Posted on 04/17/2012 6:41:29 AM PDT by C19fan
It's prom season again, and this year families with teens are expected to spend an average of $1,078 for their child's Cinderella night . This figure is up from $807 last year, according to data from a survey released today by Visa, based on 1,000 telephone interviews conducted at the end of last month Jason Aldreman, senior director of global financial education at Visa Inc, said in a statement: 'Prom season spending is spiraling out of control as teens continuously try to one-up each other.'
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Spending beyond their means, those who make between $20,000 and $29,999 a year will spend more than $2,600. (Emphasis Mine)
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Duct tape saved my date & me tons o' ca$h.
I’ve never heard that before! It’s funny though, the first dress she had picked out was Mossy Oak with a hunter’s orange lining! (Thankfully, the finer second hand stores in Indy don’t seem to carry those... lol)
What a great story! :-)
I suspect most ladies in that area hang on to such a fine dress for their wedding ;)
Only shotgun weddings. :P
Bada-Bing! Try the breaded tenderloin! I’ll be here all week! :-D
shotgun weddings are the only kind in redneckville..
(I can say that cuz I are one)
What?
I was guilted into going to senior prom. I was told i would be letting the class down if I wasn't there. It wasn't horrible but it was a major waste of time. Cost BTW was under twenty buck. I wore a dress I already had, my date's dad drove us and he gave me a corsage made from roses from his mom's garden.
He was sweet, the prom was boring.
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