Last-minute prom disasters

Ten disastrous things which can take place on Graduation Night:

1. Burn all your hair. Don't ever say "Nonsense, it wouldn't happen to me." I'm just warning you to keep that hair straightener away from your hair. Even the hair dryer could be the culprit. Looking on the brighter side, you could become Prom Queen with that 'new' hairdo, although it isn't very fashinable to go bald this season.

2. Rip your leggings/stockings and NOT know about it. Of course, until that hot guy you've been eying suddenly progresses towards you and whispers so forlornly into your ear, "Miss, I think you've just ripped your stocking." Ouch, and ouch.

3. Get drunk. Perhaps getting drunk's your way of freedom of expression, but swaggering unknowingly towards that hottie and proceeding to regurgitate your dinner onto his starched suit isn't going to score you brownie points.

4. Be a nosey parker. Yes, so the school jock ditched his bimbotic girlfriend for another bimbo. But what concern is that of yours? Remember, there's only the title for Prom Queen, not Gossip Queen. You could just become one of the faces on the 'Wanted' lists of these queen bees.

5. Get spotted walking around town in your prom suit. You could very well become a walking spectacle, especially if you got it all wrong from head to toe. Yes, it's near Christmas, but it doesn't give you reason to strut along Orchard like an enchanted Christmas tree. Instead, get yourself, by hook or by crook, from home to the prom venue in a subtle manner. You can then unleash yourself at the prom.

6. Match purple with green. Or yellow with purple. Even if you failed Art all the way from pre-school to college, you should very well have some basic common sense when it comes to colour combinations. When in doubt, seek professional advice (except those of your great-grandaunts or colour-blind uncles).

7. Turn up in the same outfit as the school belle or someone else. This is probably one of the things millions of girls are trying to avoid. If it's the same outfit as someone ordinary, it isn't so bad. But if the school's queen bee's decked out in the same dress as you're in, may God bless you. To avoid this, NEVER think that 'expensive is good'. Something unique and affordable probably wouldn't turn up at the same venue as yours, because everyone else's probably got something much more expensive and branded. Save your money, save your skin.

8. Zits. Argh, I hope this doesn't happen to me as well. But if you're really that unlucky or you simply were too lazy to wash your face every day, then that's a huge shame. Quick, make a mad dash for the concealer!

9. You got ditched by your date. If your date is making a beeline for the school belle just like the other guys, forget the heartless bastard. You could always survive Prom Night without a guy by your side! Grab your gurlies and hit the cocktail bar or try to chat up the bartender if you're really that desperate.

10. Losing your dress. Triple ouch. If that happens to me, I'd feign illness and give the event a miss. But if you really need to get to prom just to ogle at the school jocks, give your neighbourhood mall a miss. Instead, empty out your mum's wardrobe and start to mix and match. I mean, that's a last resort! Besides, you could find stuff which Mum has neglected for the past decade or two and turn it into a fashion statement at Prom. We're going retro, aren't we?

God, I'm mad to write all these, but after one day of fruitless prom shopping, I was just conjuring all these extreme situations to solve in case I actually need them.