Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Oh, Those High School Dances!



Yep, I'm blonde. The auburn is dye. ;)
I was going to skip this one, but I’m secretly afraid of Emily's pregnant wrath--so here we go!

The Rules:
1. Post pictures of your high school dances.
2. Share with us your funniest high school dance story. I don’t have anything particularly funny, so I’m going to do what I do best: ramble!
3. That's it!

...Ugh, pictures. Okay, here's one from my senior prom.
(I cropped out whoever I was posing with to protect the innocent.) Two things here:
  • Don't even get me started on those bangs.
  • I don’t know why I chose pink. I'm not a pink person at all.
Truthfully, most of that night is an apathetic blur. What do I remember? Leaving glitter in my date’s car. Seriously, I felt bad for the guy. He vac’d it out multiple times, and it never came out. I think he said it was still there when he sold the thing years later.

Um… oops.

Death. Grip.
Here's a quick breakdown of my high school proms:

Freshman Year - I was dating an upperclassman dbag, so I got invited to this one. The theme was "Frozen in Time". Kind of morbid, right? I wore a red dress. 'Nuff said.

Sophomore Year - Still dating the upperclassman dbag. This time, the theme was... uh, something about a red carpet. Maybe Hollywood? I wore a black dress with intricate silver beading down the back.

Man, I loved that dress. I wonder if I still have it. I could wear it to, you know, check the mail and stuff...

Junior Year - I spent this one in the hospital, after shredding the ligaments in my knee for the millionth time. My classmates' theme was Hawaiian; Mine was Vicodin.

Senior Year - By this point, the cheating  upperclassman dbag was history. I went to prom with a guy I've known since Kindergarten. The theme was something about Paris, and I wore the sparkly pink dress from the photos. (The second is brighter/lighter, because it was taken outside during promenade.) The end.

Phew! Memories are exhausting. Let's end this with a silly video Michael Buckley put up a few weeks ago:


Thanks for the fun, Emily and Kelley! Now let's hear from the rest of you. ;)

What do you remember about your high school dances?

Have a great week! ♥
P.S. No hard feelings, Dbag. :)
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  1. This post made me smile, thanks for sharing. My sophomore year I went to prom in a long black sheath dress, a knee high cast on my right leg, and crutches. Nothing says grace and elegance like hobbling on one foot across the dance floor. (:

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    1. I'm glad!

      Oh man. You're such a trooper, Elise! I don't think I could've maneuvered around the dance floor in my leg brace. Someone would've had to prop me up in the corner. ;)

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  2. I wonder if anyone ever has a perfect prom, where everything goes smoothly? I've read about many disasters today lol!

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    1. You know, I don't think a perfect prom would be very fun. Sounds too uneventful. I wouldn't remember it. ;)

      Glad to know I have some entertainment ahead of me tonight. Bring on the disaster stories! lol

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    1. Personally, I thought it added value. *Grins*

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  4. I love the dress you have one. Very pretty and your bangs look fine. It was the style then anyways. At least glitter is the only thing left behind.

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    1. Thanks, Danielle!

      Good point. I can always blame the time period. *Grins*

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  5. I like the sparkly pink. Those other dresses look great too.

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  6. Love this Carrie and blonde 0.o wow! You looked great and font worry my story is more depressing than funny. :) Glad you got away from the dbag!

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    1. Thanks, Victoria! :) Aww, depressing? I'm on my way over.

      Me too! ;)

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  7. Hah - Vicodin sounds like a good replacement for a high school dance. You look good as a blonde! :D

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    1. Hah! Can't argue with you there. :)

      (For medical reasons, kids. Don't do drugs!)

      Thank you! I'm the only person I know who dyes her hair to cover light roots. lol

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  8. That video was basically the best thing I've seen in ages on the Internet. Oh, and also, GLITTER!

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  9. Check out that rack! haha, you look hot girl!

    Glad you got rid of the dbag :)

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    1. Hah! I should not have checked my messages at lunch today. I started cracking up at Applebees and had to share with the table. LOL

      Thank you, Cassie!

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  10. I went to prom with a long time friend as well. Best decision ever.
    I can totally see myself leaving glitter in someone's car. You don't think about that when you pick out a dress :)

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    1. It's a good time with a lot less pressure! Glad you went that route, as well. :) Exactly!

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  11. Awesome memories! And whoa! Look at you! Yowza! See Cassie's comment above. I went to all three high school proms (soph hop, jr. prom & sr. ball) with the same guy. He was so cute. A mix of Sting & Daniel Craig. I only really remember the Senior Ball & the dress I wore, a beautiful pale green silk column dress my mom made for me. The theme was a Journey song but I'm so old I can't remember. I do have pictures somewhere though.

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    1. Hah! You guys are nuts. I love it. :D Thank you!

      Oo, I hope you find those pictures sometime. I want to see them. :)

      You know, people who can sew impress me so much. (Probably because I can't. Seriously, I sewed a pin cushion to my pants in Home Ec. LOL)

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  12. We've all dated a dbag. I was a freshmen and he was a senior. Thank heaven that ended sooner rather than later. I met my hubby right after him.

    Love the pink and the cleavage. Va-va-voom!

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    1. Too true. Dating a dbag is like a rite of passage anymore. Glad you met your hubby right after yours! :)

      *Snort* You guys are killing me today! Thank you. ;)

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  13. Dang dbags! Pretty dress, and you're lucky you can look good as a blond and with auburn hair.

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    1. Dang 'em, indeed! ;) Aww... thank you, Donna!

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  14. Hey, your picture is really pretty!!! :)

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    1. Thanks, Summer! If only I still had that young, naive thing going for me... *Grins*

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  15. You're adorable! Glad you ditched the dbag. (That stands for dirt bag, right?) And I love that you left glitter behind! Made the night memorable for years to come. :)

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    1. Thanks, Pegasus! (Sure! Dirt bag, other d-word, whatever you want it to be!) Hah! Yeah, it was like a souvenier. ;)

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  16. You look so cute. And I'm glad you ditched the dbag. ;0)

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  17. Well, at least you ditched the dbag by the last one!

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    1. And what a good choice that turned out to be! :)

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  18. Glad you got rid of the dbag :)

    Since he was such a jerk I guess he deserved the glitter! :)

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    1. Unfortunately, I left the glitter in my childhood friend's car; not dbag's. If only I'd worn that dress earlier! LOL

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  19. Vicodin Jr. Prom! That should be a real theme. I'm just joking. Don't do drugs.

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    1. That was close, Angela. We were about to stage an intervention. *Grins*

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  20. Jr. year I went to prom with my dbag. (not the guy in my posting). We broke up before prom, but we still went (even though it wasn't even his school). So I guess I have to give him credit for that. He was friends with my circle of friends too though, so it's not like he was all on his own.

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    1. This further cements my theory that every girl dates a dbag at one time or another! ;) Hmm, yeah. We'll have to give yours half-credit for that one. I'm glad you got to go. :)

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  21. Was in the band at my school, just remember sex.

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  22. Well, at least you didn't marry the dbag. *curses under breath* :P You look great! :D

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    1. This is true. I just turned into a stubborn, overly independent type. *Grins* Kidding!

      ...Mostly.

      Thanks! :)

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  23. I'm so impressed that you can even remember the themes. It's sad I've forgotten those details :( Loving you as both a blonde and a red head! You can rock it either way! SO CUTE!

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    1. I'll be honest...

      If it weren't for photos and keychains, I probably wouldn't! LOL

      Thank you, Leigh! That's so sweet of you. :D

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  24. You look good as a blonde too! And I'm with Melissa above, at least you didn't marry the dbag.

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    1. Thank you, Charity! Yep, dodged a bullet there. ;)

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  25. Va-Va-VOOM indeed ;) man... its alot creepier when a guy comments on the boobs isnt it? haha

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    1. Hah! Yeah, just a bit. Thankfully, I know you and can verify you're not a creeper. :P

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  26. Super funny! Enjoyed your ramble quite a bit.

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  27. Love your reflections on your various dances :) I kind of like pink, even though I'm not a pink person and basically have no pink clothes. I think I'm developing a morbid fascination with it. I now have a pink camera and a pink travel bag! Hot pink, too.

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    1. Thanks, Trisha!

      Hah! I love how you called it a "morbid fascination". :)

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  28. Vicodin and glitter together may just be the perfect prom theme.

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    1. Hah! Now THERE'S a book concept. *Grins*

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  29. Oh man I LOVE that 'death grip picture!XDXD Haha and the chronicles of your dances! Interesting choice, the pink- I also had a pink dress, and my date was also forced to wear a matching tie. I have strong negative feelings towards said date nowadays, so now I can look back at those pictures and laugh in joy while thinking that pink was the best choice I could have ever made.

    And hey, don't worry, dbags are like a right of passage in every person's life, I think. As long as you ended up ditching him and never looking back, it means you passed :D

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    1. Thanks, Sally! I think I look like some kind of evil cyborg. ;)

      Now that you mention it, that's weird! My date wore a bow tie. The guy in the photo was one of my friends, but it looks like we match. His GF must've worn pink, too. :)

      Okay, now I have negative feelings toward your date, and I don't even know him! I hope he cringes every time he sees the photo. *Grins*

      Heck yeah!

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  30. HAHA! I love these photos and you look so different with light hair! I like both, BTW:) I remember feeling nauseated, sweaty and wanting to go home at dances LOL!!! I went to most of them with my now-hubby, so that's an interesting twist eh?

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    1. Aww... thanks, Lindsay! :)

      Hah! Love from nausea. That, my friend, is a success story. :D

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  31. What a great pic! You look beautiful.

    Your experiences sound like material for a book, only leave the glitter in dbags car and maybe even 'accidentally' get some in his eye. We're writers, we can twist the truth however we see fit. :-)

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    1. Thank you, Natasha! :)

      Hah! 'Accidentally' in the eye. I love it!

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  32. What lovely photos, Carrie! You shouldn't have felt bad about the glitter. Just think, every time he saw a "flash" he thought of you. :)

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    1. Thank you, Candylynn! Oo, I never thought about it that way. :)

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  33. Thanks for sharing the pictures! You look great--and I mean that. :)

    That was an awesome video. I love how he just beamed throughout the entire thing.

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    1. Aww... thanks, Eagle! Yeah, Buck is a very happy/positive guy. :)

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  34. you look good with either color hair =)
    typical dbag guy!
    cute pic!

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  35. Isn't it better we wash out the annoying dbag syndrome before we grow up :)

    Cute pics and *Thank You, Jesus* I never had to wear a pink tie like that one :)

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    1. It sure is! :) Thanks, Mark!

      Hey, you never know. Maybe your wife will see this post and get inspired. You may have to rock that pink tie, after all. *Grins*

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  36. Love love love this post. And glad you got rid of the dbag. Stupid guys! I spit at them. Okay, I only went to two dances during my high career (if I can call it that--my fav subject was lunch). One I asked a guy out and the other my best guy friend asked me to. I think out of pitty cuz I hadn't been asked to a high school dance ever. I was sort of strange back in those awkward days. You know how high school was. Ugh. Anyway, I had the hugest crush on my guy friend so it was a delightful evening for me. :D

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    1. Hah! I love that, Julia. "I spit at them." I can't stop snickering.

      Aww, that sounds like book material! I love situations like that! :D

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  37. Oh, so sweet, those pics. I do not have anything that could come close to that. Not even.

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    1. Thank you, Lee! :)

      ...Aww, I was hoping to see some photos!

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  38. Wow Carrie. A. I love the pink. B. I love your hair. C. You're a freaking babe. I wish I looked that good. Thanks for sharing. I love these prom posts.

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    1. D'aww... thanks, Erin! :)

      I wish I did, too. I think the photo is some kind of illusion from all the reflective jewelry. Whatever it was, it's gone now! LOL

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  39. You totally rock the pink!

    Happy weekend!
    Nutschell
    www.thewritingnut.com

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  40. Oh, those high school dbags. I'm betting you are a wiser, more cautious person bc of him.
    Thanks, dbag!! ;)

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  41. That's hilarious. ^_^ I never went to high school dances, probably because me dancing is a hazard to everyone around me.

    Also: since you asked, I've added a follow-by-e-mail thingy to my blog. Thanks for the tip!

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    1. Hazardous dancing? I have to see that sometime. *Grins*

      No problem! Let me know if you need any help. :)

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  42. Oh dear, I can't remember too many dances. Grade eight, my sister bought me this cute dark purple mini dress. I arrived only to discover that my best friend had the exact same dress. The difference? She was short; on her the dress looked regular. LOL. We had fun just the same.

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    1. I meant to say that I love your uniqueness. In my day everyone wanted to be blonde. Oh, you look beautiful in that dress. Try it on, get someone to take a pic, and do a before and after shot.

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    2. Hah! Well, that just shows you both have impeccable taste, right? *Grins*

      Thank you! :D Hmm, not sure I'm brave enough to squeeze myself into that thing again. LOL

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  43. Wow you look stunning in that dress!
    We didn't have such things in the UK as I recall. If we did I would have been a wallflower :O)

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    1. Thank you, Madeleine!

      Aww, lucky you! Less pressure. :D

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  44. I also dated a dbag my frosh and half my soph year in high school! I wore black and white to the prom, although Lady in Red was my favorite all-time song.

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    1. Don't you just love those learning experiences? ;) Oo, nice!

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