I might have jumped the gun on asking my bridesmaids...but whatever, that's already happened... But since then, one of my BM* has been an issue, she's trying to step on my MOHs duties... (they call me, asking what's going on) and she never follows through on things so I don't really want her involved in the MOH stuff. (she's not an MOH) When I asked her too we had a discussion about BM costs, because she said she couldn't afford much. I said I wouldn't pick a dress more than $200, she said she'd be more comfortable with $150, so I said OK. I get that she doesn't have a lot of money...Anyways, I found a dress for $60, she couldn't be there so I bought her size, she picked it up and it fits, yay! (She hasn't paid me back yet for, she keeps skirting that issue)
I sent an email over a month ago asking about how they felt about getting their makeup done, which I said I really wanted, for $85. Some of them responded, others told me in person, the rest were all in, so I booked the makeup artist for us all and sent them all an email 1.5 weeks ago about that. She just messaged me today, saying she can't pay the $85 for the makeup artist... The $85 + the $60 for the dress isn't even the $150 she OK'd before... (there is no added cost for other items either...I'm OK with them wearing whatever black shoes they have, and doing their own hair, my venue is easily w/in 30 min of her house, etc) And she's got 7 months to come up with the $85...
*This is the one BM who maybe I shouldn't have asked, we've been friends since kindergarten, and used to always be able to chat back up like no time ever passed, but not since I asked her to be a BM.
I'm hemorrhaging my own money for this wedding, I can't afford to pay for my BMs, but I don't want to put her in a bad spot either, but given that it's $85 ($145 total) and 7 months I'm really upset that she's putting this on me, inside of scraping up the money.