Thread: I was "pretty" today.

Today was dress-up day . . . one of my LEAST favorite days of the entire school year, by the way. It's always the end of Red Ribbon week, where they've been out of sync all week with one activity or another.

I didn't feel much like actually dressing up, so I decided to throw something together last minute. I decided to dress like part of our 8th grade girls. I didn't feel quite like being "goth", so I threw together my best "emo" outfit . . . mostly black with hints of purple, gray, and silver. I had the multiple beaded necklaces, the black hoop earrings, purple & black clips in my hair--which I tried to "punk" a bit. I overdid the makeup, complete with purple/silver/black eyeshadow and too much black eyeliner.

DH said he didn't think I looked much different that usual . . . hmmm.

Of course, the kids giggled a bit, but they did like my outfit. One said I looked very pretty today. She thought I ought to try that makeup all the time. Another said that should wear makeup every day . . . and I do.

One asked if I was "goth". Another said I wasn't because I had on purple, which made me "emo". Then another added that I was "premo". I didn't know that one, so they had to define for me. "Premo" is a preppy person who likes to pretend to be emo. Ah . . . I see.

Funniest of all is when one asked me where I bought my costume. I told them that I didn't buy anything special for the day. I just wore my regular stuff, only I didn't always wear it together. My "super-gifted" child, who always has a comment, said that what he found most frightening of the day was that a teacher could put together such an outfit in the first place.

Love those 7th graders.