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Old 06-07-2007, 03:37 PM
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I think I said something similar in the old thread: bulk ordering might end up cheaper. (Of course it would depend on how many of the items that girl owned already.)

Do they switch it around every year, NUBlue&blue, or did you happen to hit a year where they changed everything up?

(I think my friend's daughter's list is pretty similar to what the group wore last year, but I don't really know. Since she's a new member, she didn't have it already.)
They change it a little bit every year, like this year the white skirt and black skirt are still ok, but they're going with different shirts with the white skirts and different sweaters with the black skirts.....but last year, we had to get a black skirt because they didn't like the black skirt she already had (too full? too long?) and had to get a black dress because they didn't like the $250 Ann Taylor black dress that she already owned (it had tiny beads on it that you could barely see), so had to buy another black dress. This year there is a different holy grail sundress that we are searching for....it's just frustrating when they won't go into a store and look around to see what is out there before making pronouncements on what everybody has to wear.

SWTXBelle, my daughter almost did that when she was going through recruitment a couple of years ago. We had planned out her outfits for every round, wrote it all down so she could get it all together, etc. She was going to wear a bright green polo shirt and denim miniskirt to philanthropy round, but ended up wearing a cute blouse and capri pants instead. She called and said, "I'm so glad I didn't wear that outfit, when I walked into AB, guess what they were all wearing.....bright polos and denim miniskirts!" Funny thing is...that's the sorority she ended up joining, too.
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Old 06-07-2007, 04:32 PM
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This year there is a different holy grail sundress that we are searching for....it's just frustrating when they won't go into a store and look around to see what is out there before making pronouncements on what everybody has to wear.
I think that's just poor planning on the recruitment chair's part. This year we had a powerpoint presentation along with our fashion handbook of real dresses that are currently being carried by real stores. So it was like, "J. Crew and Ann Taylor both have these lavender dresses that would be perfect." She gave at least two examples of each dress so that we had a good idea of what style we were going for. She even gave pictures and stores for shoes, and color swatches for both dresses and shoes!
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Old 06-07-2007, 04:45 PM
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I think that's just poor planning on the recruitment chair's part. This year we had a powerpoint presentation along with our fashion handbook of real dresses that are currently being carried by real stores. So it was like, "J. Crew and Ann Taylor both have these lavender dresses that would be perfect." She gave at least two examples of each dress so that we had a good idea of what style we were going for. She even gave pictures and stores for shoes, and color swatches for both dresses and shoes!
Your recruitment chair is AWESOME.
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Old 06-07-2007, 04:50 PM
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That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about--go shopping, look on the internet and see if it's something that you can easily buy instead of making up something that doesn't exist in the retail world.

Can you tell that I'm ticked about this for the 2nd year in a row?!
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Old 06-07-2007, 05:25 PM
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. . . and had to get a black dress because they didn't like the $250 Ann Taylor black dress that she already owned (it had tiny beads on it that you could barely see), so had to buy another black dress. . . .
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See? See what I meant? (Sorry, just had to say it.)
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Old 06-07-2007, 06:25 PM
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The more I read here, the more I'm sure that my friend's daughter is getting off easy.

Her list is pretty basic compared to the degree of detail that you all are getting into.
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