What about beautifying the mitzvah of lighting rather than lighting more candles? By this I mean getting some kind of pretty candlesticks (do not have to be ultra fancy – can wait for future husband to buy something more special) but can use the glass cups and light candles that last a long time. In EY, there are candles that have their own long wick inside, the wax melts and the wick stays above the melted wax as it burns down. They’re very pretty and because they’re in a glass cup, they add a lot of light, rather than using tea lights, which are in a metal cup and once the level of the wax goes below the top of the metal, they are harder to see and add less light. Then you could upgrade to lighting oil when you get married.
