{Daydream Believer}

If it wasn't completely obvious from the title, this story is all about our first dance - together. It was Homecoming time and I quickly learned that one benefit of having a steady boyfriend was that it almost completely guaranteed you'd have a date to the dance.

Again, nothing is written in my journal about the day - but due to my scrapbooking, there are parts of the day that did get recorded.

I do remember that Stacy and I went to a lady's house in the neighborhood. She was a cosmotologist and Stacy regularly babysat for her. She did both our hair and then we went home to do whatever we needed to do that Saturday before the dance.

The rest is what I wrote down in my scrapbook.

Daydream Believer - October 1996

Date - October 1996

Theme - "Daydream Believer"

The Guy - Eric

The Group - Russ & Stacy

Eric & Me

Where We Went to Eat - Frontier Pies

What I Had To Eat - Ham, Scrambled Eggs and Hashbrowns

Activities - We went to dinner, then to the dance and then to Red's for ice cream.

Interesting Thing That Happened - I didn't know when the guys were coming to pick us up, so I didn't have any makeup on.

There's a bit more to the story about not having makeup on. Stacy knew what time the boys were planning to pick us up, but she had forgotten to tell me. By the time they arrived (I had been napping), they already had to wait for me to get into my dress and I didn't want to make them wait longer while I did my makeup.

Then it came time to put the boutonniere. Because it was my first semi-formal dance, I was super nervous. I didn't know what I was doing and I was afraid of poking Eric with the pin. Plus, there was something about being that close to him with my mom and friends watching. If I remember right, my mom had to help me get the stupid thing on Eric because of my nerves.

...See, super awkward...

...Everything is where it should be and more importantly no one shed any blood...

No, I don't know what is up with the photos. I fixed them up as best I could. Guess my mom's camera decided to have a crappy day that day. Thankfully we have the awesome posed photos from the day.

And such was our first dance date. We really did have a good time, but I felt self-conscious most of the night because of the lack of makeup. Guess Eric learned early on to look beyond the outside. HAHAHAHA!

{Haunted}

So this is an interesting post. Had I not written about it in my journal, I wouldn't have even remembered it. Even reading about it I don't remember a lot about it. Funny how time does that.

September 26, 1996

"Anywayz, yesterday me and Stacy + Russ + Eric went to the Haunted Woods. It was so dumb. It was more like a play and not at all like a haunted house. It was fun though. Eric kept scaring Stacy and it was funny to watch her. Eric also kept volunteering me for everything. It was a fun time."

I love that I contradicted myself in that statement.

...I love that I kept this ticket, if for nothing else - just to see the admission price...

We haven't really been to a haunted house in years. I guess Eric thought it was worth the price of admission when we were dating, but not when we're married. And actually he made a good point a few years back when we talked about it.

He said that fear is one of the worst emotions we feel and yet we pay to experience that exact emotion. It logically makes no sense.