Croesyceiliog Leavers Ball...What I Wore.

Hello! just a little tangent, I didn't make this blog to write a new post every day, I made it just to write when I felt like. So if your thinking ive gone a bit MIA, its just that I didn't want to force myself to write something that would be a bit poopy!

so yes, back to what this post is all about. As you may have read in previous posts, I have just left 6th form, and as a tradition, much like many schools we had a leavers ball. I got into the habit of calling it a prom, but after attending, I know why they didn't call it a prom. It was much more sophisticated, and less showy, no big poofy dresses etc.

I bought my dress waaaaaaaaaaaay before the ball, amazingly, a bit of a bargain buy  from Tkmaxx. I loved the colour and fit, but the style was not the best for me, so I asked my wonderful Nan to make a few alterations to make it look nicer. The dress was a very good make, so I was a bit chuffed to find something so nice in Tkmaxx, and it was also on sale, even better! I knew the type of look I wanted to go for, for a long time before the ball (one shoulder, flowery etc) but this dress didn't have flowers along the strap, which is what I wanted. sooooo I  added hair flowers along the strap purchased in Sainsbury's of all places,that were a lighter colour than the dress to make them stand out. Nanny Jenny spent a long time sewing on little beads to give the flower petals a little sprinkle of sparkles. I recycled my Prom shoes, as when I wore them no one saw them, and I thought I may as well use them again!



All in all I can say is that this Ball was a LOT less expensive than my Prom, simply because I was a bit more aware of ways I could recycle and change things to look how I wanted them too.
 (I did have my hair done by my hairdresser simply because I cannot do anything pretty myself!)