I went to my year 12 formal with a friend. I was dating my DH, but I specifically wanted to go with a good friend (who is still a good friend!!) rather than "some boy" who later down the track might not mean anything to me ... how wrong was I!! but I do have some nice photos with DH, who was there, and of course we danced together and were at the same table, etc. DH even took a friend of mine from another school, so she could come!
I'm still friends with almost everyone who was at our table 13.5 years on, that's something I'm really happy about
I wore a royal blue dress, fitted at the top, fluted at the bottom, with a split which started reasonably modest, but after way too much dancing, was slightly less modest as I tore it a little ... oops!
A friend (the one who DH took) paid for me to have my hair professionally done, as my parents didn't think of things like that ... and I got some free samples of make up from the chemist to do my face all perdy ...
I remember basically the whole night - it was fantastic!!
As for the after party, we had our own, at DH's place. It was a blast!
Hated mine with a passion. I had a huge zit outbreak on my chin which was red and Mum put me in a red dress that she borrowed off someone else because we could not afford a new one. so the zit outbreak was more prominent. I didn't take a date, wasn't dating anyone and don't really remember much of the night itself, after all it was 20yrs ago LOL. I had a friend on facebook put up a pic of her, myself and another girl a few months ago from that night. I untagged myself.
I went to my formal with a friend who I worked with. Our school rule was you had to have a date to attend formal, and you couldn't go with a same sex friend. I didn't enjoy my formal too much as I'd been on student exchange to Japan for a year the previous year, so I wasn't with my life long friends....
The table I sat at, to be honest, I don't even really remember too many people on it. The ones I do remember, well, their names escape me right now.
I wore a lovely (not) purple, long, straight barrel style of dress with white long gloves and a sparkly thin headbad. Oh God. My formal date is now a FB friend
I went to the after party... Had drinks.... Didn't really know the people who were there. Regretted it lol (nothing bad happened... just feel like I made a fool of myself)
Oh well.... Such is life, we move on. Just glad that is in the far, far, far distant past!
who was your date? why? who are they to you now? My boyfriend...lost contact years ago!
who was on your table? are you still friends with any of them? A whole gaggle of B*****s....the group I was so desperate to be in at school but now I wouldn't bother! One was not even talking to me at the time and requested a group photo without me in it! I was devastated!
what did you wear?
Emerald green dupion silk big puffy dress complete with silk roses on the shoulders. Think bridesmaid style dress!!! LOL My hair was a disaster. Everyone had been competing to grow their hair the longest and mine was down to my waist. So I wanted to show that off but also wanted an upstyle so I had a half and half style. The front part all up on my head in a bouffy upstyle with the back going down my back. Got my makeup done at the Clinique counter at Myers!
how much do you remember about it?
Not much apart from the humiliations from those cows and being slightly bored as it was a bit of an anti-climax after all the prep and the limo etc!
and the afterparty? Cannot remember going but an fb friend recently assured me I was there! I vaguely remember thinking it was a letdown after all that formality. Just cannot remember it really.
School Deb - A friend. Sounds weird but I rang him up to get the phone number if his mate that I was interested in but chickened out & asked him on the spot, he said yes but I think b/c he more felt obligated to. He was a nice guy but that was it.
I wore a dress my mum picked that on the rack I thought was hideous but it really suited me. My make up was done a Myer and my hair had jip in it, curles and pulled to the side - noice!
School formal - A guy I had a crush on. I think he did like me too but I was alot younger than him, so he didn't take advantage. We actually went as a group of friends. I wore a black long dress and had my hair and make up done professionally.
I can't remember much else. I know I didn't go to either after party but we did have pizza after the deb because the food was limited.
I didn't do a deb or prom thing but we did have Boatrace Ball for years 10-12 at our school. I went in year 10 and year 12, not year 11 though for some reason
Anyway year 10 I wore a silver snakeskin sort of texture fitted halter-neck dress (ok it sounds awful but it was 1987 and compared to the pouffee taffeta numbers it was up against, it looked hot!) and I went with a male friend. Had a great night, danced lots and made the guy who asked me to go and then un-asked me to take someone else totally jealous as I looked way hotter than the girl he ditched me for
Year 12 I went with another male friend (gay) and we also had an awesome night. I wore a black fitted, just above knee length dress with a deep V in the back which was my aunties from the 60's. Again a great dress for 1989 when you look at what he others wore. I think I probably got drunk before we went because I don't remember that much of it
13.5 years on, that's something I'm really happy about
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks