My Prom 1986 in Cleve,Oh
It’s prom season and I thought about all the girls going to pick out their pretty little dresses. I loved going to proms but it wasn’t a big deal to me when I finally went to mine because I had gone 3yrs in a row lol. My mom allowed me to go in 10th grade and I went with my then boyfriend the following year, then my own prom in 1986. I graduated from high school in Cleveland,Ohio.
My black dress in this picture was a designer label but I can’t remember who made it. It was around $300.00 and for back then, that was alot of money. That dress cost more than my actual prom dress. It had a big bow in the back, I loved it. My mom worked part time at Saks Fifth Avenue so I got a discount lol. I was about a size 5. I look soo skinny in that picture omg! I wore silver heels and rhinestoned necklace and earrings.The shoes ran me around $100.00 and about $35.00 for the accessories. I had to have everything match just right.
Back then,I wanted to be a registered nurse. I studied Diversified Health Occupations in school.The school counselor thought that would be a good fit for me, since I got good grades and wasn’t a trouble maker lol. I worked for two years as a nursing assistant at a nursing home called, Sisters of Saint Mark of Saint Joseph. I was making about $500.00 every two weeks. With that money, I saved up for my prom.
My prom was a disaster because my boyfriend at the time Charles, was chronically late picking me up. He was legendary for that when we dated and it drove me insane! We had fun times together but boy o boy he was always late for something. He had already went off to college at N.C. State and came home for the summer break to take me to the prom. You could kinda tell he wasn’t that interested in the whole high school thing because he had gotten a taste of the college life lol.
My mom picked out my prom dress which I hated.Back then I didn’t have a choice or say so with her. I wanted pink ofcourse but she was aggravated with the whole thing and just bought a dress off the rack and it was royal blue. I hated that dress because it wasn’t what I wanted to wear. This particular picture here is my after prom photo because I mysteriously misplaced that other one. Well anywhoo…
We finally arrived at my prom and they were clearing the tables from dinner and everyone was on the dance floor. I gave Charles the worst side eye! So the dinner tickets was null n void at that time, what a waste of money! I wanted to burst into tears but I held them back. We sat at the table and I really don’t remember too much more about it. We had rented a lincoln towncar and it was silver, I do remember that too.
After out date, I was allowed to go to Cincinnati,Ohio with friends to Kings Island for the weekend. My prom was not that great or memorable but boy do I wish I could do it all over again, it would be soo much different now lol. I can’t wait till my kids start going to their proms, I’m sure they will stand out and look pinktastic! Have a great saturday!
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