gown

Where's a good place to get a reasonably priced new prom dress? What thrift or consignment stores in Ocean County do you recommend? Have you checked out a rental site like www.RentTheRunway.com? Do you have a limit as to how much you'll give your child for prom? And how will you handle if she's begging for a gown that's over the limit? Do you know about the free dresses that will be available at some branches of the Ocean County Library?

Kudos to the Ocean County Library system for collecting prom dresses and donating them to local students.  Thanks also to those of you who participated, donating hundreds of dresses! This is a great example of recycling, to allow something to be used again...

If your online feed is anything like mine, you're seeing lots of photos of prom dresses and comments about plans for prom night and afterwards.  The event is an exciting rite of passage for many teens. It seems times have changed, though, and going to prom is not on every student's wish list...