It's no lie that I love a good look back...
I loved high school. Well except for Freshman year. It quite sucked actually (socially anyway, I always did well in my studies). It was THE only year I had to ride a bus to school and I remember crying at the homecoming dance that year because I didn't have a date. And my best friend did. But of course.
I was in the choir all four years and that was my saving grace. By the time I was a senior I was in the Show Choir (yes, I do love GLEE, thankyouverymuch) and quite popular, within the choir anyway. And in all honesty I'm quite fond of my senior photo.
However.
High school is a journey and it took some time to find myself.
Like four years or so...
This photo was taken at the start of high school.
See any resemblance to the photo for the carnival?? HELLO EYE GLASSES THAT TAKE UP HALF MY FACE.
And those bangs took time people. TIME.
And so MUCH hairspray. Memories of my curling iron coated in Vidal Sassoon Mega Hold. So many memories... And they had to be JUST right or I would go into "OH MY GAH MY BANGS LOOK HORRIBLE TODAY" tizzy. Obviously I had WAY too much time on my hands back then.
Thankfully bangs sorta went out of style by the time I graduated. And I traded the glasses (sophomore year) for contacts. Phew.
I kinda think I WAS a senior hottie. I mean I had THREE guys ask me to the homecoming dance that year. I must've done something right...
Let's hear it for Class of '93!! :D
Please join us and share your senior hotness, I know Liz and all of us would LOVE to see it!
OMG Adorable! You were adorable!!
ReplyDeleteAnd THREE Homecoming invites?
Mmmhmm. HOT!!
You have really pretty hair, and you look so sweet!
ReplyDeleteYou were stunning. The first pic - Oh I just want to hug her and her half-bang thing going on.
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Oh my I remember the half-bang trend! You did rock it quite well. The eyeglasses, to be fair, was in trend then (I'm guessing!).
ReplyDeleteLoved your soft blonde hair in the 2nd picture. No wonder you had 3 invites!
Umm...wow! What a change from freshman to senior. You were a hottie by the time you graduated.
ReplyDeleteLove it...I had the same bangs early on in high school. Oh, all that hairspray!
ReplyDeleteSo funny, I had those same bags and glasses but like you, thank goodness they were out of style by senior year.
ReplyDeleteI love the bangs!
ReplyDeleteThat takes dedication!
That takes a lot of hairspray!
I had similar glasses and at the time they were sooo cool!
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You were totally hot!
I went from awkward in my junior high geek cocoon to something resembling hot by my senior year as well. I think I knew you in high school, we were in band together :) I LOVE that you linked up, and you are so right about the curling iron coated in hair spray. Ew.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you lost the bangs. You are hawt!
ReplyDeleteHuba huba.
Finding the right group in high school made all the difference in the world for me too.
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Woah momma! Three dates? Muy impressive.
ReplyDeleteOh, the 80s/90s bangs. So popular, and yet I have no idea why!
OMG! I love the first picture. It really is amazing how much we change in the 4 years in high school. Now I have to find my freshman picture. I just remember that it was not good.
ReplyDeleteDamn, girl. You fixed up real quick!
ReplyDeleteGrr. Just left a comment and Blogger wouldn't let me publish it! Stupid Blogger. Anyway! I love your first pic! Haha! I totally would have been jealous of your hair and teased bangs! And the last picture, totally pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteVavavaVoom!! Your transformation from freshman to senior year is amazing!! I was a bit the same way...my freshman year I was on the school paper and in german club. Then I made Poms my sophmore year and all of a sudden I was a new girl. I went to 3 different proms my Senior Year.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post!
Oh, I had similar glasses, but luckily was able to move on to contacts before high school. And yes indeed, you were a hottie!!!
ReplyDeleteYou were definitely a hottie. We must have graduated around the same time. I had the big bangs in early high school but they went away by my senior year and I got contacts too. So glad they have cute glasses now days.
ReplyDeleteOMG... those bangs & glasses! So very 80's/90's!! I love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd the change from freshman to senior... WOW... it's like a totally different person! You look great!
you were sooooooo pretty and popular!!!!! Definately a HOTTIE!!!
ReplyDeleteI love this project so much don't you???? :)
I had those same bangs my freshman year - yep, you were a hottie by the end. Cute photo!
ReplyDeleteYou blossomed! You were definitely a senior hottie!
ReplyDeleteYou were a senior hottie!
ReplyDeleteStopping by from Liz's fun! Love the pics miss hottie! the time involved in the 'do was such an issue! I had dents in my wall from flinging the brush when there was a lack of hair cooperation! :)
ReplyDeleteOhhh ... the glasses killed me! And the bangs .... I, too, spent a lot of time on my bangs. A. Lot.
ReplyDeleteYou are so freakin' funny! Girl, the year to be is 93!! Your bangs were rockity-rockin! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow does one write a "wolf whistle" in text? Totally hottie! So did you go to the dance with all 3? You vixen you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a transformation! You so were a senior hottie.
ReplyDeleteoh! oh! the deep side part!! I'd almost forgotten about that!! you definitely were a hottie - three guys?? WOW. ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't know who the genius was who invented those goggles. I still have mine just so I can entertain my kids with them.
ReplyDeleteMinus the glasses though, you are beautiful! Not that you weren't beautiful with the glasses, but I think we can safely agree that your face wasn't even visible for all that glass :)
You were a senior hottie! And that blue is gorgeous on you!
ReplyDeleteDid you make a deal with someone, because seriously, you barely look any older today than you did in your smokin' senior shot. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteI love this link up! It's a shame my mother has all my teenage pictures. And I don't have a scanner. A shame ;)
You ARE a hottie....dang 3 invites? I think I got ONE for all 4 years!! And I can't even imagine how long those bangs took!!
ReplyDeleteDarlin, this is one of my faves. I laughed pretty good at that first photo. Yes, the glasses were huge, but I love how the top part of your bangs was just on half your head. Just the right side of your noggin got vertical. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally remember spraying my hair while in the curling iron!
Love the bangs! You totally did a 180° by your Senior year! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I was ever asked to Homecoming...I had to do the asking if I wanted a date to a dance.
Elaine, you are so adorable! I want to do this linkup, but my pics are soooooo bad. Yours are darling! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteOh I agree with Liz on this one....totally adorable!
ReplyDeleteyou really WERE a hottie!! love those bangs ... man, i can still smell the hairspray burnt onto my curling iron!
ReplyDeleteWhat a change from your first year to your last! Those bangs! :)
ReplyDeleteLove you girl! I had bangs like that when I was a freshman in high school too... oh the memories.
ReplyDeleteSo awesome! Took me an hour to get my bangs to the right shelf level... they were literally OUT of the picture frame my freshman year. Thank God I decided the CA surfer girl look was cuter than the "hair bear" look sophmore year and tossed the hairspray out. Love this post... and you were definitely a senior hottie :) (Me: Class of 1994)
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