couples are requesting cash for their wedding present.

They even quote a disgruntled groom, who asks: "What the hell are we going to do with a $400 stand-up mixer?"  He and his bride live in a small one-bedroom apartment in New York. "Everything we get for our wedding is doomed to spend at least three years in her parents' garage."

The WSJ contines to comment on the "right" and "wrong" ways to request cash.

What do you think?  Do cash gifts seem less special or romantic?  Is it always tacky to request cash?  Is cash more practical?

Do you think traditional Ring Bearers are boring?  Wanna spice it up?  How about and owl! No, seriously.  Mike Roberts and his trusty owl Ollie (pictured above) are taking the honor to new heights this year all over England.

And check these out too, for ideas on Ring Bearers both classic and unconventional.

How much do you love your groom-to-be?  More than you love your first cup of coffee in the morning?  More than Cleopatra Ptolemy VII loved Julius Gaius Caesar, and then Mark Anthony?  More than a bag of Skittles with excesses of greens and yellows (arguably the best flavors)?

I Love You More Than Blank is a website created with the sole purpose of expressing how much you love someone, but in a somewhat silly way.  The entire idea behind the site is getting rid of statements like "I love you more than you know" and replacing it with realistic, applicable things to really illustrate how deeply you feel for someone.  How fun for Valentine's Day!

Check out the site and post your own messages.  Here's one of our favorites: "I love you more than I love the internet, and I spend all day on the internet."

If you're engaged and happen to be traveling through Stockholm Arlanda airport this year, you might be in for a lucky surprise.

Some 523 couples tied the knot at the airport in 2008, and those number are expected to jump even higher as new venues are made available. But these aren't your ordinary venues -- the air-traffic control tower, or the wing of a jumbo jet are just two of the many possibilities.

Would you consider booking a flight that stops over in Stockholm, and exchange your vows on the tarmac, atop a 747?

Inspired by our recent post about the ultra-"green" McDonnel/Pullar wedding?

Your special day can reflect the growing concerns about greenhouse gasses and carbon footprints, too. Think locally grown and produced foods, beer & wine and flowers, and even recycled invitations...

Share vechicles for the transportation of everyone, and offer potted centerpieces that can be taken home, planted and enjoyed for years to come...

Check out a few more little things that you can do.