Yesterday was a flurry of hair spray, credit card and cash register "CHA CHING" sounds. and I enjoyed every moment of it.
Wasn't it only yesterday when I had 2 little girls getting ready for their first dance? How did those 20 years slip by?
The perfect dress was just waiting on a hanger at the local department store. I could not believe when Catie walked in the door, straight to the dress and said "This one, Grandma." I bought it FAST. That was too easy. Then we went looking for jewelery...and shoes.....and on to the beauty shop. It takes a LONG time to pile all those curls up, but the result was worth it.
Her girlfriends came over to compare dresses, giggle and take part in the 100's of photos. You just can't stop taking pictures of pretty girls. We finally let her leave for the dance with warnings not to kiss the boys. Then we waited for 11pm when the real action would begin.
You have to remember being a teenager after the dance to know the amount of telephone calls, noise, screams and general noise that went on until FIVE AM! Joe had steak dinners ready for Catie and Nicole when they came home hungry from dancing the night away. We had hoped they would fill their stomachs and go to sleep. How dumb we are.
At 4am I sent a rather nasty text msg to Catie.....something about "DO NOT OPEN YOUR BEDROOM DOOR AGAIN! BE QUIET!" Since Andy was due to roll in from work soon, it was almost time to start the day and NO ONE had slept. Love the Chin house on Saturday nights.
