Burns night on a Budget Advice...

[macwilkin]

I would also recommend checking with the organisers about the dress for the Burns Supper in question; most Burns Suppers are a mix of dress, with full Highland formal to "Saxon" black tie and "church" dress (ie a nice suit). If it is a more casual, "pot-luck" type Burns Supper, you could easily get away with a nice sweater, or a sweater-vest, shirt and tie.

Regards,

Todd

[Panache]

I'm with Todd on the nice sweater or sweater vest and tie.

The sporran McMurdo mentioned is a good value for a dress sporran but I would be tempted (since you don't have a dayware sporran) to head over to the Stillwater site and puchase the handsome black braided sporran Jerry has for sale right now for about $30 (with detachable tassels) and pick up some affordable kilt hose and flashes as well. You should be able to do that for right around $50-60.

A regular dress vest (if you have one) can be folded under and secured with safety pins to make a kilt vest. If you don't have one, check out your local second hand/ thrift stores. I've picked up dress vests for $3.00

Need a sgian dubh?

If you have a wood chisel, a dremel, or even a decent pocket knife for whittling you can quickly come up with a simple knife handle and blank out of a piece of scrap (hardwood). A little stain and/or an old bit of jewelry and you are set!

Good luck