There's
a winter dance coming up at school and A is going with her friend and
confidante. While I think there is always romantic potential when a
boy and girl hit the dance floor, I won't delve any deeper into this
because it's not my place to say. Either way, she needed a dress for the
dance, and mom isn't around to help her pick one out, so she set off
on her own into of our version retail hell and got one. All by her
lonesome. She also braved the awful traffic that is so characteristic
of that area, not to mention finding parking, but she did a stand-up
job. And, the dress she chose was fabulous - classy, chic, alluring,
but not trashy. She looked really good, and I think mom, who will see
it soon enough, will approve. To paraphrase Coco Chanel said, every girl needs a little black dress, though not too little.
When I
was a in high school, the girls wore incredibly provocative and
inappropriate clothes. Bear in mind this was over 30 years ago in LA,
and as a teenage boy, I wasn't complaining. Values are different
up here, and I think they've changed over time. Plus, it's cold. You
just don't see the kind of outfits I grew up around, which were more
plausible in the southern California heat. The influence of
Hollywood, for better or worse. Worse, in my opinion.
Whatever
be the case, A did a good job. She's such a big girl now. I'm not
sure when the dance is but whenever it happens, I think she'll look
great.
Until
then, thanks for reading, and thanks to I Brekelmans for the pic.
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