Funky Foto Flashback Spin Cycle Prom And Stuff

May 14, 2009 11:02 pm

Phew, that was a mouthful.

It’s a trifecta this week. First off, The Stiletto Mom and Blissfully Caffeinated have teamed up to pressure us into bringing out our cheesy prom pictures. Next, Bex from Adventures of the Grigg Boys is having her weekly Funky Foto Flashback. To top things off, Jen from Sprite’s Keeper has tied this week’s Spin Cycle with the prom theme so there was really no escaping it.

My senior prom was in 1995 and there isn’t really an interesting story to tell. I went with Scott, my childhood sweetheart. We “dated” in elementary school and broke up when he went to 6th grade since he was a year older than me and couldn’t date a lowly 5th grader. We dated again during my senior year of high school and then broke up at the end of the summer when we realized that we weren’t right for each other.

Our moms took about a thousand pictures of us getting ready to go. I believe phrases like “this is what their wedding day will look like!” were thrown around a time or two by his mom. She really wanted things to work out.

Here we are getting ready to drive off. That’s my super awesome VW bus in the background, his name was Rusty. We weren’t really covered in lint, my scanner could use some dusting and the pictures came out horrible.

I realize that my prom pictures are tame and might not live up to the expected 80′s big hair pictures but I missed that decade. In order to not disappoint, I dug deep through my old pictures and found some shots of the only other dance I’ve ever attended.. my 8th grade formal.

We didn’t have a lot of money growing up and my parents couldn’t afford to buy me a new dress for the dance. My mom really wanted me to go so we borrowed a dress from one of her friend’s daughters. I’ve mentioned my disdain for all things pink, right? I think this is where it may have originated:

How excited do I look to be standing on the sidewalk in that Pepto Bismol sponsored dress? Jesus.

Here I am with my 8th grade homies. They were homies too, it was about the time when we were all saying things like “Homie don’t play that” and “Eat my shorts”. We got a limo for this dance and drove around by the beach rolling down the window and asking people if they had Grey Poupon. I think we even asked some guy if those were Bugle Boy jeans he was wearing. We were too cool for school, I tell ya.

Tags: Funky Foto Flashback, Spin Cycle

44 Comments

The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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First?

The Stiletto Moms last blog post..Prom-A-Palooza!!!

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The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
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Hell yeah I was first!

OMG, you were a total hottie at prom. And pepto bismol pink? Honey, I think not. That is a shade of “blush or bashful” from Steel Magnolias. I think your hair matched too. HAWT.

I am loving your pics!!!

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foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog)
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
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Your prom looked nothing short of elegant, something sorely lacking from an 80s-era prom! Isn’t it amazing how cool we think we are when we’re 14, too?!

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The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
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Oh hai, me again, where the hell is everyone else? Can we talk about that baby’s breath in your hair? I’m so in junior high love with you right now….

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The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
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Wait, is that baby’s breath or a bow? I’m all confused now. Perhaps I should go to bed.

Perhaps.

The Stiletto Moms last blog post..Prom-A-Palooza!!!

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The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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DUDE. Those shoes in the junior high picture. UNREAL.

No, really, I’m going to bed now. Really.

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The Stiletto Mom
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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Owning the top five? Why yes.

I AM.

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Keely
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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Is that lovely pink dress tucked into your pantyhose by mistake or are you holding it up in your hand?

No fair. Only your JUNIOR high pics are funny. Your grad pics are smokin’.

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bex
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
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your senior prom pics are HOT! scott didn’t know what he missed out on.

you look so feminine and pretty and elegant. something i didn’t assume of you, being a tom boys and all. so this makes you the complete package. understated, yet elegant beauty AND she can hang with the guys.

i think you really ARE too cool for school.

bexs last blog post..FFF: A Good Mom

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mrsbear
on May 14th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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Check you out looking all girlie and such. The pink dress is too sweet, nothing like all the strapless gowns your homies were wearing. Their moms let them out of the house like that?! Tramps. I didn’t go strapless until 9th.

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blissfully caffeinated
on May 15th, 2009 at 12:19 am
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Dude, you look so amazing in that prom picture. HAWT!

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Kate Coveny Hood
on May 15th, 2009 at 12:42 am
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While I graduated in ’90, my prom pictures aren’t that interesting either… I grew up in Washington, DC – and it was so conservative. We were all about the LBD for dances and probably looked like a bunch of junior hill staffers. Maybe I’ll steal your idea and dig deeper into the 80s. I know that I was a big fan of the Molly Ringwald look for a while there…

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anymommy
on May 15th, 2009 at 1:43 am
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Aw, you were so darn cute in pepto pink! And I totally agree – you rocked the prom thing.

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Andrea
on May 15th, 2009 at 3:21 am
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Wahoo! We are the same age Prom Season 1995. No way would I bring out that horrifying picture. It’s not so bad but I still don’t think I could make myself do it. Not when you look so dang cute! Hot date too.

Still got that bus??

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Peggy
on May 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am
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You look like a supermodel in your prom picture!

And how does one look so adorbale in 7th effing grade? Isn’t that when your supposed to be a all awkward and puberty ridden and gangly…you and your posse look like a scene straight out of Full House!

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Cat
on May 15th, 2009 at 8:20 am
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Those dresses! How you managed to make that pink number look gorgeous, I’ll never know. So pretty, in a super retro kind of way Also, I love the height of your boyfriend’s hair. It’s so…stacked.

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Sprite's Keeper
on May 15th, 2009 at 8:38 am
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You were gorgeous! You still are, you know it. That pink dress was a rite of passage for every girl back in the late eighties, early nineties. I think mine was blue though. (shudder)
You’re linked!

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Robin
on May 15th, 2009 at 9:29 am
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Wait, that is your prom picture? SHUT UP! You look fantastic and your dress is pretty and tasteful!
This is EXACTLY why I am NOT posting my 80s heinousness! No way in freakin’ hell does anyone need to be traumatized by my mullet.
Sigh. I hate being older.

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jenni
on May 15th, 2009 at 9:52 am
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you were so glam, girl! but that pink dress was most unfortunate.

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FoN
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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You looked normal in your prom picture. I graduated in 1991 and look like I stepped right off the set of Sixteen Candles. Four years makes a big difference in the world of dresses I guess.

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Kyooty
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:11 am
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well you’re younger then me, so you’ve got a more realistic dress!

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K
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:22 am
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Thanks for sharing the photos!

The black dress is actually pretty classy. Your kids won’t have much to mock you for.

Ks last blog post..Just Say No

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prefers her fantasy life
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:57 am
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Your dress and hair are lovely. The photo doesn’t date you at all. Unlike mine.

I guess you really were too cool for school.

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prefers her fantasy life
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:57 am
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p.s. Love the title

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Joy
on May 15th, 2009 at 11:33 am
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Girl you were much more hotter than me at my 95 prom.

and that dress in the other is hillarious isn’t it amazing how hot we thought we looked then?

Joys last blog post..Spin Cycle: Can I have this dance?

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ck
on May 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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Girl, you so crazy.

Thanks for not posting the shot I was in. I got a little nervous when I saw those perms and shiny dresses…

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CDB
on May 15th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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Gorgeous! It totally looks like that could have been taken yesterday. Wait, did you get dressed up and take this yesterday? (:

I’m still getting my nerve up. Maybe this weekend.

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chasity
on May 15th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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I absolutely think that’s the best prom picture I’ve ever seen. It seems completely unfair that you looked so good that there’s not a single thing to make fun of. I had to limit my fun making of my own photo in order to keep from rambling on too long.

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Lydia @ On The Verge
on May 15th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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Thanks for sharing! You are a hottie!!

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Jessica Bern
on May 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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you look GORGEOUS in your prom photo. I don’t think I’ve ever said that to anyone. NO, I know I haven’t said that to anyone

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Cape Cod Gal
on May 15th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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Look at you being totally smokin’ at the prom! I wore a white velvet dress. Yes, you heard right…it was white velvet!!!

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Becky
on May 15th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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OMG, you look so gorgeous in all of those! Especially your senior prom one. And I almost died because you reminded me of the “Are those Bugle Boy Jeans?” and the gray poupon thing. I rode in a limo to a middle school dance too. Good times.

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Angel
on May 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
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Wow! You look amazing! Don’t you just love when parents toss around things like that!

Angels last blog post..The News on Prom is:

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Rachel
on May 15th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
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Boy, I’d totally forgotten all the joys of poofy dresses like that. And sadly my bangs could never achieve the poof. It’s a good thing they went away. Great pics though, and I’ve always wanted a VW bus, no lie.

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cyndi
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
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I seriously hope that you already have a cool scrapbook or are making one with all the great F3′s – you look amazing, and now I’m going to go off and sob about the fact that I’d been married and divorced by the time you went to prom – eek! Happy weekend

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Michele
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
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I wish I had been half as hot looking as you did at prom. The eighth grade pic you may want to hide. Love the hair bow. HeeHee! Sorry, I just had to say it.

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Ginny Marie
on May 15th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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So, did you take your VW bus to the prom? That would’ve been totally awesome!

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Lisa (Jonny's Mommy)
on May 15th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
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Still…all much more exciting than my prom. The hair is great. I’ve got a similar shot of poofy hair, though I never did much to get it poofy. Or much with it at all.

Sorry about the pink dress. You poor thing.

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Zip n Tizzy
on May 16th, 2009 at 3:22 am
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For a jeans and t-shirt girl, you clean up nice!
Who are you kidding? Look how great you look all of those pictures. It’s a good thing you had two older brothers or your mom would have had to be hosing down the boys at the door!

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Lin
on May 16th, 2009 at 10:22 am
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Oh, that dress was NOT pepto bismol pink–I think you are just being dramatic. Prom pics–boring. You are just BEAUTIFUL!! Yawn. Now the 8th grade photos–those are GREAT! Big hair, off the shoulders dresses, fluff everywhere….sigh. I miss the 80′s. I do.

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Pseudo
on May 17th, 2009 at 12:21 am
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You’re adorable in 8th grade and a total sohisticated hottie at prom.

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Sandie
on May 17th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
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Your prom pictures look great! My prom pictures look like your 8th grade formal pics. Wish I could have participated this week…all my old pictures are packed up in boxes right now though.

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GreenJello
on May 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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To heck with your pepto dress… your mom’s shorts are what’s killing me! LOL!!!

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Stacy (the Random Cool Chick)
on May 19th, 2009 at 9:45 am
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One of these days I really need to dig my photo albums from the abyss that doubles as my attic… LOVED your photos! You were/are a hottie!

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