Sales for BooHoo, Tobi, and Lulus are skyrocketing right now. What are you going to wear to formal? Do you have three dresses already on the way for fall formal season? Yeah, same. As indecisive as we all are, the dresses end up being the easiest part. Once you know how good you're going to look... well, then comes time to find a date.

In all reality, I don't want to mention the other half of my non-existent duo until the day before formal–when it's basically too late. How does one speak to a boy, let alone bring up an invitation to a couple hours spent together? It's a struggle.

Are you smart, funny and charming, yet still without a clue of who to bring? With these steps, you'll be able to catch a boy (or a few) just in time for your formal.

1. Toss a "joke" of an invitation in a group chat and hope someone agrees to go with you.

2. Post things about formal on your Snapchat story in hopes that a guy will chat the story and ask to accompany you.

3. Agree to get set up with someone's friend from home because they're coming up for the weekend and are looking for something to do.

4. Tell a joke or two to a crowd, guys love funny girls.

5. Make a Tinder with "looking for a formal date" as your bio.

6. Send out a mass Snapchat and see who's the first to answer.

7. Decide no one will want to go with you so, in a weak moment, you ask your ex if he'd want to go as ~just friends~ then cry when he responds "lmao no."

8. Go out every night leading up to it in attempt to meet someone.

9. Use face masks and whitening strips every night in hopes of someone noticing how beautiful you are now that you have slightly clearer skin and vaguely whiter teeth.

10. Stand outside of the career fair and judge who looks best dressed in suits.

11. Pretend to be really drunk and ask someone. Later, claim you don't remember asking but let them be your date anyway because you apparently asked.

12. Realize that guys will always suck and just bring a girl.

13. Have your friend text him off your phone so if he says no you can say "sorry that was my friend."

14. Bribe them.

15. Send a Snapchat to your formal date from last year promising that this time around will go much better than before.

16. Consider going home that weekend.

17. "Accidentally" send them a Snapchat of you in your formal dress(es).

18. Have a friend offer you up to a group of random guys as a "joke" but also secretly hoping someone will go with you.

19. Harass all your girls who have boyfriends to get set up with one of his friends.

20. Or you can start acting like a mature adult and just ask them.