Ebony Ball

If I have to buy one more "formal" dress or another pair of "sky-high" fancy shoes,  I think I'm going to scream!

This past weekend was the Ebony Ball.  This event celebrates the African-American students at ETHS.  It's not a "who do you know on the Board" kind of dance...if you're ebony, you're invited! If you know someone or are dating someone who is not ebony, you can let them in on the fun and invite them (this dance is a WHOLE LOT more diverse than the Cotillion).  This event is for Juniors and Seniors and happens every-other year, so everyone gets 1 chance to go.

There's a dress code...black or white dresses, at or below the knee.  This made shopping a whole lot easier for us; no fights this time!  We did break the rules with the dress length, but if you know me, you know I love to break a rule or two.  No shoe restrictions, so Gabby went for it:)

The last 2 formals that Gabby has attended, were "girls ask the guys", so she was a little tired of doing all the asking and took a friend along with her for some girly fun.

  

Gabby and Lucy! 

      

According to the cryptic teenager report that I got, it was a great night; fun was had by all!  The best part for me?  I didn't have to do any pick-up and delivery for the night (thanks Meg).  oh yeah, it was also great to see my big girl all dressed up, smiling, full of life and in my opinion...looking gorgeous!

Whew...I think I'm done dress shopping for a while!

Hey Gabby, can I borrow this dress?  I can definitely wear the shoes:)

               

A Little Singing and Dancing!

This year Gabby is performing in the McGaw YMCA's Brillianteen Youth Theatre 2011-2012 production of Grease.  


I just went online to order tickets for some shows and saw that there are not very many seats left for performances. I don't know if they will be selling tickets at the door or if there will be any left to sell.

If you want to see the show, buy your tickets now!  Otherwise, I'll have to tell you all about it:)

Show performance dates are March 2, 3, and 10 at 7:30pm and March 4 and March 11 at 2:00pm.

https://tix5.seatyourself.biz/webstore/webstore.html?domain=mcgawymca&event=.

Hope to see you there!

Inspiration for the week

I visit this blog often:  http://www.kindovermatter.com/ this inspired me...

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If tomorrow never came, would you be proud of the last thing you said to each person you love?

If "someday" was only "now", would you do everything you've always put off?

If you knew you had a choice about what kind of life you could be living, would you choose different?

If you knew failure is impossible, what would you do?

If it were true that everyone you meet is you in another body, how would you treat them?

If love was the true currency of the Universe and the more you gave away the more you received, how would you spend it?

If fear were the biggest illusion and the greatest lie of all time, how would you choose to live your life?

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