Can a sweet 16 be special and affordable? I hope!

Posted by: KarenLynn

For many of us our daughter’s sweet 16 is the biggest party of her life besides her wedding. I want my daughter’s upcoming Sweet 16 party to be special however I know we are not be able to spend the kind of money that some of her friends have spent. She had one friend who rented a private hall, a caterer, and her family even had an ice sculpture made for the occassion. Another friend rented out a very nice restaurant downtown and while they cut corners by opting for just serving sodas and appetizers which was creative and not as labor intensive as my plan. My husband and I want to keep this party under $300.00 and make it special for her as well. We have opted to have a good ole’ fashioned shin dig (traditional bq style)! We are thinking of running a stereo system ourselves and I will set up a movie with a projector(I am currently checking on a price to rent the projector but I may have a source to borrow one) that wil project on a sheet in the yard. We are opting to have hamburgers and hot dogs and to set up our yard with torches and christmas lights and to arrange yard furniture on carpets through out the back yard. We will also probably have to borrow lawn furniture too. Why do so many of us feel like we have to throw a party that we cannot even afford? For one minute I actually thought about having it catered one because it was easier and two thinking it would make my daughter happier knowing that my money would be better off going into savings for her colllege fund.

I am hoping to find some flowers that are in season for inexpensive in April and arrange them in some vases so the house will look festive. I also want to get some floating candles for the pool…… I will get a special cake for her (probably with music notes on it since she is plans to be a music major) and we are going to repair her car for her present and get it on the road. It is a car we have been saving for about a year and a half for her we already know it nees a new battery. Another friend of mine told me that insurance typically goes up $1000 a year once you put a teenager on……isn’t that a great birthday gift as it is? My daughter is so excited about her party she knows we will make it special!

    

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