Kenzie has been preparing for Prom for the last couple of months borrowing a dress, buying accessories and tickets and flowers; making appointments for nails, hair, and makeup. She's spending more time and money on this than I did for both my wedding dresses and prom dresses. I bought each of my prom dresses for about $50. I bought my first wedding dress from JC Penney's for about $100, and Mom made my second wedding dress. I did my own hair and makeup for everything. Kenzie has bought tanning minutes. I used the good old-fashioned sun and went to my senior prom looking like a lobster. My first wedding was more expensive w/ the flowers and bridesmaid's dresses, reception, band, etc., but my second wedding only involved my parents, Doug's parents, and the Justice of the Peace. We were married on a peninsula so we didn't even have to rent a church.
I have greatly enjoyed this process w/ Mackenzie, but I miss sharing it all w/ Mom. I like to think that she's w/ us when we go shopping and picking out flowers and shoes and all the accessories, and that she'll be there on Saturday, the 24th to watch the Grand March of pretty dresses and tuxedos as her fifth grandchild enjoys this rite of passage.
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