I am playing along today with Liz from A belle, a bean, and a chicago dog for her Senior Hottie link up. Who wouldn’t want to go back through old photo albums and find the proof that destroys supports our stories of being super cool way back when days of 1991-92.
My senior year started like most of my other middle and high school years. With the tennis team. Every day….running around, trying to hit the little yellow ball. Or better yet, suddenly having a better stroke when the boys soccer team was walking past the courts. It was the same, year after year, except that my senior year, I was a co-captain. (I think. I can’t remember exactly). We even decorated boxer shorts to wear as spirit wear. (we must not have gotten the memo that wearing white boxer shorts covered in puffy paint and words like “check this out” was um…not cool).
I mean really, what opponent would not have been scared of that scrunchy on the top of my head? And in case you are wondering, I lived in Michigan in high school. And so the leggings and sweatshirt were a necessity playing in October where the temps fell dramatically by the time our regional tournament came around. I think I played in gloves one year. Good times.
Then came homecoming. I don’t remember where this cute little number came from.
The glasses and nose would be those of my boyfriend….we will call him Sailor. (he liked to sail). I “dated” him in 7th grade as well….(that finished badly with him giving me a bag of jelly beans as a gift for I am not sure what reason—he did better as a senior.) Actually, we dated for all of our senior year. All the way through prom… where truth be told, I was falling out of high school love with Sailor and realizing that my best guy friend (who took my best girl friend to prom so that we could all go together) was the one I really cared for. Oh the drama.
Now….I am not sure what to say about my prom dress. I had this dress made by a dress maker. I seem to remember going to the fabric store with my mom to get all the material. Which is pretty funny because going into a fabric store is pretty much like visiting a foreign country for me. Ah yes, back to the dress. I still have it. I kind of love it. Part of me (don’t laugh) wonders if I could resuscitate it somehow. And yes, I had a thing for the song “The Lady in Red.”
The shoes on the other hand…pretty sure those never made it on to my feet again. And in case you are wondering, I did not play the piano. My dad just liked to pose me there.
The truth is..I had it pretty good back then….how could I not? Tennis fashionista that I was. Dancing with my boyfriend at the prom but looking longingly at the boy that I really wanted to be with.
Fast forward to now…where my very first group of students is finishing their senior year as we speak. Yikes….. So glad I am not them. But wait….one day, twelve years from now….I will get to live vicariously through Principessa as she navigates the waters of her senior hottie-ness. Double yikes.
xo
C.Mom
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Wow – the 2 Elena’s are even more similar…I played tennis as well {with a scrunchie!}
That is funny!! In Michigan by chance?
What great pics, you had gorgeous hair!!
I take it that you liked off shoulder clothes?
You looked awesome by the way.
It is funny because I am very very very self conscious about my chest–and being “bigger” up top has always been problematic as far as under garments and feeling supported. I guess I did not care as much or was not as weary way back when.
GF? You’re absolutely gorgeous!
Oh I am totally jealous of your hair.
You are glowing in your pics! And I love the tennis shoes in your tennis picture. I remember those SO well! Great pics!
Aw thanks! I did have quite a selection of tennis shoes. Like my running shoe collection now I suppose.
I like the scrunchie… as a matter of fact I think that I still have a few that I use to pull my hair back with at home… and only at home!
If I tried a scrunchy in my hair now I might be labeled crazy given my short hair. But it is funny that I do the same pull through the scrunchie on Principessa at times.
Oh the fun of growing up in the MidWest. I am from Northern Ohio! You were beautiful and still are!
Both dresses are great! It least you could look over the shoulder of your date and see the other guy when you were dancing.
Yes
I think that my boyfriend was the only one in the group that did not know what was happening. Kind of horrible of me (and us) now that I think about it.
The dress is fabulous. You looked incredible. And scrunchies. I had matching ones for practically every outfit-so sad.
Very cute! love that red dress!
Love the red dress … and the piano you DIDN’T play.
So much tulle!
I think the scrunchies should come back in style.
That red dress was AWESOME!
I LOVED scrunchies and slouch socks! We had to play sports bundled up to cause it got cold near the end of September here (Ontario, Canada). But who am I kidding, I avoided sports at all costs.
A lot of my friends had their moms make their dresses or friends or theirs and went to pick out the fabric. Not me sister!
Off to the mall!!
wow, i too had a red off the shoulders dress. i made my own. it really wasn’t so diffferent from that one! i too had red shoes because i thought i had to. i was captain of my cheerleading squad, so i had lots of scrunchies. and we were going to decorate boxers with puffy paint and wear them and my father went off the deep end about that being obscene! ah the early 90s. so innocent!! i should dig up a prom picture for these very sorts of posts!
I totally think you should wear that red dress again!
If only I fit into it!
Wow, you had your prom dress made?!? That’s some fancy stuff right there!
I think lounging near the piano is quite elegant and refined!