CLASSIC ROCK Q107 » spending http://q1077.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Prom Spending At an All-Time High http://q1077.com/prom-spending-at-an-all-time-high/ http://q1077.com/prom-spending-at-an-all-time-high/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:09:10 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=125544 So dads, how much money did you fork over to send your daughter to the prom?  Pictures were posted in the Lufkin Daily News last weekend, and it looks like fun was had by all.  But did it break the bank?

Prom spending is going up every year, and one newspaper today says the average family spends an amount that could equal a mortgage or a couple of car payments!  How much is too much?

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The iPads, flat screen TVs, and video game must-haves ain’t cheap! When you add up the hot electronics, the ugly sweaters, and the popcorn tin gift sets, we’re spending just shy of a thousand bucks on Christmas.

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