Hey! I'm Louisa and I just turned 14. I had a fantastic party. It may sound incredibly extravagant, and it sort of was. I would not call my immediate family rich so this is what I did. Firstly, I worked all year long at a daycare about 2 days a week and by the end of the year I had saved up 2000$, so I contributed 200$ to my party piggy bank. Then, I asked all my relatives that instead of presents I would love for them to contribute any amount of money, big or small, to my party fund! From all these presents, I recieved 750$ and this was from about 15 people who donated anything from 20-120$. Finally, my parents gave me 200$ (which included contributions from my siblings). My parents were still able to give me presents. So in total, I spent 1,150$ but this was not a huge blow to one single person. HERE IS MY SCHEDULE: FRIDAY: One group of three of my best friends and I spent the day with me! 3- Arrive at my house after school with sleepover stuff that we dropped off. 3-4:30- My friends and I really like cooking so we made a feast! We made gourmet cookies, pasta and sauce, french fries, chocolate mousse, and salad. Then, my mom set up a table with a nice tablecloth, candles, and wine glasses and we had a beautiful dinner! cost: 50$ 4:30-4:45- Drive to spa on Newbury Street! 445- 630- At the spa, we all went through stations to get different treatments each lasted about 25-30 minutes. They included manicures, pedicures, massages, and hairdos. The four of us sort of rotated through these four stations. It was amazing! It was such a relaxing experience! Manicures- 15$ Pedicures-20$ Hairdos-15$ Massages-40$ In total this cost: 120$ + 80$ + 160$ = 360$ I highly reccommend this experience! 6:30-7:30- Walk around Newbury Street, try on fancy clothes, window shop!  8- Get picked up by a limo on Newbury Street! Inside the limo, which first stopped at my house is a cooler with snacks and drinks and bikinis because we're going to the beach! COST- 250$ for two a half hours 8-8:15- Drive to the beach in the limo, dance to the music, pop out of the top of the car, take pictures, etc... This was one of my favorite moments of the party! 8:15-10- Party at the beach! There was hardly anyone there so at first we were kind of creeped out.. But then we saw that my sister had driven over and set up candles and tiki torches. She also watched our stuff while we went swimming. The water is also warmer at night so I highly reccomend night swimming!  10-1:30- Drive home in the limo! My sister brought a friend to the beach with her so while we were lounging on the beach they took a ride around as to not waste or time with the limo. 10:30-1230- One of my favorite shows is The OC, so we had a mini marathon! My mom popped us some popcorn and we stayed up late and had fun!  12:30-2:30- We stayed up chatting in our attic! TOTAL COST OF TODAY: 660$ SATURDAY 10- We woke up and had pancakes and fruit smoothies for breakfast 1030- My three girlies went home 11-1245- My two good friends and I went to Plaster Fun Time! This was fun to be like little kids again! COST: 25$ 12:45-1:30 We went out to lunch at Bill's Pizza and talked and I opened my presents from them! COST: 35$ 1:30-2- Walking around this little center! Window Shopping! 2:30- My two friends went home and I also did to relax a bit with my family and do some homework.  4-4:30- I met up with my other group of best friends, there are 5 of us total. We took the train into the North End, I told them I had a suprise for them and they should wear nice clothes that they'll feel good in!  4:30-5- Walking around the North End. We stopped at Sephora to get some free makeup done! 5-7- Professional Photoshoot!! I contacted tons of art/photography schools and asked if any of them would be up for photographing some girls for practice and a cheap price! Finally, I got a good response. The photographer was a beginner but the photos looked so GOOD because we had never seen anything like this before. He set up some backgrounds for us but we also went outside and shot pictures with the trees! We arranged that we would pay for the materials and then some. We picked up the pictures about 3 weeks later. COST: 100$  7-8- We went out for a nice dinner at a Mexican Restaurant. There was live music and food prepared in front of us. COST: 60$ 8- We got picked up by my dad and checked into our hotel for the night!! COST: 200$ for everything. 8-9- We got on our bathing suits and headed to the hotel pool and whirlpool! I didn't tell my friends about this suprise so they were shocked and we had so much fun! 9-930- We walked around the hotel and gift shop. They were serving hot chocolate in the lobby so we had some of that!  9:30-12- We hung out in our room, watched tv, ordered one room service dessert to share, danced around, took a shower together, etc.. My mom stayed in a connecting room, we ordered a suite. It is illegal to NOT have an over 18 year old. WE LOOOOVED STAYING IN A HOTEL!  TOTAL COST OF SATURDAY: 420$ TOTAL COST OF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: 660 + 440= 1080$ SUNDAY 1030- We woke up and went downstairs of the hotel to have our complimentary breakfast!  10:45- The girls were picked up at the hotel! 11-12:30- Because I spent the whole weekend with my friends, Sunday was devoted to my family. First, we went out for a fancy buffet brunch. I still have 70$ left in my party funds so I was able to pay for this brunch :) It cost: 50$ 1230-130- We came home and had ice cream cake and opened a few presents that my parents were still able to afford after there 200$ donations! For the cake, my mom made it. She made a chocolate sheet cake and a vanilla sheet cake a cut them out into hearts. Then she put mint chocolate chip ice cream in between the two cakes and frosted the whole thing with vanilla frosting. It was delicious! 1:30-2:30- We went for a walk along this beautiful river for a while. It was very nice 2:30- rest of the day- I did my homework and caught up on everything!  In total my party cost: 1,130$. It was a blast!    Thanks for reading!