I GOT TO GO TO A FORMAL!
AND FORMALS ARE LIKE PROM!
AND I LOVE PROM NOW!!!
Okay, I'm calm now. I promise. I was just so excited that Katie was having a formal with the Honors Program, and I had to get it all out! Apparently she's been planning this for a long time, and she didn't tell me about it, because she wanted it to be a surprise! (And as much as I tease Katie, I know that anything she plans will be great, because she's so organized and wants people to have fun and be happy.)
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| They sure do clean up nice! |
Formal was at this place called Events on Court in Gadsden, and it was SOOOO pretty! There was cobblestone and twinkly lights and a gazebo and a fountain and brick walls with vines creeping up the side and an indoor room with mirrors and lanterns and couches!! It was so nice! And this fancy restaurant called Effina's catered really yummy food AND dessert!! (That didn't go quite as smoothly as we wanted it to, but I'll explain that in a minute.) I'm so, so proud of Katie for planning everything! From the food to the venue and music to the tickets and advertising, she basically did it all. (With a little help from her friends, obviously, but if we're being honest, Katie has some control issues.)
And I guess that it explains why she's beens so stressed out recently. As much as I love Katie, she takes things to whole new levels of stress that I didn't know people could reach. She only does it because she cares so, so, so much about everything she does, but it can be a lot to handle sometimes. And formal was one of those times.
Because the caterers were late.
The caterers were a whole HOUR late.
And they brought the wrong size tablecloths.
And I thought Katie was going to use her fancy red high heels to kill somebody.
But after that blew over and Katie calmed down (which admittedly took a little while), I think everyone had fun! Katie's best friend from high school was her date (a "date" is someone who goes to a dance or fancy event with you, but they don't have to be your boyfriend or girlfriend).
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| Family Pic |
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| Fancy Boy being weird...again |
And Curly-Haired Boy was Short Girl's date, and one of The Babies was Glasses Boy's date, and Bearded Boy was there--and Redhead Girl and Blonde Boy, too! Basically all my friends were there! And everyone looked so fancy!!! Katie made the sparkly belt that she wore, and Fancy Boy (her date/BFF) wore a tux, and Curly-Haired Boy got red shoes to match Short Girl's dress, and Short Girl looked like a princess, and she was even a little taller than usual because she had reeeaalllly tall sparkly heels on, and Redhead Girl curled her hair, and the boys even wore button down shirts, which Katie swears is a big deal!
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| Photo from my new friend James Thompson |
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| Look at my gorgeous friends! |
There were lots of other Honors Program people there that I didn't know, but they all seemed to have fun, too! There was Purple Dress and Polka Dots and Green Hair and Red Dress #1 and Red Dress #2 and Green Dress and so many boys in suits! I'm getting dizzy just trying to remember everyone!
We stayed at formal for a pretty long time just eating food and talking and taking lots and lots and lots of cute pictures. For the last hour or so (when not many people were still there), Blonde Boy got on the stage and lip-synched to songs, and we did the Cha-Cha Slide and the Cupid Shuffle, too! (Okay, Katie and the others did those dances. I didn't because my knees don't bend....)
The best part was that we all got to spend time together looking beautiful and having fun and relaxing before Finals Week. Because Finals Week is apparently not super fun. But, then again, adventures don't have to be fun to be adventures. But I bet my friends and I can make Finals fun! They'll have to start calling them "Fun-als" when we're through with them!
Overall, I think we can call Honors Formal 2016 a success!!
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| Good job, team! |
~Trash Bear (and Katie)~
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