Prom Season! Okay, this post is REALLY late. I am talking about prom season from last year, Kumiko's junior year. It started with her wanting to go dress shopping with her friends but she needed some money. Now this is kind of a big deal. Kumi does not wear dresses as a rule. She hasn't worn a dress to school since 1st grade and the last time she wore a dress before prom was her cousins wedding that was over a year before. I certainly wanted her to find a dress but I really, really did not want to go dress shopping with a bunch of high school girls. So, being the crafty father that I am, I gave her my credit card and told her what her limit was. It was a low limit. It was so low I was fairly certain that she would never find a dress for it. So off she goes with her friends. (Remember back to the very first post in this blog where the crafty father ended up owning a horse in spite of all his best craftiness.)
A short while later I get a call. "Dad, I found a dress but its expensive." Uh hu. So I ask her if it is "THE" dress. She thinks for a moment and said, "No, not really." So I told her to keep looking. A little while later I get another call. "Dad, I found a dress but its expensive, just not as expensive as the first dress" Uh hu. So I ask her if it is "THE" dress. She thinks for a moment and said,"Um..." I asked her if she liked it better than the first dress. She said yes. So I asked her if was "THE" dress. She wasn't sure so I told her not to get any dress that was not "THE" dress. She needed to love the dress before I would say yes. She decided that it was "THE" dress so the only think I could do at that point was say yes to the dress. Here is what she came home with.
So how did Dad feel about the dress?
Pretty darn proud! She looked beautiful!
I know, my shirt rather clashes with her dress and I'm sorry. But prom was the same night as Westernaires show where I had been flagging the riders. Kumi had time to come home and shower and clean up but I did not. But I did get to take her to meet her friends.
And there is her prom group just before they climbed into their car and headed off to nice French dinner before prom.
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