Prom….come and gone

Add comment May 18th, 2008

Last night was prom. It was ok, I’ve been to better dances, but that isn’t the point. Prom isn’t about music or about the decorations, it’s about seeing your high school friends and hanging out with them for what will be one of the last times. It’s about coming together and having a good time. Here are some pictures =)

- Sarah

Tomorrow….the big day!

Add comment May 16th, 2008

Tomorrow is prom! exciting! I left school today at 12:30 and went to decorate. That was a lot of fun.  Well, until I electrocuted myself. That wasn’t too fun.  Prom is going to look amazing, I’m glad I decided to help decorate. I finally talked my mom into letting us go to JMK Nippons for dinner. We made reservations last night. I ordered his  flower today, I’m a little late, I know. We’re taking pictures at Rock Cut tomorrow, thats where we went last year and the pictures turned out beautiful. I just can’t wait! Prom means schools almost over! Only 3 more days after prom! YES! I will update with prom pictures =)

- Sarah

Two days!

Add comment May 15th, 2008

There are two days until prom! I can’t wait! So this year I’m thinking we don’t do one of those lame parties after prom that my friends are throwing. I think we will just go to post prom at school. There is a theme this year for post prom, the theme is the beach. I haven’t decided what to wear for that yet, but the best costumes a neat prize. I’m thinking that I just want to wear my swim trunks and a swim top, or I might see if I can borrow one of my life guard friends uniforms. Then I would buy a whistle,a little life saver, and then a visor. That would be cute, so I hope one of my friends will let me borrow it. Yay! Two days!

Here’s a video I found…. The song is by Hellogoodbye… It talks about the prom being on the 17th of may, just like my prom! Cool!

-Sarah

Come and gone.. Awaiting the next

Add comment May 11th, 2008

…and its all done. No more dances. Senior Prom was great! It was just as I expected..I took quite a few pictures that night, some of which turned out, others well, lets call it operators error.At one time we couldn’t figure out why my camera wasn’t working until we realized that it was on video mode. We felt pretty cool after that !!  We had it at Cliffbreakers, everything included. Amazing! The night started out slow going waiting for food and drinks, but as soon as 8:05 p.m. hit, it was rock and roll time! I had a lot of fun hanging out and being with my friends for one last dance and probably one of the last times that I see them…

Now with prom out of the way, next thing is graduation!!!! I’ve got three days left of school and a little over a week until the commencement and the party!! Its all coming to an end so fast though.. Not enough time it seems like for the last minute plans that I have while still a high school student.

–Matt

Food covered…time for that flower

Add comment May 8th, 2008

So, we have food covered…(must eb the new tradition for all to eat where prom is at), but the next question is where to get the flower? I live in Belvidere.. There’s the Flower Bin, Barr’s, Potting Shed. … etc. Where is the best? Anyone is particular? I’ve been trying to think.. And what shoudl be in the flower? Rhinestones? Or just beads? I guess last year I left it up to the employee to do what she thought was best, and then paid… maybe i should just do that this year! Random though! Two days!!!

–Matt

Food?

1 comment May 5th, 2008

The question on most peoples mind when it comes to prom is where do we go for dinner? Thats a very good question. I don’t exactly have the answer for that. My boyfriend and I have been thinking of about a million places to go for dinner and we can’t decide on one.  Do we go somewhere that will have a lot of people or not? To begin with we wanted to go to JMK, but my mom told me no, because she didn’t want me to smell like smoke, so that one is out. We thought about Linos, Olive Garden,Giovanis,Di Giovanis, and a ton more, but we have no idea where we will go. Where to go? Does anyone have any better ideas? I didn’t think dinner would be such a huge deal.

- Sarah

Yes! A group!

1 comment May 1st, 2008

I finally have a group! To begin with I thought going solo seemed pretty cool. I mean who doesn’t want to be alone with their date? But going with a group is tons of fun! I didn’t think I would have a group, until yesterday that is. On the bus my friend asked if I wanted to be in her group of about six. I said sure! Now we just need to decide where we are going to go for dinner….Hmmmm. I’m so excited for prom now! I just can’t wait!

- Sarah

Will the tux match?

Add comment April 29th, 2008

So the dress is finally here. Thank goodness.  I almost freaked out. But thats beside the point, I didn’t ask my boyfriend to prom in a fancy way, lets face it I’m just to lazy for that. But he is going with me, He’s going to buy his tux on Thursday or Friday. He looked up the color he wanted online, seriously who does that? How would he ever know if the color actually matched.  Sometimes he’s a little odd if you ask me. I love him anyways.  Then he left the little piece of my dress on my coffee table, so he really wouldn’t know if the tux matched or not. He had to come back the next day and get it.  I sure hope he gets the right color.

- Sarah

Does size matter?

1 comment April 22nd, 2008

Big Group?  Or small group? Usually teens like to go with all of their friends to prom, but should there be a limit to the group size? I think that keeping the group smaller keeps everybody closer to have a better time than to have a large group and trying to make sure that everyone is happy and no one is getting the feeling of being left out. I thought about this after my date told me that we would be going with atleast 13 people. “Woah!” Maybe I’m wrong, but i think that groups should be of at most six or seven. Just my ideas though!

–Matt

Take it from me.. The guy’s side

Add comment April 19th, 2008

Prom! Pfff… No big deal right?!

Are you kidding?! This is the main high school event for many of us teenagers. Once its here, that is. before hand though, there is quite a bit of planning. Some on the girls, but also for us guys! First and foremost, the date. Who do we want to an entire night with? Pick carefully. It has to be someone that you’ll for sure have fun with. I’ve done a lot of thinking about how i was going to do the asking. I had creative ideas, and then not so much. For example, last year ( i was a junior) i decided that i was going to ask my date on her birthday. So i planned everything out, balloons, window paint, signs… the whole thing! Than her birthday came I had to act like i knew nothing about anything. But basically, I left my lunch period and took the keys to her car and began my “work of art” I put balloons around her car and wrote Prom?! on the back window. Not so bad eh?! This year though, was a different story, I was running out of time.. I needed a date. So I took my lady friend and asked.. Nonchalantly and asked her to go to prom.. I got the “yes” that i needed to hear. Good thing this whole planning will get easier!!

–Matt