Prom day finally arrived. My friends and I decided to dress up for the fun of it, along with other girls who were going to the actual prom. It was fun just to fix our hair together, use makeup, etc. After taking photos together (epic fail for the most part, we were too disorganized), my fellow anti-prommers and I changed into normal street clothes. We went out to dinner at a local restaurant, and even ordered Shirley Temples (not buying expensive prom tickets allowed us to be lavish). We had a great time just relaxing, talking, and enjoying ourselves. The delicious food made us so sleepy that we actually went to one of my friend's house to sleep and chill until the dance was over (I kid you not). This was great bonding time, and we trolled facebook for the already emerging prom photos, realizing how much we were not missing and what a good decision it was for us to not go to prom. We really did thoroughly enjoy ourselves.
When the formal school prom ended, we went to the after party to hear about how our other friends experiences were over baguettes and pizza. Nothing amazing, no magic had happened, really. We had managed to extract the best parts of prom out while sparing our wallets major damage. Score!
Hi, KC! I love your take on prom. In middle school, even the pressure put on our middle school graduation dinner dance is insane, which means prom must be many times that. After that whole night I figured that there must be something much less expensive (cost of dresses + entrance fee + etc.) and much more exciting to do, and I find this post really inspiring.
ReplyDeleteHey Bethany! sorry for the late reply, but I'm so glad you enjoyed my post! Not to sound cliche, but honestly do whatever you feel comfortable with and you don't always have to go with the flow... that can get boring quickly!
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