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How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
JennK
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 12:37 AM+
How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I have bought the BM's an inexpensive necklace to wear on the day of the wedding, and Im thinking that Im going to make baskets for all of them with a bunch of other stuff in them. But I dont want to go overboard or too cheap, so I wondered what everybody else thinks is fair.
debbus
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:12 AM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:12 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I am spending about $100 - $150 for my bridesmaid and up to $200 for my MOH. They are paying for my shower (there are just 2 of them) as well as all the other things they pay for, so I want to say thank you.So far I bought them garnet & diamond earrings at Fortunoff, to wear on the day. I'm not sure what else. My MOH and I will go for mani & pedi the day before and I plan on treating for that. Maybe her hair and/or make-up the day of.
Hope this gives you some ideas.
tracyann74
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:16 AM+

tracyann74
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Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:16 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I have 9 bridesmaids and we're spending around $50 each - we bought them a pair of garnet earings they can wear on the wedding day.
yabbobay
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:24 AM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:24 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I bought my BMs necklaces from Tiffany for about $85I am also getting them all a message, mani and pedi...
for my helpers I got them a nice journal, some fragrances from the GAP and they will come with us for mani and pedi
for GM...we are getting them a bottle of scotch (about $50) and a poker/card set $20...
phunkykat
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:32 AM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:32 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
i am making them baskets and spending about $50-75 on each girl (6 all together). i'm putting into the baskets a silver mirror w/ their names engraved, lotions, a small picture frame with a pretty thank you i'm going to make and put in the frame. another thing i am putting in is a tiny lenox bowl filled with soaps and a lenox vase. lenox has favors they seel, its $50 for a box of 10 but you can request one of each favor free and pay only $3.95 shipping and handling. so i ordered one bowl and one vase and had my mom and his mom and some friends do the same, instead of buying the boxes. i'm also thinking about getting them a small pair of earrings in a box.
jenny11.9
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:40 AM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 09:40 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
It's looking like $115 per girl for me.
stacedz
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 10:10 AM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 10:10 AM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I plan on spending about $110 each for my 4 girls. Showers are so expensive nowadays and with all they have to do (even though they agreed to be part of my day), I still want to show them my thanks. I was thinking of scanning pictures in and gluing them to a box that they could use or display (pics from over the years). They are also getting diamond pendants to wear the day of and I found friendship candles and friendship frames.
dora
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 12:11 PM+
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I bought their dresses ($200+) so I'm planning to give them a small $20 or so gift at the rehersal dinner.
michele31
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 01:16 PM+

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Posted: Jun 25, 2002 01:16 PM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I am doing monogram robes with bubble bath and a scented candle for all 8 of my girls. I also got my sister a collector plate (we collect those) about how much I love being her sister and paid 1/2 of her dress. For my best friend, also a MOH, I paid for her makeup trial (only $20), plan on paying for her makeup the day off and will get her a pair of earrings (her favoriate jewerly). All in all each BM will cost about $80-100 depending on where I get the robes and my MOHs will run about $100 more than that. My Moms are paying for the shower but still between the gowns, shoes etc..it really adds up quick.
Meg9-20-02
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:04 PM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:04 PM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I got them each a robe (on sale - and backorder - from Fortunoffs), a pj set (on sale from the gap), and I am making a basket filled with stuff from Bath & Body Works. I spent about $100 on each - Only because I happened to get such great deals -
michele31
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:28 PM+

michele31
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Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:28 PM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
Did you get the robes from Fortunoff online? Where are you getting them monogramed?
Meg9-20-02
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:31 PM+

Posted: Jun 25, 2002 02:31 PM
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
I did get the robes online. They were $20!! They are backordered - expected delivery is about 8 weeks. There was really no color selection but I didn't mind the off-white - I think they might have had navy blue too. I am not getting them monogrammed but I think you can get them done at Fortunoffs - even if you get them online.
mnis
Posted: Jun 25, 2002 04:32 PM+
Re: How much do you plan on spending on your BM's gifts?
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