Bridezilla

Killing Bridezilla (Jaine Austen Mysteries)
$6.99
Jaine Austen's career as a writer hasn't been so fluid. Best known for a plumbing company ad, Jaine is surprised when her former high school nemesis Patti Marshall asks her to write a balcony scene for her wedding ceremony. When Patti tells Jaine she wants the lines to be a mix between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Friends", Jaine wants to turn down the job but she needs the money. Jaine is hopeful Patti has matured from the bully she was in high school, but that's not the case. Patti turns out to be the bridezilla from hell, demanding her idea of perfection from everyone around her while belittling them and making enemies of all. During the wedding ceremony, while Patti is saying her lines, she falls from her balcony and is impaled on a Cupid statuette below. The number of people who hated Patti is endless, and when one of Jaine's former high school friends is arrested for the murder, she decides to conduct her own investigation and find out who really offed the high school diva.

This is a humorous series built around a refreshing protagonist, a woman who can't say no to the wrong kinds of food and is a magnet for trouble. Jaine's perceptions of her cat's moods and expressions are amusing, as are the emails she receives from her parents who have retired to Florida. The mystery is a good one, and the characters are simply fun.

Bridezilla: True Tales from Etiquette Hell
$14.95
...since so many of them don't bother to read Emily Post, Amy Vanderbilt, or Miss Manners. If they did, we wouldn't have Bridezillas, now, would we? In this era of dreadful bridal blunders (relatives hosting showers, registry information on wedding invitations, money dances...) it's wonderful to know that someone is brave enough to stand up to spoiled Princess Brides and scream, "ENOUGH!" in their faces. A right entertaining read as well as an admonishment of What Thou Shalt Not Do At Thy Wedding!

Bridezillas: The Complete First Season
$26.95
I was introduced to the show during later seasons. The current season (6) had become a bit too overly dramatic, even unrealistic (I still don't think any real bride, would smash her cake). So, I found myself longing for calmer, simpler days.

Enter Season 1 - the result of subtracting the loud, uncouth, rageful brides and replacing them with quiet, tasteful conservative ones - sure they're nice people in reality, but they make for dull tv. This show was simply about wealthy New York women and the irritations that they go through as putting a wedding together becomes their full time job. So, the show is pretty much about people buying stuff ($4,000 dresses, $10,000 engagement rings, etc). This is how the dullsville that is Platinum Weddings was started.

Subsequent Bridezilla seasons had set the bar too high of what a truly demanding bride is for me to be engrossed by this season.

Bridezilla Voodoo Doll
$6.95
This unique Mini Kit(tm) features our wildly popular voodoo doll as a bride, complete with veil. It's a cute gag gift that provides a funny voodoo spin on wedding etiquette-or in this case, the boorish behavior sometimes exhibited by nervous brides as the big day approaches. Think of it as a survival guide for long-suffering bridesmaids. Illustrated