I was wavering (due more to depression related avoidyness than anything) but finally decided to suck it up and make a decision. Bought my tickets yesterday!
Now I have to start hunting for a new prom dress. I love the one I got at Bettie Page but when I tried it on it was clear it needed some, um, foundation to smooth things out. But when I got something and tried it underneath the dress, it turned out that it smoothed and rounded things out just enough to take it from "too much belly fat" to "actual pregnant woman." Back to the stores!
Zen, I'm sure you can check on their website, but I suspect they will be sold out last minute. If you find you can come and can't afford the room, though, I'm certain we can find you a couch at the very least.
Also yay Brenda!
Yes, it looks lovely. I wish I could be there.
That said, given a couple of emails from people mailing checks, I think we can come up with the remaining money (we only need to raise another $150 or so) so I'm going to book the Prom room today.
How much do you still need to raise?
Zen, hotels.com has a couple of rooms for $119 right now for the 29th-1st, but I don't know how long those will be available.
How much do you still need to raise?
Between PayPal and checks right now (received and en route) we have raised just over a thousand dollars. The hospitality suite costs $434 with tax for the two nights, and the Prom is $700. We need about $150 more to finish paying for the food/drinks at the Prom and to tip the bartender. Anything we raise above that will go towards offsetting the cost of the BBQ at our place Friday night and/or stocking the HS with snacks. One generous Buffista has volunteered to underwrite anything that remains, but since this person has already donated, I wanted to bring it here first.
Do we just PayPal your profile address?
P-C you can PayPal ND: drew@drewdalzell.com. Thanks!
Zen, I have a reservation that I haven't canceled. I can hold it until Thursday at six.
"too much belly fat" to "actual pregnant woman."
brenda, have you tried Spanx at all? They do a great job of putting things back in place. I don't think I'll need one for my dress. I've been losing weight at a pretty good clip (28 pounds since mid-January) and I bought my dress about 5 pounds ago. In fact, I think I'm going to go try it on again; it may need some taking in.
Pix, that Prom space looks awesome! I can not wait.
