Peg’s Journal

revisiting the past

If you ever wanted to know what I looked like in high school, this comes pretty close (although I wasn’t allowed to wear this much make up, and I had more babyfat, braces, and zits).

Over the weekend, I attended a fundraiser for Ashlyn’s school at our local golf club. The 80’s themed event was cleverly called “Totally 80’s Fall Fund-rager”. HAHAHA! I spent the last couple of weeks looking for the perfect outfit. I victoriously won my dress on eBay for $20. It’s sad finding out that clothes from the 80’s are now considered “vintage”.

My date, Marie (a fellow mom), and I had a really fun time. We went, we mingled, we ate, we drank, we bid, we danced, and we went home with some goodies. I won 3 items from the silent auction: a portait sitting, a certificate for a massage, and the birdhouse that Ashlyn’s class decorated. We don’t need a birdhouse. But I had personally invested a lot of time and energy into that project. So imagine how bad I felt when I saw that no one had placed a bid on it. The starting bid was $100 (yeah, you read that right!) and that was very hard to swallow. It’s like paying 10 times the value of an item that I donated.
All in all, I contributed about $350 to the PTO/school that night….mere chump-change compared to what others shelled out. I watched in awe as people paid thousands of dollars for framed autographed Anaheim Ducks jersey, a Platinum Suite at an Angels game, and Grand Wailea Vacation (just to name a few).

You know what I discovered?…that after nearly 2 decades, pumping up my bangs comes second nature to me. Scary! HAHAHA! Click here for more pics (happy faces to protect the innocent).

Aside from my blast to the past and a birthday party, our weekend was spent mostly at home resting. I’ve been feeling under the weather and really need to get better before our Thanksgiving trip. The hubby and kiddies have been having fun with Guitar Hero (for the Wii). ROCK ON!!!

Tags: pictures, school, weekend