Its in the air...

No, it's not love but it is a four letter word

Prom.

I recently got asked to go to prom by my good friend Greg. He's a really fun guy and I figured "what the Hay?" So I said yes (not that I would have said no, even if I didn't want to go.) So today I decided to get online and look for a dress. I had a friend offer to let me borrow one, but wanted to look for myself. I figured "its my senior prom, lets go all out!"
Then I started looking around. First, there are barely any modest dresses, or ones that wouldn't take too much alterations. Those are priced high, like upper 100's....Then I thought about Beautifully Modest, theirs would be affordable right? WRONG. Their modest dresses are like 300 bucks! I sat staring at skinny model after skinny model and thought to myself "Why am I doing this again?
This is madness! And to think there are girls who buy a new prom dress every year, sometimes multiple times a year!!!
What is the big thing about prom? I mean sure its a fun night with friends, when a girl gets to dress up and be a princess. But what about the parents or the date? They are the ones who do all the work for this stinkin' dance and they don't even get to wear a pretty dress!
I am appreciative that my friend asked me to go, I'm sure we will have a fantastic time with the kids in our group, and the night will be worth it...but I almost wonder what it would be like to have a penny pincher prom...?
I wonder if I could find enough duct tape to make a dress out of that...
Mom offered to make one, which I might do.
So there is the dress, then there is dinner, and a ride (a few of my friends last year used and RV, Clever? I think so!)and anything else you plan to do before or after the dance....
I'm not against the idea of being a normal teen and spending money mindlessly but this whole process has really opened my eyes to how silly some things are.
The irony of this was that my date asked me if I felt I was "too old for Mormon Prom" before he actually asked me to go.