So it's that time again...Prom! So it's that time again...Prom! And the count­down is on...less than 30 days to go. So think you have every­thing or­gan­ised? Well let's help you dou­ble check with the es­sen­tial check­list be­low which we found at prom­dress.net. Some of the tips may seem a bit ob­vi­ous but still need to be stat­ed for the ben­e­fit of the less pre­pared among us.

The last 30 days:

Pick up the dress. If you haven't picked it up al­ready.

Al­ter­ations. Have your dress pro­fes­sion­al­ly al­tered if you need al­ter­ations.

Break in your new shoes. Walk around the house with them so that they get used to you.

Or­der the bou­ton­niere. Don't for­get you need to get your date a bou­ton­niere, which is a lit­tle flower that goes in his lapel. Or­der this from your near­est flower shop, do so at least two weeks ahead of time.

Cor­sage. Re­mind your date that he needs to or­der this.

Check­list #1. Make a check­list of every­thing you need to do. This in­cludes get­ting your dress from the store (or seam­stress) do­ing al­ter­ations or the clean­ers, ap­point­ments to be kept, and any­thing else you've planned. You don't want to for­get any­thing dur­ing the last minute rush.

Check­list #2. Make a small check­list of the things you'll need that night, such as ex­tra panty­hose, a touch up make­up kit, a pock­et cam­era, and any­thing else you plan on bring­ing.

Con­firm all ap­point­ments. Call at least a week in ad­vance to con­firm the ap­point­ments for hair and nails (or oth­ers) that you made last month.

Tell date a few things. Most­ly, what to ex­pect when he meets your par­ents. You don't want him to be too up­tight-- you know how par­ents can get.

Last minute changes. At­tend to any last minute changes in pre- or post-prom plans.

Dis­cuss with friends. Dis­cuss date is­sues, par­ty­ing is­sues, dri­ving is­sues, drink­ing is­sues, and any oth­er po­ten­tial­ly sticky is­sues with friends.

Start get­ting plen­ty of rest. You don't want to look wiped out on the big night.

Step up your ex­er­cis­es. Time to shape up for the big event! Have you been eat­ing healthy and drink­ing lots of wa­ter? Well step it up.

For your ben­e­fit we have found five sim­ple ex­er­cis­es that you can do a few min­utes a day at home to buff up for the big night!

1. Walk­ing

Just as sim­ple as it sounds, take the dog out or just chat it up on your cell phone, do­ing a few laps a day around the neigh­bour­hood works won­ders! Even if the weath­er won't co­op­er­ate you can walk around your home or climb up and down your stairs a few times. This will help burn a few ex­tra calo­ries and tone your legs at the same time!

2. Jump­ing Jacks

You might look goofy do­ing them, but you'll look any­thing but goofy when you make your prom en­trance. While bring­ing back mem­o­ries of el­e­men­tary school, you'll be get­ting in a car­dio work­out!

3. Crunch­es

Turn that flab in­to abs! Don't wor­ry about get­ting all the way up at first, your ab­dom­i­nal mus­cles will eat up this ex­er­cise!

4. Pushups

Feel free to do them in "girl" style, or with your knees on the ground. You don't have to go crazy, but a few reps reg­u­lar­ly will tone your arms and work your chest mus­cles!

5. Squats

Even if you cheat and use a chair to sit up and stand re­peat­ed­ly, you'll be ton­ing your butt and legs! Be sure your back­side is at its best!

So there is it guys. If you tack­le the things on that list in­stead of run­ning around like a crazy per­son scram­bling to get every­thing done last minute, you'll be su­per calm and stress free on prom night.

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