Making the decision to marry the love of your life is a beautiful and exciting thing.
However, once the wedding planning begins, it can feel like a whirlwind.
This is the route Kelly Ripa took with her wedding to Mark Consuelos back in 1996.
However, the luxury brand department store Barneys was having a major sale and Ripa jumped on it.
Little did Ripa know that just a few years later, she would be wearing it down the aisle.
There are manylessons we’ve learned from Ripa’s marriagebut one is to always keep the spark alive.
The former soap star never believed in love at first sight nor did she identify as a hopeless romantic.
However, her experience with Consuelos changed all that.
Their secret Las Vegas ceremony was a seemingly spur-of-the-moment decision that featured Ripa’s already-owned $199 dress.
Luckily, it truly seems to have paid off for this celebrity couple.
