Nine years ago, I celebrated my 12th birthday in Las Vegas on my family's first trip to the United States. While I wasn't old enough to drink then, nor am I really a big fan of drinking now, I figured a Vegas-themed party would be perfectly suited to a 21st birthday celebration, especially with my existing dress code of 'black and white formal attire'. Already having ordered a floor-length sequinned gown myself, the theme perfectly fit everything we had already arranged and so, one month before the party, we got to work planning.