Comments on: Cheerful Frugality Dresses Up

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:30:33 +0000

What is step #5?

By: celina

celina — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:58:22 +0000

my daughter is doing her first communion in may…i asked if this parish dresses up (i’m new in the area..and some churches don’t make this a special occasion anymore..im glad this one does)

she said some spend 300$ or more…OUCH, she gets upset..the priest would rather we spend 50 and donate the balance to the poor…

so why wait till may, i scoured then internet for boutiques in my town and the town i was visiting that upcoming weekend….

well i found a shop that had a clearance on flower girl and first communion dresses…limited sizes in stock only…
69$ regular price….250$ i called to verify , she said the 8s were all very narrow, great my daughter is a stick…

we got there and of course they did the old…the price isnt the price…i had brought a print out of the website and got the dress for the price….

it’s beautiful..the clerk was impressed at how early we shopped..some go the saturday , the day before the communion…can you imagine, OUCH

By: Arielle

Arielle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:51:13 +0000

I had the four older girls from a family with seven as my flower girls, and their mom is a frugal pro I told her to find whatever matching dresses she wanted. She found four ADORABLE eyelet lace dresses at JCPenny’s for less than $20 a piece. My mom made them flower girl “crowns” to match the wedding colors, and my best friend made them “flower wands.” I couldn’t imagine cuter flower girls! Here’s a picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariellejuliana/3282712002/

By: amy

amy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:28:16 +0000

I’d post an ad on craigslist listing what size and color you need. You might get lucky!!

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:08:57 +0000

my sister dressed my niece in a hand-me-down dress for free

it helps when the bride is flexible

By: N.

N. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:18:57 +0000

When I got married I picked a dress color from David’s Bridal since it’s everywhere and told my girls they could pick whatever style they wanted. I them helped them find used dresses on Ebay. When my best friend was getting married I was able to find a bridesmaid dress for $40 on Ebay. It was still more than I would have liked to spend but it was far cheaper than buying new.

By: LTrice

LTrice — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:09:20 +0000

Meredith – I almost forgot – sometimes in the wings might be a toddler dress from a wedding rental store – or a dislpay dress that some stores will sell for nothing at all -
I remember a friend just ‘asking’ and it was well worth it!

that’s it — Latrice…

By: LTrice

LTrice — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:06:49 +0000

Jessica Mclintock has a huge sale on right now nationwide – Even if there might be mostly ‘ivory’ dresses out for tods – may be worth lookin’ -

I have a wedding me and my hubby are attending in March and we are looking forward to it!
It will be the wedding of the century – 500 invited guests – A REAL PLATINUM WEDDING!

I ordered my dress last week from Bloomingdales.com – Dress reg. price – $650.00
I got it for $90 – It’s a designer and beautiful… After winter formals and winter weddings, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a deal if you haven’t already — I love deals! Can’t wait till it arrives — thanks for all the handy advice!
Don’t forget JC PENNEY.com!!!

latrice – working mama in the nw!

By: joanna

joanna — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:44:04 +0000

We told the parents of our flower girl to not spend too much- and to pick out an Easter dress during after-Easter sales, since our wedding was early June. Easter dresses and flower-girl dresses seemed pretty much interchangeable, to me!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:26:53 +0000

I recently was in this dilemma as dh had an awards banquet that I needed to go to. I definitely didn’t want to buy a new dress. I ended up asking a gal at church who I thought might be my size. She had 2 that she let me borrow to decide which both fit. I gave her a Starbucks gift card and dry cleaned her dress for her afterwards.