taytay gets girly!

 

last night tayla came over to our house to get ready for her all important school ball... we had a team working on her to get her hot and ready in time - niques on hair, jo on hair and me? i was in charge of accessories and nails. not the most important or time consuming job, but important nonetheless... 

niques and jo did such a good job and tay looked so grown up, so beautiful and so girly! this is our tay that gets around in shorts or jeans with jandals most of the time and just doesn't care. she didn't even have pierced ears until a month ago. but right in front of our eyes shes been becoming a young lady - and a gorgeous one at that.

tays date for the night was her friend cam from our ward (he and his family have moved here in recent months from nz) and you could tell the two of them were going to have a good time together, clowning around and have a good laugh - even when i was begging them to be serious for just one photo! i did get two good ones though, thank goodness, i am pretty sure that their mums would have killed me if i didn't.

it's so nice to watch someone grow up before your very eyes and tay has done just that this weekend. work it girl. won't be long before the boys are chasing you! ♥

school balls...

i'm sorry... but i feel obliged to go off on a bit of a

rant for a little while.
upon watching the girls at church all blissed out the past few weeks over their school balls and all the wonderful things that go with them - i was completely and utterly gobsmacked to find out the price of some of the things that are these days

considered a "necessity"

one of the girls mum's told me that they had already forked out near on a thousand dollars for the ball and it was still 2 days away... (i could not believe it - her ball dress cost more than my wedding dress!!!) so i'm going to walk you through my ball and exactly what it cost me and my parents

year 11

"models": jade goodlet and hayley burnett :)

take my year 11 ball for example....

costs were as follows:

*ball ticket $50 odd

*superhot blue ball gown with matching scarf and shoes

(and very-much required padded bra haha) $nil

(- borrowed from my dear friend lisa)

*acrylic nails $50

*earrings and jewellery - mine and mums $nil

*hair - mum $nil

*makeup - me $nil

*corsage - gift from dad

bringing us to a grand total of $100

plus as an afterthought any photos taken at ball by photographers

could be purchased at a later date at a cost of

approx $10-$15each

year 12

"models": jade goodlet and hayley burnett :)

And year 12 - i hear you ask…?
costs were as follows:
*ball ticket $50 odd
*a-maz-ing purple new season ball gown discovered in 2nd time around mt hawthorn $120
(sold one year later for $60 to the next fashion-on-a-budget girl)
*strapless bra from myer $40
*black gloves borrowed from brothers gf (now wife!!) $nil
*earrings and jewellery - mine and mums $nil
*shoes from spendless shoes $40
*hair - mum $nil
*makeup - me $nil
*corsage - gift from dad

grand total: $250

again - photos could be purchased later...

so there you have it folks... spending a fortune on a ball is completely unnecessary...

myth.... busted

and that's all i have to say on the matter!