First time going to the mall with friends. Advice?
Well on Saturday, my friends and I were planning to go to the mall to shop a bit and have lunch. Its gonna be my best friend, 2 others, and I (2 boys, 2 girls). This is my first time going to the mall alone and I'm just wondering how much money i should ask for so i can buy some clothes. I was aiming for about $100, but i don't know if this is too much. Im just buying some shorts, swim trunks, 4 shirts, socks, and a gift for my mom (mothers day), and also lunch. I already have $45 of my own money that i will be spending but i just need $100 more to cover everything else. I know exactly what i was planning on buying and where i was going to buy it from. I have my parents trust and i do make A's and B's on my report card and do chores around the house. I was just wondering am i asking for too much money and do you have any other helpful advice so i can have a fun afternoon at the mall with my friends. Thanks.
My best friend gave me some designer dresses she didn't want. Now she wants them back. What do I do?
Here’s the thing.Legally, if she gave you the dresses, and you have proof of that, they are your possessions now. You own them.But here’s the problem.What means more to you?Those dresses, that are probably very expensive, quite valuable, and I’m sure elegant and beautiful?Or your best and closest friend, who perhaps made an overly kind gesture in a moment of extreme affection for you?There have been times in the past when I’ve overgifted, just because I felt like it was a kind thing to do in that moment, and then later, I realized that I had given something away that I would sorely miss. I never asked for it back, because whatever it was wasn’t worth the potential creation of a rift in the friendship.But designer dresses are extremely expensive.If you love your friend, I would give them back, and express your confusion in a way that wasn’t critical or demeaning.Perhaps a few days after giving them back, when next you see one another, you ask about it, and find out why. Maybe she had financial issues and she decided to sell them to cover a cost. Maybe a family member had a break-in and lost clothes. You never know.My recommendation to everyone is to choose people over possessions. I’ve lent friends hundreds of dollars over the years, and while I would certainly welcome repayment, I couldn’t care less if I ever get it back. The way I see it, if I had it to spare at the time, I didn’t really need it, but my friend definitely did, and I know that friend isn’t in a much better place now, so I wouldn’t want to make it difficult for him just so I could get a couple hundred dollars that I don’t really need.You’re a good woman, and a good friend. You have a good heart. You’ll do the right thing.
What are your best wedding planning tips for efficiency and stress management?
Attend a marriage preparation class or counseling early on in the engagement.Know that it’s okay not to have a date picked out when you first get engaged. Everyone will ask, and when they do you can tell them that you just got engaged and will start focusing on the wedding soon.Talk to your fiance about housing. Will you decide to buy or rent a home at first? If you decide to buy, find a realtor now so that you can get this squared away with plenty of time before the wedding.Start planning early. Don’t procrastinate. Do a small bit every week.Choose a small wedding party. Less is more. Avoid having anyone who causes drama in the party.The matron (or maid) of honor should be someone who you can delegate jobs to and is well organized. For example, “Sarah, could you please help me out by researching limo companies and letting me know what their rates are?”Having someone in the wedding party who has already been married and planned a wedding is helpful.Find a template spreadsheet for wedding planning online that you like.Keep it on Google docs so you can share it with your mom and/or an organized matron of honor or bridesmaid.Use it for budgeting, setting goals, and as a checklist.Pick a date that you plan to have “x” accomplished by. For example, you plan to have purchased a dress by October 1st.Have another spreadsheet for keeping a guest list. Mom may be able to do this for you.Assign jobs to trustworthy people, and follow up with them as the date approaches. Who will be driving grandma? Who will pick up the cake from the bakery?As you get closer to the wedding, type up a timeline (for both the wedding weekend and the day of the wedding). It will help keep everything on pace. Your photographer will also appreciate having a copy of the timeline.If there are people who you know are usually late who will be helping out in some function (i.e. setup, hair, makeup, driving), give them a time earlier than you actually want them to arrive so that when they are late it won’t be a big deal.Pack a bag of things you may need for the wedding day ahead of time (toiletries, tissue paper, makeup, etc.).Continue to talk to your fiance as you did pre-engagement. Don’t let every conversation be filled with wedding details, but use your time together to build each other up.
I am planning to start a home-based saree business with a small investment. What legal formalities do I need to perform?
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Overzealous bridesmaids are adding stress! Advice?
I feel like my bridesmaids are trying to plan my wedding for me! I have nine. They plan things and then let me in the loop, after they've made the plans! I think I'm going to go insane... Example: today they informed me that they want to go shopping for their bridesmaid dresses this coming Tuesday. 1. Tuesday doesn't work for me, my sister (Maid of Honor), or my mother (who really wants to be involved). 2. My fiance' and I don't even have an official wedding date yet! We're not even sure that all nine of my girls will be able to make it to the wedding (some are gone at certain times during the summer, etc), and yet they already want to go buy their dresses. This is just an example... But still, my bridesmaids are a little too excited and overzealous, and are turning the wedding planning process from something fun to something that's nothing but stressful! It's times like these that I wish I could just scrap everything with the bridesmaids and just have my sister for Maid of Honor and then the friend that I've known the longest up beside me. But would it be wrong of me to take back my invitation of being bridesmaids to the girls? Is there a way to get them to calm down or something?
Due date coincides with best friend's wedding date?
I am pregnant with my 1st (!!!!!!) and while still quite early in my pregnancy, got an estimated due date of Sept 5 from one of those pregnancy calanders online. However, Sept 6 is my closest friend's wedding and I am a bridesmaid. I heard that it's quite common for women to go over a week with their first child, but I am not really sure what to do about the wedding. We haven't ordered dresses yet, but I just have to be there, she has been there for me every step of my life so far. Any advice on ordering a tent for now and hoping for the best, backing out gracefully, or anything else that could help? I would be very heartbroken to miss it because I love her and her fiance so much, but this is a little out of my control...
My friend bought the same prom dress as me? What do I do??
After I showed a picture of my dress to my friend, the following day she sent me a picture of the dress she had bought which was the exact same style, color, and silhouette as mine. Although I know there will probably be other girls with similar dresses to mine at prom, I am mostly upset at the fact that she seemed to intentionally buy a dress that looked exactly like mine. My dress was very expensive and was quite the investment, which I am really disappointed now that I spent all that money just to have her wear basically the same thing. I am even more annoyed because when I had asked her earlier what kind of dress she was planning on getting she described one completely different than mine, so obviously she was REALLY inspired by my picture. Obviously it is not the end of the world, but I'm not really close with this girl other than seeing her at school, but because she didn't have a prom group yet I already invited her to go with my friend group to prom. So now in all our pictures it will look like we are wearing the same dress. In all honesty, I'm really offended and I don't really want her to come with my group anymore. I'm not that close with her and this dress situation really rubbed me the wrong way. What should I do? And if uninvite her to go with my group, how should I do it? I don't want to get in a big fight or anything but at this point I regret inviting her and showing her my dress in the first place.