It's almost prom time!

hellokittygal

My prom was a bargain compared to some on here then, although it was before the trend started (it was almost 10 years ago)
My dress was £30 from TKMaxx, £12 pair of shoes, my hair cost £20 to have it styled and set by my hairdresser and I did my nails and make up myself. We had a limo but it was paid for by my best friends nan as a surprise for us all.
So it cost £62 in all.

I don't understand spending so much for just one night!

MrsE_2

pigpen wrote: »

My daughters dress was £375.. you'd spend more on a wedding dress or most would and she is never getting married (esp to her current partner whose surname is the same as her first name bar 1 letter!). She didn't have a silly limo or anything and she got so little it was one expense i was happy to fork out for.. DD2 prom this year and she hasn't yet mentioned a dress.. I have the money put by!!! I have 4 years to save for the next prom

I think I ended up spending about £200 on the boys and DD1's was £525 with everything in.. shoes, hair, jewellry, dress, etc

How do you know at 16 (or 18) she is never getting married?

valk_scot

Hah...just bought the dress for my DD's "prom" for primary school and it cost £15 from H&M. It was a close call between that and one she saw in a charity shop for £5 though, my DD is a girl after my own heart! As to make up, hairdressers and limo well, no. She's only eleven!

Some of the other girls in her class do go the whole hog though, the number of up-dos and full make-ups at the Christmas disco was unbelivable. And there will be some serious cash spent on this prom, yes. Just not by me. I don't mind a £15 dress, but £500 is ridiculous!

Chickvic

My DD is in Year 10 and some of the girls are already going on about prom - they've got another year to wait yet!:rotfl: For her junior school prom my MIL made her dress, couple of quid on material, hair done by friend and silver sandals were about £7. Bargain!
Although her friend had a 'dentist' appointment in the afternoon and turned up with a beehive hair do!

pollypenny

I am sooooo glad that proms were not around in the UK when DD left school. They had a disco, casual dress. We simply could not have afforded expensive gear.

When DS was in form 6 , one of the girls organised a ball for Christmas. Luckily we managed to get DS an evening suit from Oxfam, as did a number of his friends.

The prom has become quite an industry now!

valk_scot

At least here in Scotland there's no problem about what the boys wear to proms...kilts! Yes, a brand new made to measure kilt might cost £600 but at least they'd still be wearing it in thirty years time, waistline permitting. And for these that don't want to buy a new kilt, there's usually at least one in the family that can be borrowed. Or hired.

skylight

And there's Yr6 prom. Yep, year 6! Which has hit me this year as its DD's turn. Although her dress is £20 from Ebay, she has shoes already and its £2.19 for some rollers from Boots for her hair. The dress will be worn again to a wedding later on, so its not all bad!

She came home horrified at what some of the girls claim to be wearing cost wise ("G's mum has bought her shoes for £70, Mum! Thats more than my outfit altogether!"). For Yr6.

Blackpool_Saver

Dunroamin wrote: »

What a wicked waste of money - these Yanks have a lot to answer for!

Yes, we do in this country too

sweetme

valk_scot wrote: »

At least here in Scotland there's no problem about what the boys wear to proms...kilts! Yes, a brand new made to measure kilt might cost £600 but at least they'd still be wearing it in thirty years time, waistline permitting. And for these that don't want to buy a new kilt, there's usually at least one in the family that can be borrowed. Or hired.

This. My son has his leavers prom in a couple of months and I'll be hiring a kilt for it. Think I am more excited than him about it

Dunroamin

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes, we do in this country too

Sorry, you've lost me.