I realize that he’s a boy and tux rentals don’t cost nearly what a brand new formal dress does. Know what guys, I pulled those numbers should have it I also have a girl who went to two proms not that way back. I’m forever grateful for the democratic nature of my school as I’m sure whatever the cost, nobody wants to be left out. We also had a graduation prom for the Junior and Seniors to which everyond was invited and there was no cost. Basically, my parents did buy me a dress for that. In accordance with FTC guidelines, we state that we sometimes have a financial relationship with companies mentioned in this website. With that said, this may include advertising revenue, affiliate commissions or access to free products and services for reviews and giveaways. Which will bring our tal down to $ 1, so it is pretty standard for our area yes my daughter contributed a third of the cost of her dress as long as she went over budget again.
For her Senior Ball we will spend $ 650 on a dress/alterations, $ 75 on shoes bag, $ 30 on jewelry, $ 40 on flowers/garters, $ 65 on hair, $ 50 on makeup, $ 70 on her portion of limo rental, $ 50 on her portion of all of a sudden hotel stay, $ 40 on tanning, $ 50 on manicure/pedicure, $ 50 on pictures for a tal of $ 1,Her date paid for the tickets which include dinner at $ 150 and I’m assuming we will split the cost of flowers.
Here’s our breakdown.
For $ 110 we got jacket, pants, shirt, and an entirely new cumber bun and cufflinks.
While using a local Tuxedo Outlet, we decided to buy my son a tux.
He loves the tux and now has one for any other formal event in the future.
We actually just concluded back to back Prom weekends as my son’s girlfriend attends alternative HS.
Virtually, we ld him the limo cost should come out of his upcoming birthday. It was all out of our pocket, his job does not start until summer. My son probably wishes I’d read this post BEFORE his proms being that we really gave him a hard time about the cost. I am currently experiencing the hidden fees from everything to test score reporting to college orientation costs. I know that the high school sure comes at you with hidden costs next week I going to be prepared. By the way, an article with expected senior year costs will have been so helpful. It’s a well apparently it’s a status thing. You see, Friday, or Saturday there was a big story in the Spotlight/Lifestyles section about how just asking someone to the prom has become a big event to be broadcast on YouTube, if you search The Buffalo News Last Thursday.
Thet referred to it as a Promposal.
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Any references to third party products, rates, or websites are subject to change without notice. Please visit the referenced sites for current information. Usually, it’s actually been 4 years since we dealt with that…, he only went as a Jr as his g/f was a year older and they didn’t bother with it when she was off at college as a freshman.and I guess things have changed since they ate very modestly and drove themselves. With that said, very wise to know what you were should be dealing with and planned accordingly. Of course I was going from my older son’s Prom, By the way I wish I’d thought of it. Consequently, yes my daughter is going off to college in September to a University and we’ve already started paying deposits and suchlike In California it’s next to impossible to find a dress for less than $ 200, I am realistic and we are shopping for prom dresses since her sophomore year when she attended junior with a friend.
She went to her own last year and another friend’s as well.
As I stated before my daughter is paying for a third of the costs on her own.
Know what guys, I bought my wedding dress off the rack and spent less than $ 1500 on my entire wedding. Anyway, we don’t have the extra money laying around the house either, we’ve been paying as we go along leading up to the day, a little here a little there. Costs for prom these days are steep. My daughter is a honor roll/NHS student with stellar grades and we have not asked her to work in high school because of her extra curricular volunteering and sports activities but she chose to get a temporary job to therefore this year with it being her senior ball the kids asked for a Limo since they going to be attending prom in San Francisco and traveling to Santa Cruz after the dance, the $ 70 limo contribution was more than sufficient for the complacency we have knowing the kids will arrive safely in Santa Cruz after the dance. Between myself, my daughter and her grandmother we have split the expenses three ways. A well-known fact that is. Dinner is included in their steep $ 75 per person ticket price and I’m sure it’s not could be a 5 star meal.
In our area, prom tickets are $ 75 every or $ 150 a couple.
Now I am very happy that I have boys!
I can see where those numbers come from although it’s very possibly to keep the costs reasonable. Then, a limo/party bus will be way over your costs even with sharing the expense. For the girls, a manicure/pedi would add $ 80 and hairstyling another $ ’50 Plus’ might be his second prom. My son is a sophomore. He has a nice sized gift card to a restaurant they might use. Keep reading! I saw these stories in the media so that’s the case at my children’s school. Let me tell you something. Just yesterday I signed my son up for a 2 day orientation for his college. On p of this, I didn’t even realize it should be 2 full days, granted that includes a suddenly dorm stay for every of us plus 4 meals. It was $ 260 dollars! My daughter’s date covered the cost of the tickets $ 120, dinner, and transportation. We spent out of pocket $ 785 and yes my daughter contributed to the cost of the dress as long as she went over my preset budget. Jr Prom by far was cheaper than Senior Ball. Remember, last year on prom we spent $ 465 on a dress/alterations, $ 50 on shoes, $ 40 on flowers/garters, $ 65 on hair, $ 50 on makeup, $ 25 on earrings, $ 40 on corrective spray tan, $ 50 on manicure/pedicure.
While paying for college, and saving and investing, I blog about paying off debt. Since I really hate to follow budgets, I talk a lot about found money, that is a strategy that’s helped us pay off debt and build our savings. Girls pay loads of money for ‘updo”s and spray tans. I’m not sure how much that costs since my daughter doesn’t do that -thank goodness.). Prom tickets are $ 180 for a couple at our school. Considering the above said. Only one difference I see in your expenses than ours is the ticket price and we always end up buying earrings/necklace/bracelet usually from Kohl’s to ‘coordinate’ with the dress. We started shopping in Febuary and found two dresses that fit well on a petite, soccer players frame -the one she chose, and the one she wanted. Prom was this past Saturday, in a small wn in East Tennessee. I spent a tal of $ 539 dot 00. Cost of the formal wear is of this world, her school also had a Winter formal that usually ends up costing about $ It’s crazy. Since that is a right of passage. That’s right! This was her junior year, next year she has already been warned that she is getting a job and going to be chipping in wards the cost….
My daughter’s dress was mid price range for our wn of 3 formal stores. Therefore in case you find one, the issue you face is another girl wearing identical dress since it is not on the registry, we looked online and out of town. By the way, the idea of having to plan/pay for Prom wouldn’t been on my radar, we even opened a specific ING account to save for Graduation Gift. On the budget front….we try to allocate our money so specifically that we just wouldn’t have had an extra $ 1000 laying around that wouldn’t impact something listed above. Shoot, even our inexpensive $ 500 for two proms ain’t trivial imo. Also, the most expensive prom for us to date was my daughter’s senior prom coming in at $ It’s a big chunk of change but when I compare this with the figures mentioned here I feel like we got a bargain and hundreds of all my kids hopefully made some wonderful memories to last a lifetime. I’m not sure how much weight we must give them, most of the numbers came from one Visa survey of 1000 teens.