Studly Doright’s middle sister, Angie, sent us some old photos she found while cleaning out some boxes the other day. And when I say old, I mean OLD.
Here’s Studly and me dancing at the annual Sweethearts’ Ball in Dumas, Texas. The photo isn’t dated, but it must’ve been mid-80’s. At any rate, we were both still skinny.
When I first saw this photo I thought it was taken the same year that the one below was—after all, I’m wearing the same skirt and blouse. I’m thrifty like that. But I had that awful perm in the top photo. I think I should wear my hair like this again. All in favor, say aye.
The next photo cracked me up; my sense of style was a bit skewed. I have no memory of this horrid skirt, and why did I think that necklace would go well with this ensemble? And it looks as if I’m wearing a headband. I NEVER wore headbands. I know we were poor, but yikes! Maybe it was a tacky-themed party? Let’s hope I burned the whole shebang soon after.
There’s nothing like old photos to make one wince, is there?
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Lose them again
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Ha!
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Oh i dunno… They bring back happy thoughts.
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True.
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And at the time we all thought we looked fabulous. AND at that time we WERE pfob garbed in the latest chic.
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One of my male friends from high school doesn’t think that’s me in the last photo. Honestly, I don’t remember ever wearing such a skirt, and I’m fairly sure I wore contacts during those days. But the hair is right.
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The skirt is the wrong vintage. Do u think you were maybe at something, like a retro evening or that??
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Maybe!
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Sometimes we forget daft things we did. Or they were not that memorable.
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My memory is shot!
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Aye
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😉
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Les….this is why our card line is successful…..here is something to chuckle about…….www.thegreetingplace.com……..btw very cute…….so is the woman in the chair
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Isn’t Lyn beautiful? She’s kind of my inspiration (looks wise) for D’Aun in the book. Very tall, but didn’t ever know how pretty she was when she was young.
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Which is why I threw out my old yearbooks. Even in a Catholic school uniform, I winced.
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I’ve kept all of mine as cautionary tales!
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😉
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These are the kinds of things you can look at from this distance of time and laugh about even if you might still cringe. I love photos (obviously), especially ones that can help remember context.
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That skirt, though!
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But, for the time, you were very fashionable. I think that is one of the things I love about older photos with people is that you can see those trends or whether the people being photographed followed them.
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We were always so broke. I imagine that was a thrift store find!
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I think the photos are wonderful. You are/were a gorgeous pair.
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You’re so sweet. Thank you.
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I am decluttering and have run across some old photos of myself and I cringe when I look at most of them. My sense of style was truly laughable and sad thing is I don’t think it has gotten a whole lot better. I once had a skirt similar to the one in your photo ~ different print, but same style. Wish I still had that waist line! Photos like the ones you shared are so fun to see!
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Isn’t it nice that we’ve evolved though? My style these days is “almost too casual” but it works for me!
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