<p>Break the bank or break her heart.</p>
<p>It looks like you’re going to have to break her heart. But she will be in very good company with all the other remarkable girls who can’t go because they need FA. There are, indeed, many heartbroken young ladies on waiting lists who know in their hearts that the phone will most likely not ring for them because they have no gown for the ball. It makes my daughter feel a TINY bit better knowing that she is not alone, but only the tiniest bit.</p>
<p>The good news is that your daughter is still the same great girl that the school wanted.</p>