pay_it_forward -- Winter Formal?

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pay_it_forward -- Winter Formal?
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Mon, 02-13-2006 - 10:03pm

jt,

How was your DD's winter formal? Was it as wonderful an evening as she hoped it would be? I've been watching the board for you today and am looking forward to hearing about it and seeing some pics!

Julie

I'm working on getting DD's wf pics posted. To borrow your DD's phrase, I'm a bit confuzzled! I've done it before, but I can't seem to get the photo-sharing program to work properly today.




Edited 2/13/2006 10:07 pm ET by julesnalpine
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Tue, 02-14-2006 - 11:33am

Hi Julie,
I was thinking about you, too. How was your dd's evening? Did she enjoy her companion's company? What shoes did you end up with? Did the sea creatures behave themselves? These things are important..

Dd had a blast. she came flying in the door around 11:30 (it's 40miles round trip - her saintly parents insisted on driving both ways) and she could not stop talking. I was a tiny bit concerned becuase this was his school, not hers. She goes to his church with one of her friends about 3 Sundays per month for their LIfe Teen Program (she is helping the friend with her confirmation program), and I thought she might see a couple of kids from church, but otherwise he'd be the only one she knew. I should't have given it a thought - she made friends in no time ... she even came home with one gir's phone number.

We had a mini-crisis the night before. Her dress was strapless and she started talking about needing a cardigan for it early in the week. I told her a wrap would look better - the dress was a dusty navy (are you taking notes, daddioe?) and it was a hard color to match with a sweater. She said she'd seen some silver capped sleeved ones & I went out and picked up three for her to decide between. Well, they all looked VERY goofy with the dress and she started to tear up when I told her we could run out for a wrap. Finally, the confession: MY BACK IS ALL BROKEN OUT! Poor kid, it was all over her back, front and even down her arms. Not spot on her face, so who knows. I have no clue why she didn't tell me. Anyway, this was at 7:00 the night before. The next day, I called a local "Derma Spa" and they said if I brought her in they'd do makeup. The worked MIRACLES! You could not tell at all. When I do get around to posting the photo, you'll see. I did not retouch her at all. (in my work, I'm the queen of zit-zapping).

I didn't take many photos - she was up getting ready until the moment he arrived and then they had to go in order to get to the dance on time. I took a few of them together, but none of her alone. Her winter formal is in March, so I'll make sure I get some then.

If you get too confuzzled, you can always post on two peas in a bucket. Just save you photo as a jpeg (if it isn't already in that format). You'll have to register on the site, but then you can post. You can delete your post when you're done.

jt

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Tue, 02-14-2006 - 5:18pm

I am so glad her evening went so well! I am always as happy as my kids when the come home happy from an event. And aren't you clever for thinking about body make-up!

DD said she had a good time at her wf; said it was fun. She didn't say 'really, really fun' which usually indicates a GREAT time, but said she did enjoy herself. Didn't get to dance as much as she would have liked, though. She said her date was a little self-conscious (sp?) because his dad teaches at the school and he felt like all the other teacher chaperones were watching him!

A lot of her friends who went to the dance under similar situations kind of ditched the guys, and left them hanging around to all go dance together. It sounds like DD didn't do that, pretty much stuck with her date and another couple, so she must have enjoyed his company.

So now she knows what winter formal is all about. If she finds herself in a similar situation next year, she'll know what she's going to miss and maybe it won't be such a big deal if she misses it!

Glad your DD had fun at hers!

Julie

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Wed, 02-15-2006 - 9:38am
Good for your dd for hanging with her date - it speaks to her character. My guess is she'll opt to go "with the girls" to the next normal dance. It's so much more fun to dance with the girls. really hate the idea of pressuring kids to attend as "couples". I do feel for her date being in the awkward positon of being a teacher's kid - a religion teacher no less! I