Prom 1987

Prom 1987 with my then gregarious boyfriend.  He looks like he is about to devour me.  Awwwww, young love.

This past week I received a box from my mother-in-law's home.  When she died (August 4, 2010), I not only inherited a massive amount of photos and memorabilia of her precious baby boy (the boyfriend to the left), but I now possess a great deal of my own items which she has lovingly stored for me over the past 24 years.

My dear friend, who never tires of laughing at old photographs of me, was quick to respond to this photo when I posted it on facebook last week.  She told me that my daughter should "totally wear that dress, and fix her hair like mine, for Halloween this year."  Now, isn't that sweet.

Even I will admit that the big pink hairbow was a little much, but those were the 80's.  The bigger the better!  But to you my friend, the crazy frizzy hair belongs to me.  Ionic hairdryers and straightening gels had not been created yet for girls like me!