So you've decided to join the fabulous world of competitive twirling and your twirler tells you she "has to have" this and she "has to have" that, because she just does! Trust me if you or your twirler are what you call "girly" in any way then you're going to see so much color and sparkles someone is going to have to hide your wallet from you! It can be very inticing or intimidating, depending on your personality and budget, to go to one of the competitions and see girls wearing these beautiful expensive costumes and cute little baton shorts, baton shirts, baton blankets, baton jackets and baton cases. Everything is matchy matchy and cute. But you don't feel pressured to spend $100 on matching baton tops and bottoms when to be honest, your money would be better spent on a couple of private lessons with a world class twirler. If this is your very first year, you might be able to get away with not having to buy a solo costume if the team costume can be used as a solo costume. We did that our first year, except our first year our costume had a skirt so we used it for modeling and march and just had to buy a solo costume. I"m just saying the expenses can get outrageous and I don't want anyone to think they "have" to buy something that really is an optional thing. So, since i mentioned that it's possible you can wear your team costume as either your solor or modeling costume I'm going to put Costumes on here as a Possible Additonal Expense. But aside from the costumes, which likely you'll need to buy at least one, either solor or march, the rest of the things listed are not "must haves"