Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues. 1. Describe Suze and Tarquin’s wedding ceremony

1. Describe Suze and Tarquin’s wedding ceremony. How did Becky feel during the ceremony? Why was Suze “doing it all wrong” with the bouquet?

2. Did Becky expect that Luke would propose to her? How did she envisage her engagement and married life?

3. Compare Becky’s, her parents’ and Elinor’s plans for the wedding and their ideas about the process of wedding preparations.

4. Why was Becky in two minds about the wedding? Why can’t she tell her parents that she doesn’t fancy a wedding in Oxshott? On the other hand, why didn’t Becky tell Elinor and Robyn she was planning to cancel her New York wedding? Imagine you were in Becky’s shoes. Help her sort out the arguments for and against either variant of her wedding ceremony.

5. Why does Becky feel like a guest at her New York wedding? Was she elated by her “second wedding” and everything her parents had prepared for it? Which wedding did Becky enjoy more? Give your reasons.

4. Consider the issue of choosing a wedding dress. One option for Becky was to wear her mother’s wedding dress. Another option was to buy a posh outfit from Dream Dress. Yet one more option was to rely on Danny and his flair for fashion. Dwell on these three alternatives. Which variant did Becky eventually choose for her wedding and why?

5. Split in two teams and conduct a mini-debate on the topic “A hand-made dress vs. an off the peg dress – which is better?”

6. Dwell on Robyn’s approach to her job. Prove that having a high-powered wedding planner is (is not) worth it.

7. Compare the British and American traditions associated with wedding cakes. Which option would Becky rather go for?

8. Danny claims to be an adherent of “a deconstructive approach to design”. What does it mean? Is Danny being serious when he speaks about fashion and design in this way?

9. Comment on the issue of wedding contracts. Why can’t Becky call her wedding off? What were the terms of her wedding contract? Is there a loophole in her case? Were the recommendations given to Becky by the top-notch lawyer Garson Low worth the money he usually charged?

10. What does Suze mean by saying “It’s a bit late for normality”? Can it really be applied to Becky’s case?

11. Summing up the facts from all the three books of the Shopaholic series, make a list of useless things Becky has bought (such as the cocktail cabinet, a fencing mask, a Linguaphone Italian course etc.). Imagine that you work as a guide in the Museum of Useless Things of the 21st Century, where most of Becky’s pointless purchases are exhibited. Take a group of tourists around the museum.