Upcoming Formals

It is so hard to believe Kassi is a junior in high school.  Seriously, where does the time go??? :(  Why does it go by so fast? 

If you recall she attended a holiday formal back in December. That was her first of four for the year.  Yes, four formals. Yes, she is homeschooled. Yes, she has a life.  Her public school friends are amazed at the fact that she gets to attend formals and she is homeschooled.  No, these are not formals at a friend’s school.  These are formals organized by homeschoolers.  Even homeschoolers can experience some of the same things kids who go to school experience.  The best part – they are together with other homeschoolers with like mind and like values to have a great time doing fun and appropriate things. 

This time last year was crazy – looking for formal dresses was not on her ‘Fun To Do’ list.  But this year she seemed a little more eager and excited to look for dresses. With her first dance  in March, we started looking in January.  We checked local thrift stores, but we were not having any luck.  We had visited a local resale shop, Plato’s Closet, too, but still found nothing. 

Finally, last week we found this pretty black and white tulip style dress.  Which is perfect for her upcoming Celtic Ball.  We got it for a great price!! 

I figured we had plenty of time to find dresses for the April & May dances, but then I realized prom season is approaching too.  So, I decided it was best to be aggressive in our search sooner than later. 

While the kids were at a teen party Friday night, Jay & I went out and checked a couple of stores.  But did not find one – found styles she liked, just all the wrong sizes.  He is so funny.  He asked why she couldn’t recycle one of the three from last year or wear the same one more than once this year.  Must be nice to be a guy and only have to wear a tuxedo.  He was only joking, but of course he had to give Kassi a hard time.

The hunt continued.  While Kassi and I were out delivering our weekend shoppers, we made some stops at Plato’s Closet – didn’t find anything – and a consignment shop – SCORE!!

She was excited when she saw this one.  The only issue is the lace up back. 

The dances have a modest dress code – no revealing backs & it must come up to the bra line.  Which means this back is not considered modest.  So, we are going to make a simple, but temporary alteration to the back with a panel under the lacing. It still will be perfect for ball room dancing. :)

We found this adorable dress at the same upscale resale shop.  It is just perfect!  The only issue is convincing her to wear actual dress shoes and not her chucks!!

I have to say I am very happy about the fact we were able to get three dresses for $150.00 total.  Seriously! I am pretty sure just one of my prom dresses cost at least twice that.  Maybe that is why I only went to one prom a year.