My older daughter asked me for a check for $100 this morning for her prom ticket. I was a bit surprised because she had mentioned in passing she was going to go with a group of girl friends, it is at a local banquet hall and then they take a party bus to a boat ride on the Chicago River.
Before I could say anything, she added, "I left two $50s by your keys. It is probably easier just to pay by check. Thanks."
She is a good kid. She then let me know she'd like to look at the resale shop for a dress or see if there are coupons for Penney's because a friend got a dress there for a reasonable price.
DH and I agreed we'd cover the dress. All I remember about my prom, when I was a junior at the same high school eons ago, my dress cost $40.
Anyone remember incidentals from their prom?
Prom Time
April 14th, 2015 at 01:21 pm
April 14th, 2015 at 01:24 pm 1429017852
April 14th, 2015 at 01:46 pm 1429019173
April 14th, 2015 at 03:00 pm 1429023603
Shoes (custom dyed to match the dress), getting dress adjusted (it was a bit long), boutineer for my boyfriend, manicure, steak dinner out, and hotel room (ooh la la) were the most expensive. Boyfriend probably bought my prom ticket and my corsage. But I don't remember how much it all cost. I think I paid for most of it myself; believe it or not, I didn't spend much money in high school and usually had a couple hundred in the bank from allowance and/or summer jobs.
April 14th, 2015 at 03:39 pm 1429025975
April 14th, 2015 at 03:44 pm 1429026272
Oh, ceejay - you made me laugh. My $40 dress was a vision of mauve taffeta with puffed sleeves! How awful! And to make matters worse - my prom date from then is currently the Econ teacher at the same school we attended. My daughter has him for Honors Econ next year!
April 14th, 2015 at 08:53 pm 1429044823
April 15th, 2015 at 04:34 am 1429072495
I wore a slightly off the shoulder peach colored (!!) dress that hit my knees. My mom made it and it was beautiful but why I choose peach I don't remember.
It was held at a hotel about an hour away. Horrible dinner, bad music, the theme was "oh L'amour". We split the cost of the tickets and he paid for gas for my mom's car. We also split the cost of snacks for the after party at my house.
My mother went to visit my sister in Amsterdam for the month of May and so I had permission to have a few friends over after, about 15 came. It was a giant slumber party and we made a brunch in the AM and had a good weekend. Nothing untoward happened at the after party because the chief of police for my tiny town lived three houses up and my brother in law was an officer on the force. He kept driving by to make sure all was quiet.
I did my own hair and make up. My date was an old friend and his mom convinced him to buy a corsage that was actually a comb with beautiful flowers. I had hair to my waist so it was perfect.
I went to proms my freshman-sophomore-junior year but always with a boy who was a friend and who didn't want the stress of "the prom date". My freshman year I couldn't even date officially but he came and asked my mothers permission so she agreed. I remember borrowing a dress for the first two and finding a steal of a dress for junior prom, something like $60 for a $200 dress?
What a hoot, thanks for the memories.
April 16th, 2015 at 07:31 pm 1429212662