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tures to savor afterwards. I love
having the bat mitzvah video and
pictures; they are excellent and I
cherish them and the memories
they capture. That said, watch
your dimes. When a professional
party photographer, no matter
how cordial, says the fee is $575,
he doesn't mean it. He means the
fee is $575 plus more than a dol-
lar each
picture for develop- -
ing, plus $35 each for copies of the
video tape, plus $80 for the album
(a little less if you can have the
gumption not to have the most
gorgeous pix of your kid printed
on the cover — gumption I
lacked), plus four or five bucks for
any reproductions you want to
send to grandma, plus ten or
more dollars for any enlarge-
ments you want for the mantle
piece.
I suspect we provided our pho-
tographer's son with tuition to the
Harvard Business School, but
with a financial plan like his good
old dad has got, he'll need that
MBA. But, on the "we could have"
list, I'd say, we could have skipped
the picture on the album, we
could have had cheaper dupli-
cates made (although the profes-
sional quality ones speak for
themselves), and — this is the
biggest — we could have negoti-
ated an all-inclusive package from
the very beginning. I don't know
if I would have saved much mon-
ey that way, but I would have had
more control, and having more
control always makes me feel
smarter (it doesn't actually make
me any smarter, but it helps).
The details: The caterer, an old
friend, made most of the food for
the evening meals, and a few sal-
ads for kiddush. We worked out
a fair price and she did a great job
for me. That said, I wasn't lis-
tening (or counting) carefully
enough when she told me what
her contract didn't cover: drinks
and paper goods for the kiddush,
wine, waiters (she brought them,
but I paid them separately), tips,
and rental chairs, tables and table
linens. These things add up in a
big way, even with paper goods
from the budget warehouse and
wine by the wholesale case.
The frills: The last minute ex-
hilaration carried me away with
perfecting our simchah. I could
have chosen less exotic flowers:
more carnations, fewer tulips. I
could have chosen less expensive
clothes, for her and for me and,
particularly, for baby brother,
who got grape juice on his new
shirt six minutes into the evening
to no one's particular surprise, in-
cluding mine.
I could have, but I didn't. And
too bad. Because I love the pic-
tures, and I loved the flowers, and
baby brother looked adorable,
even stained. I cherish the mem-
ories and the achievement of my
daughter...and we'll just save
money somewhere else.
Hey, honey, how about vaca-
tion in a tent? ❑