(Lori, Christine, Suzie (me), and Bridgett)
I can't even tell you how much I love this picture. It's my friends and me graduating from 8th grade in 1982.
I know some are going to hate me for saying this, but I loved Jr. High. I loved the music, the roller skating, my friends, 7-up Lip Smakers, the boys, my teachers, my pets, and the new freedom being a little old brought me.
Just thinking about this time in my life brings me a small, warm feeling deep inside my heart. I'm fortunate to have had that kind of experience as a young girl. I am so grateful I did.
I wanted to bring you back to that time with me, so I made you this mixed tape with some of my favorite songs of 1982.
(You can just click through it to hear a little bit of each song.)
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This is my entry for Marcy's "Fro Me To You."
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Very cute dress!
Thanks for the nice comment on my blog. It's been pretty craptastic around here lately, I don't know what is going on!
Posted by: Angela | June 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM
You were graduating from 8th grade, I was graduating from high school...love the music and the promise in that photo.
Posted by: Molly | June 11, 2009 at 03:57 AM
1982 was the year I was supposed to graduate from college;) You were (and still are) adorable! Hold on to that feeeeelin' ♫
Posted by: Mental P Mama | June 11, 2009 at 04:29 AM
Oh Suz. I love this photo too!
I can almost FEEL the joy and youth coming thru the screen.
Thank you also for coming to my Fro Linky party today. Means alot.
Posted by: The Glamorous Life | June 11, 2009 at 07:04 AM
Oh my gosh, loved those fruffly ruffly dresses! My sister had a similar one, baby pink with rose buds I think, that had the wide ruffle at the top and might have gone off the shoulder. Sooo purty! And it's so easy to pick you out of the group - love that big smile!
Posted by: Martha | June 11, 2009 at 08:53 AM
What a a great photo. I had ZERO self esteem at this age... and I envy you completely.
Love your dress Suz and I recognize Lori's dress from 17 magazine...isn't that a Jessica McClintock???
Posted by: Suz | June 11, 2009 at 09:05 AM
I loved Jr High too. Roller skating was the best. You girls look like you were having a great time.
Posted by: Michelle | June 11, 2009 at 09:13 AM
I had large bangs like that in high school, but it was just to hide my pimply forehead. Which was caused by bangs damply hanging on my forehead. Which meant I had to have bangs to hide the . . . oh well. I survived.
Posted by: Kathi D | June 11, 2009 at 11:39 AM
LOL Lip smackers and roller skating. Those were the days. I'm pretty sure I tried all of those fancy hair do's too!
Posted by: ModernMom | June 11, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I absolutely LOVE this picture of you guys! That dress your friend Lori is wearing looks EXACTLY the same as one I used to have, too. And it used to be my absolutely favorite! :D
Posted by: Maria | June 11, 2009 at 12:00 PM
I miss LipSmackers in the really big tubes they used to come in. Now they are just glorified, overpriced Chapstick. You look so cute in this picture. So put together. Like a Seventeen Magazine model.
Posted by: MomZombie | June 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I love the feathered hair...And i really love Journey!
Posted by: Samantha | June 11, 2009 at 03:08 PM
cool photo Suz! I had a similar hairstyle, Journey is one of my favourite bands btw
Posted by: Amy | June 11, 2009 at 06:58 PM
Loved the 80's and loved Journey even more!!! Great photo!
Posted by: Jen | June 11, 2009 at 08:03 PM
Love the photo and the mixed tape. Don't stop believing....
Posted by: Daytrippingmom | June 12, 2009 at 04:18 PM
ahhhh, 1982...good year! You were graduating from junior high and just 5 months later I was being born!
GOOD YEAR! :)
LOVES!!!
Posted by: SK | June 13, 2009 at 01:05 AM
Awesome picture!! That's why I love pictures so much...they are cool at the time they're taken, but they are real treasures many years later! And the tape..... I just love the 80s!!!
Posted by: Mali Workman | June 13, 2009 at 07:21 PM
To me it was good that it was over. It´s different for girls and you are so lucky.
Posted by: chrome3d | June 14, 2009 at 08:13 AM
You look very happy and carefree. that's the way it should be. What? No Cheap Trick?
Posted by: Joe Sweden | June 14, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Journey is one of my all-time favorites! And EVERY year from the 80's were awesome! I miss the 80's...
Posted by: Alan | June 16, 2009 at 04:28 AM
I loved jr. high, too! I graduated in 1981, and I swear to you, I had an almost identical dress! The only difference that I remember is that the bodice was fitted. It was my first "spaghetti strap" dress (my, how things have changed for today's girls), and I remember feeling very grown-up and pretty.
Posted by: Baby Favorite | June 17, 2009 at 08:49 AM
I'm not kidding, Jana had the same hair do as you and I had the short cut on the left that year. I wore a pink puffy sleaved dress much like the gal on the right of the pic. It's like we could have been at the same school. What a funny memory.
Posted by: Jill | June 18, 2009 at 08:16 AM
I think we were Junior High twins! The hair, the braces, the dress. I'll have to dig my old pic out of storage and scan it!
Posted by: Kaza | June 25, 2009 at 05:19 PM