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Showing posts with label Homeschool Prom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homeschool Prom. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Time for prom gown shopping again
So, daughter and I are on the prowl for a prom dress. I found what we thought was the perfect one a couple weeks ago and snapped a photo of it. Everyone fell in love with it immediately. But when we went to try it on today, it was more of a miss than a hit.
The dress is a sheath mini with a sweetheart neckline. It is embedded with gems, and it has a long sheer-ish overskirt. I know. Not very modest. It looked pretty modest on the mannequin though. But when you are dealing with real human pieces and parts, it doesn't cover up nearly as much.
So now that we know EXACTLY the style she wants, we have to find a more modest version.
I am looking at removable overskirts that tie on at the waist, this has become popular in wedding dresses so brides can take off the long skirt and have on a short dress. For the main dress, we still want a sweetheart neckline, but with wide shoulder straps and a skirt that reaches the knee.
I pray I find it.... soon.
I know this seems trivial... a homeschooler worried about a prom dress, but you only graduate once. Her other proms were fun, but we didn't sweat over the dress at all. Her Dad has insisted this one be special, and I am trying to accommodate.
Of course me and the kid both hate dress shopping.
Update: Apparently the best way to find a prom dress is to take DAD with you. (You probably need the right dad, but it worked.) We got something completely unlike what we had imagined, and completely modest, and not at all matronly or old fashioned looking. (The bad side of having Dad with us is that he had the nerve to put a time limit on how long we would shop.)
After this last experience, and 4 years of buying prom dresses, the trick was to have her wear the style of bra she plans to wear to prom, and to find a dress that would cover the bra.... completely. While the vast majority of formals were strapless or one shoulder, it only had to go into 3 stores to find one that stocked more than strapless dresses. Looking at those dresses we chose one that best suited her shape and that was long. Bingo. And we were in and out the store in about 40 minutes.
The dress cost about $100 more than I wanted to pay, but it is no nice, and so non-typical-prom-like that she can continue to wear it for many years to come, which is very important as she is a performer and needs recital dresses.
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The dress is a sheath mini with a sweetheart neckline. It is embedded with gems, and it has a long sheer-ish overskirt. I know. Not very modest. It looked pretty modest on the mannequin though. But when you are dealing with real human pieces and parts, it doesn't cover up nearly as much.
So now that we know EXACTLY the style she wants, we have to find a more modest version.
I know this seems trivial... a homeschooler worried about a prom dress, but you only graduate once. Her other proms were fun, but we didn't sweat over the dress at all. Her Dad has insisted this one be special, and I am trying to accommodate.
Of course me and the kid both hate dress shopping.
Update: Apparently the best way to find a prom dress is to take DAD with you. (You probably need the right dad, but it worked.) We got something completely unlike what we had imagined, and completely modest, and not at all matronly or old fashioned looking. (The bad side of having Dad with us is that he had the nerve to put a time limit on how long we would shop.)
After this last experience, and 4 years of buying prom dresses, the trick was to have her wear the style of bra she plans to wear to prom, and to find a dress that would cover the bra.... completely. While the vast majority of formals were strapless or one shoulder, it only had to go into 3 stores to find one that stocked more than strapless dresses. Looking at those dresses we chose one that best suited her shape and that was long. Bingo. And we were in and out the store in about 40 minutes.
The dress cost about $100 more than I wanted to pay, but it is no nice, and so non-typical-prom-like that she can continue to wear it for many years to come, which is very important as she is a performer and needs recital dresses.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
and About the homeschool prom
My kids' homeschool prom is tomorrow. SO THERE for anyone who thinks the most important thing to discuss when you say you are homeschooling is "what about the prom"... really? It happens.
Now this is the 3rd year my kids have gone to homeschool prom, more appropriately dubbed, Spring Formal. One of my kids loves it, the other hates it. The hater, of course, doesn't like to dance... at all. The other is a social butterfly, and so the prom is heavenly. Regardless, they are both going. I don't want him to someday regret not going. (Did I ever mention that my husband and my relationship started at prom.) You never know what you may miss.
Homeschool prom is quite atypical, as are homeschoolers. First, there's the whole prom date issue. While a
couple of kids may have used the prom for an excuse to ask someone out who've they had an eye on, for the most part, prom dates are not a big deal... at all. The kids who have been dating someone already, are of course going together. The kids who have been "single" all year, are of course going solo. I asked my "single" daughter about the possibility of a date, and she gave me a blank stare and said "what for" as in, why do I need a man to have a good time? Point well taken. My husband also approached my son, who is a Sr., and he also felt no desire to ask anyone out to the prom. I'll just thank God for a household with no teen angst.
So who throws the prom anyway? The families, or a family... someone in a group of homeschoolers tends to get the ball rolling. Though our city also has a yearly homeschool prom at the old courthouse that I hear is very nice, a wonky date, like during one of our plays. Anyway, my kids' spring formal will be with their homeschool arts "school". These kids have classes together once a week, drama club, chorus, and the like, so it is natural for them to want to have their Spring Formal together. While the city sponsored prom is open to all homeschoolers, our prom is for members and invitees.
That brings me to the reason I am sitting here, writing this post, stalling. Set up. I have been dubbed to help decorate this year. Waaaaaa! It is a lot of work. I need to go get showered now and go finish a mural that was started by the kids. I guess I'll blog again after the prom is over.
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Now this is the 3rd year my kids have gone to homeschool prom, more appropriately dubbed, Spring Formal. One of my kids loves it, the other hates it. The hater, of course, doesn't like to dance... at all. The other is a social butterfly, and so the prom is heavenly. Regardless, they are both going. I don't want him to someday regret not going. (Did I ever mention that my husband and my relationship started at prom.) You never know what you may miss.
Homeschool prom is quite atypical, as are homeschoolers. First, there's the whole prom date issue. While a
couple of kids may have used the prom for an excuse to ask someone out who've they had an eye on, for the most part, prom dates are not a big deal... at all. The kids who have been dating someone already, are of course going together. The kids who have been "single" all year, are of course going solo. I asked my "single" daughter about the possibility of a date, and she gave me a blank stare and said "what for" as in, why do I need a man to have a good time? Point well taken. My husband also approached my son, who is a Sr., and he also felt no desire to ask anyone out to the prom. I'll just thank God for a household with no teen angst.
So who throws the prom anyway? The families, or a family... someone in a group of homeschoolers tends to get the ball rolling. Though our city also has a yearly homeschool prom at the old courthouse that I hear is very nice, a wonky date, like during one of our plays. Anyway, my kids' spring formal will be with their homeschool arts "school". These kids have classes together once a week, drama club, chorus, and the like, so it is natural for them to want to have their Spring Formal together. While the city sponsored prom is open to all homeschoolers, our prom is for members and invitees.
That brings me to the reason I am sitting here, writing this post, stalling. Set up. I have been dubbed to help decorate this year. Waaaaaa! It is a lot of work. I need to go get showered now and go finish a mural that was started by the kids. I guess I'll blog again after the prom is over.
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