Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Prom, Mudding, and Headless Bloggers



Last night was my school's prom. I love chaperoning prom partly because it's neat to watch the crazy entrances the kids manage. I get to see the lovely dresses the girls wear and I get to dress up too!

Dress: Le Chateau - this was the dress I wore to our wedding rehearsal dinner.
Shoes: Nygard from Sears
Purse (not shown): Danier Leather
Sunglasses (not shown): Blue 60's style Raybans

Big poofy princess dresses were all the rage this year. The dresses were brightly colored and often the guy had a matching flower and tie. They looked so spiffy.

I always like to stand outside and watch the arrivals at the beginning. Some of the best arrivals to the prom were a group of ladies who chartered a city bus which had the bus driver dressed up as a chauffeur. We have a lot of country kids so there were some tractors (clean and shiny ones of course). There was a race car, which dropped off the kids and was promptly pulled over by the police! There were also lots of stretch limos and antique cars. My favorite was a former student who took his truck "mudding" on the way to prom. All the other vehicles were newly cleaned and buffed. His truck was newly "mudded". It really suited his personality!

It was a great night! Watching all the kids boogy down made me a little emotional. These kids (I can't say children and it feels off to call them adults) have an entire future ahead of them and so many things they can accomplish. I only hope that they realize their potential.

P.S. And yes, I'm showing my face. Eeeek! I have realized that my favorite blogs don't feature headless bloggers. I"m going to try to reveal a bit more of my face. I'm going to go slowly; I'm shy.

16 comments:

  1. You look gorgeous! I'm glad to finally see a bit more of you:) The prom sounds so fun!

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  2. Love the dress and you look great! It is nice to see your face too.

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  3. Yay! love seein' bloggers faces! Makes me feel like I know them more, which may sound creepy... hehe :)

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  4. Very cute dress! Tractors to prom? Haha I love it!

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  5. At least you post your own photo... I'm not there yet. :) Maybe one day.

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  6. You look gorgeous! Amazing dress...and amazing on you.

    Love the prom stories - mudding AND prom - awesome!

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  7. OMG!!! I absolutely love this dress, your pose...you look amazing!

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  8. I wore the same dress to my rehearsal dinner but in pink! :)

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  9. Beautiful dress! You look great! :)

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  10. well- I think you're beautiful- I would love to see your face more often ;) I am uncomfortable about showing my face too lol

    I <3 your dress SO HARD!

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  11. Sounds like prom was a blast! You look fantastic in that dress - wow! And please show us more of your face! I know I've been wondering for some time now :)

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  12. Wowers! Thank you everyone for your kind comments!

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  13. You look fabulous! I have great memories from my prom (more than 10 years ago) and enjoyed checking out all the dresses my friends and classmates wore. Sounds like you had fun!

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  14. Girl, you look hot!

    I love to see bloggers' faces too (and yours looks lovely, btw), but I'll never show my mine. Once it's out there, it's out there forever. I like my headless anonymity!

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  15. Oh wow, the girls must have been so mad you looked better than them at their own prom =P

    It's awesome to see your face!! ^_^ You should show it off, you're gorgeous.

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