Junior Prom

As you might already know, Philip went to prom yesterday.  It was touch and go at first but last Saturday, everything was a go and we went into full swing planning mode.  We ended up at Men's Wearhouse for the tuxedo rental (they were open late) and got a beautiful gray tuxedo rental for Philip.  All said and done, he ended up with the full Vera Wang package (Vera Wang is a very fancy designer) complete with funky socks.  Tiffany had sent a photo of the color of her dress, which was red.  The guys at Men's Wearhouse were very helpful and made Philip feel good about his choices.

Trying on

In full try on mode

Next was flowers.  Tiffany was pretty specific that she didn't like red or white roses.  She likes lilies. And she wanted a wristlet with silver ribbon.  With a past life as a florist, I was struggling with what is left for flowers.  I have a personal issue against mums so that left carnations...which are kind of cheesy to me.   She wanted something "different".  So after some thought, we headed to Brown Floral.  They have joined forces with Mildred flowers. Mildred's is known for unique stuff.  I frankly was a little concerned what they would come up with.  We did pick a bracelet to put the corsage on instead of elastic.  I also asked for crystals. We went ahead and got the boutonniere too so it would match the corsage. 

The boutonniere had ranunculus and alstromeria. 
I have no idea what the dark red flowers are.
 They are even fuzzy on the outside.

The corsage had the same flowers but also poppies,
berries, and more greens.  This is top view.

Side view - you can see the crystal (round thing) and the bracelet.

We had planned that Philip would bring Tiffany over to my house to do flowers before dinner so I could take photos but it took longer for him to get ready after work and when he went to get Tiffany, she was running late too.  She decided to get her hair done and it took longer than planned.  So I am glad I took photos of the flowers and Philip before he went.

 

Philip before he went out the door to pick up Tiffany.

Philip drove up to her Grandparents house in Roy to pick her up.  Then they came to Salt Lake and went to the Melting Pot for dinner.  Philip had called ahead and found out they had a prom special for $70 for both of them including soda drinks.  The prom was at the state capital.

 

We had already planned that they would come over here and I would drive them to take Tiffany home to Roy.  They got here about 10:45 pm.  We stopped at McDonald's for late night snacks on our way.  Probably good I drove.  They were both asleep before we hit North Salt Lake. 

 

Philip said they had a great time and danced the entire prom except when they got the photos done.  Tiffany said she will share some photos when she gets them in a few weeks.  I'll share the photo once I have one.

 

Here is what I was able to take when they came back. 

 

He said everything went perfect and he was very happy about what he planned.  I think that is success!  His school prom is later this month. They are pondering if they want to do it again.