I bartered my way...

...during the time prior to DD and WGuy's wedding, as things were tight.  Very tight.

Not a nice situation to be in as the parents, and specifically, not nice as the mother of the bride, who wanted to do something special for her only daughter on her wedding day.  So I scratched my head.  And scratched it some more. And paced the house - thinking, thinking, thinking...

And I came up with one