Wedding Joy a Bargain Prestige Gift
The people in the picture are the missus’s grandparents cutting their cake in a post Second World War ‘make, do and mend’ wedding in the 1940s. The cake is tiny and likely it was only one real tier. The second tier was likely have been a cardboard empty shell because of rationing. But nowadays the cake is likely to be an immense confection, often vegan, and you will probably have to order it a year in advance. The happy couple sees the cake they want on Instagram or in a magazines and the cake maker has to whip up a facsimile and that takes time And now we are in the thick of wedding season and the country is awash with the skirl of pipes and the swish kilts.
Here in the nation the average cost of a wedding has breached the £30,000 barrier and is set to double by 2030. Jings! That’s shocking. The Scottish wedding industry is worth a whopping £1 billion a year. This is immense and the when the Scottish Wedding Census was begun in 2013, the average spend was just £19,500. That’s galloping inflation.
For many the size of the wedding is seen as an indicator of the love between the bride and the groom, or the bride and bride and the groom and groom, but for me the sticking point is when they invite you abroad to celebrate the splicing of the knot. So not only do you have to make your own way to the far flung destination, lugging your gift and fancy best clothes, you have to undergo trial by heat rash in the sun. It may look great on the wedding photographs, but hanging around in the middle of nowhere is never fun. One friend of mine went to the lengths of having a pre wedding celebration with a pay your own way bar. That I believe is beyond the pale. Couples now hire photo-booths, street food trucks, fairground rides, close up magicians and casino games. And often a wedding celebration can be held over weekends, racking up the costs for all concerned, because hotel rooms are no cheap at all. But we all have another few hundred pictures on our phones that we won’t look at again for years.
Now here at James Pirie we are fully aware of the massive cost of weddings and wedding presents and are doing our best to smooth the furrowed brow of gift buyers. If you want a stonking great gift for the happy couple take a look at this item in our Summer Sale with a massive 60% off. It’s in the sale and it’s the Aviemore Ships Tray and Crystal Ships Decanter, all in a sumptuous gift box by Royal Scot Crystal. It will look stunning on the bride and groom’s present table. This Royal Scot Crystal Aviemore Ships Tray consists of a wooden tray and a Ships Decanter. It’s the ultimate prestige present. Go on knock their socks off.
