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"Between renting a car and spending two nights in a hotel, it&amp;amp;#8217;s easy to spend $500 just to get to a wedding&amp;amp;#8212;and that&amp;amp;#8217;s if you&amp;amp;#8217;re traveling only three or four hours away.This was all I can afford! Destination weddings (like the one we attended in Mexico two years ago) will set you back a bunch more. And if you&amp;amp;#8217;re in the wedding? Forget about it! Between the dress, hair, nails, shower, shower gift, and bachelorette, you could easily spend $1,000 before the big day. So I&amp;amp;#8217;m wondering: Is it every okay to say (to yourself), &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;ve spent an arm and a leg just to get here! I&amp;amp;#8217;m not forking over another hundred (or two or three hundred) more on a gift!&amp;amp;#8221; Is it ever appropriate just to give a heartfelt card? Would you ever give a significantly cheaper gift (say, a $25 toaster) if you&amp;amp;#8217;d spent a ton on a wedding before it even happened? Brides-to-be: Would you be insulted if a guest didn&amp;#x27;t bring you a gift? More pressing questions: * If You Could Have Any Musician Perform at Your Wedding, Who Would You Choose? * Would You Ask for an Antique Engagement Ring? * What&amp;amp;#8217;s Your Reception Style? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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