You're a great mom. I hope your DD's prom night is really enjoyable!! Be sure to post pictures-- after all her primping and money spending, we want to see how gorgeous she looks!!
I went to my DFiance's Senior Prom and then we went to mine. His prom was pretty cheap.
Tickets: $50 a piece (he paid..)
Dinner: some horrible chinese place that we went with his friends (he paid..)
Corsage: he paid again..
Breakfast the next morning: at someone's house
Limo: I think we both paid $70??
My Dress: I got on sale for like $60-- it was gorgeous!
Hmm.. maybe I thought his prom was cheap because HE paid!!
My prom on the other hand...
Tickets: $85 a piece (we got in for free- my mom was a teacher)
Dinner: included
My dress: $20 on sale!! I'm a good bargin hunter
Limo: free- my friend's dad owned a limo place
Corsage: $30-- would've been $40 but the florist messed up? Apparently she used wrong color creme? That's what she told DFiance.
After prom: WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD. That was all I wanted to do- I didn't care about the hotel room or drunken after parties. So, we got in the car the next morning- like 3am after going home, taking a powernap, etc. and we drove our butts to MK and then came back that night!
It was so much fun.
Just out of curiosity...how long do kids in your area stay at the prom? It's incredibly frustrating that at the school I teach at they only stay for about 1 1/2 hours max before leaving to go eat in their dresses. The junior class spends two years fundraising, buys $5000 worth of decorations, devotes two whole days transforming our cafeteria into a prom worthy venue and then they leave by 9 pm.
Every year I say it's ridiculous and we should change it, but nothing ever happens.
I didn't get that impression from you at all. I think that for most posters here, we are just exchanging information on what we did for our kids. I'm going to post a picture of mine tomorrow. I think that we all ought to do that. It's fun looking at all the kids dressed up!
here's one from my DD's group
Cassidy is the one in all blue (the dress was $8 at Dillards....you read that right...I got a steal!!) Her jacket (it's still cold at the end of April around here) and shoes were $12 a piece. I am a fierce bargain hunter.
I loved looking at all of the pictures of the kids because it is such a diversity in tastes and dresses!!
As an alternative, the girls with the boquets, I guess they're not into it, but a hair piece floral clip would be nice and be seen the entire night. For a hand, the school could purchase presentation boquets as part of the ticket package as a memory keeper. we pressed our corsages.
But what ever keeps kids happy these days. soon they will be the adults, and hopefully remember the emotional and financial sacrafices we made for them as the push us in our wheel chairs and wipe "OUR" noses.
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Wow! So that's typical prom in NYC? I've always known "big city livin" wasn't for me - now here's more proof!
I've gone through it with both my daughter and my son and I've gotta say, it was like you described IN NO WAY!!! Sure, there were dresses to buy or tux rentals, shoes, hair, jewelry, dinner, etc. but that's where the similarity ends.
Around here, weddings don't get all the attention that prom seems to for you!
My son went to his senior prom last weekend. He and his friends made all their plans less than a week before. They all went to dinner, to the prom, and then afterward they all went to........ wait for it...........
TACO BELL!!!!
And to hear them talk, they had the time of their lives! Guess they don't know what they're missing...
Just out of curiosity...how long do kids in your area stay at the prom? It's incredibly frustrating that at the school I teach at they only stay for about 1 1/2 hours max before leaving to go eat in their dresses. The junior class spends two years fundraising, buys $5000 worth of decorations, devotes two whole days transforming our cafeteria into a prom worthy venue and then they leave by 9 pm.
Every year I say it's ridiculous and we should change it, but nothing ever happens.
I've never heard of that before....I'm from Ohio and DD has gone to high school in NC, ND and Texas and they always eat before prom. I wouldn't stay long either if I was hungry!
I've told both my kids that if they will have a small wedding, we will give them a nice honeymoon instead. My daughter is thinking Disney World!A friend of mine just had a wedding for her DD and the cost of the catering hall was $250 per head. And that was "nothing special"......1 hour cocktail hour 4 hour reception....traditional choices of beef, chicken, fish......vienesse table (spelling)....etc.
I dont want to think about what my DD's wedding will cost me either! LOL
They go to prom first then eat??
I've never seen a prom at the school either. DD's prom this year is in Downtown Ft Worth.
Our prom sign in is from 7-7:30. The closest town with a good selection of restaurants is 30 miles away, so it's not really feasible to eat before prom unless they want to be like old folks and hit the early bird specials!
There is a ton of food at prom, but mostly finger foods. Kids nibble at prom and then go to eat after.
Our prom sign in is from 7-7:30. The closest town with a good selection of restaurants is 30 miles away, so it's not really feasible to eat before prom unless they want to be like old folks and hit the early bird specials!
There is a ton of food at prom, but mostly finger foods. Kids nibble at prom and then go to eat after.
