More Gems - Those Glasses in their Original State!

Tonight I went out with a friend that I have known since we were 10. We went to the same elementary school and high school (and the same university as well because it's not strange to stay in your hometown to attend university). She went on to get a post-grad degree in education and her career is now constantly peppered with blasts from the past - she teaches at the elementary school that we attended (crazy enough!) and often runs into teachers that taught us, whether in elementary school or high school. Tonight she was telling me a few stories of a teacher which taught at our high school and is now a counsellor at her elementary school, and that inspired us to have a look through our old yearbooks (her versions, mine are in a box somewhere in the garage, hopefully intact).

We discovered many funny yearbook comments (and some cheesy graduation quotes, well cheesy on my part, hers were just sarcastic), but the biggest find was my Grade 8 (age 12-13) picture which I am pretty sure is when I wore those pink frame glasses that I found in my closet! Shall we have a look?

OHHHHHH yea. I told you all I was styling. Why on earth am I wearing a hooded shirt underneath a vest? I cannot tell you. What I can tell you was that vest was purple suede, and I must have really liked it because you know ahead of time when picture day is and you would choose your attire carefully. Purple and suede are two of my favourite things. My favourite shoes for years were these purple suede heels with leather straps criss crossing over the top and at the ankle. And I also found these purple suede shoes at Nordstrom Rack down in California but they were unfortunately not in my size. I was despondent as you can see:

Anyways I digress. I also feel the need to end this post with a better picture from my graduating yearbook to make up for all the ugly photos above. My friend said I still look like that, and I was like REALLY? I'm still that cute? And she said No you've still got those cheeks.