Honest opinion about bridesmaids/maid of honor gifts?
I (the bride) am not American but am marrying an American man and so I found out recently that in typical tradition here I am supposed to buy gifts for my lovely bridesmaids & maid of honor. I really like this idea and saw the satin robes, but I want to get them personalized with their names on them- which as you can imagine bumps up the price quite a bit from what I have seen. I have 6 bridesmaids, my mom and my mother in law, as well as 5 flower girls who will all be getting ready with us in the bridal suite that day, and was thinking the robes would be a fun idea.
My mom is making me pay for everyone's hair and makeup though, she insists it will look better in photos, but for 9 people that is already going to run me around $2100. While I do have a good salary I am also not made of money lol.
TL;DR: Is it cheap and cheesy for me to just buy plain satin robes with nothing on them, regular robes that say "bridesmaid" or "moh" or "mob" on the back, OR should I just suck it up and spend the extra $ to personalize them with their names and initials?
Option 1: plain satin robe: $13 | Option 2: bridesmaids embroidered on back: around $20-25 | Option 3: Fully personalized with names: $40+ each. |
Thoughts? Have you received robes and did you just throw them out later or did you actually wear them? Etc.
Feel free to be honest, I am not going to judge. Thank you!