*DOES HAPPY DANCE*
i went to our first meeting tonight and our social chair passed around a brochere of what hotel our formal is at.

Santa cruz, ca
beachfront hotel
minutes from the wharf and the Beach Boardwalk

OMG... i am sooooooo excited!

here is the website if anyone wants to look. just click on the link and look for California and then "santa cruz"

www.coasthotels.com

I like your dress. You will be the Belle of the Ball! :D

YIPPEE!!
 

Thanks Cream and everyone for all the nice comments about the dress.. I am SOOOOOO EXCITED!!! I recieved that jewelry set I was telling you all about earlier in the thread and the tiara, and just to be a nerd, I tried all the jewelry on.

I FEEL LIKE SUCH A PRINCESS!!!! http://jeeptalk.org/crack/smilies/co...k/princess.gif :D

The choker set and tiara are more GORGEOUS in real life then they were in the eBay pictures and neither of them cost me an arm & leg. (tiara was $9.99 and the choker set was $15.50).

I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY looking forward to my boyfriends White Rose Formal even more so than before!


Chideltjen, that sounds like you are going to have an awesome formal by the beach!!!

Has anyone had their formals yet?

If so, how did it go?

I LOVE hearing about formals!!

help
 

we haven't had our formal yet ( Thank God) My whole formal commitee decided that they have better things to do with their time than actually help plan formal, so I've been busy. I finallly got a DJ, but I still have one problem.... no favors. Does anyone know of any online places that have decent stuff that will do express orders?

please don't say greek101 they have yet to get one of my orders completely right

I was just curious how you all do formals. Do you each have to pay for yourself and your date? How much do you usually pay? I'm trying to get a comparison to give to my chapter.

Re: help
 

Hi! Try http://www.shindigz.com . I have ordered from here before, and didn't have any problems :)


edited to include URL to customized party favors: http://www.shindigz.com/shop.cfm?Page=dir2&SubsecID=59

We pay for ourselves and our dates. The price varies from year to year and is usually agreed upon by the chapter. This year we got off CHEAP. It was like $160. Last year I think it was like $225.

Part of our dues goes to our formal ticket, anything after that we have to pay for out of our own pocket ( between 5 and 10 dollars) and we have to pay for our date. Last year I paid like $75 for my date and me. .. which from what I see, is really cheap.

texas*princess thanks for the site

Our formal is paid for out of our dues, all we pay for is a date ($20) and a hotel room if we want one.