Quote Originally Posted by caseysmom View Post
I did that when the kids were younger also, they expect those at birthdays, on top of that the birthday party was somewhere expensive to boot. This year my daughters sweet 16 costs about 350.00 to take 10 of us to a nice restaurant. Not too bad considering the cost of some sweet 16's I guess. I think the whole thing is kind of silly but yes we got sucked up into it
Good to know that I am not the only one! Yes, they can certainly get expensive quick. $350's not too bad for a sweet sixteen, they can really get out of hand. I bet it's hard to believe she's 16 already too!


Quote Originally Posted by Cookiebaker View Post
I cannot believe you are already talking about Ty's first birthday! YIKES!! where does the time go???

Yea, I know whatcha mean about goody bags. Have you seen the Oriental Trading company catalogue? They have a lot of gift bag goodies that you can buy "in bulk" -- like units of 12 or 24.
I know - I can't believe it's been a year. I think I'm still in shock I have seen Oriental trading before, but I didn't even think of looking there. I will have to remember that for next time!