Random Memory - The polka dot outfit

Here I am at work, on a friday, with nothing to do. So, I turn to Pinterest to help me fill that boredom.

I come a cross this t-shirt that I see and a memory immediately pops into my head...

...In Jr. High I, like every other shy, insecure Jr. High age girl, wanted to be popular. I wanted people to like me. I didn't want to be so painfully shy...but I couldn't help it. I wanted to wear the best clothes and look cool like everyone else.

Back then, I thought polka dots were so cool. I remember people wearing them in school the year before and thinking, "so that's what I need to wear to be cool."  I'm talking 1989 people. Polka dots were 'totes IN.

I went school clothes shopping with my sister Megan, because she seemed to be the one with the best fashion sense in the family - which is the reason why I always got in trouble from taking her clothes out of her closet and wearing them without her permission, but I always managed tried to get them back in her closet after school so she wouldn't know. Sometimes it worked...sometimes it didn't.

Ahem - back to the story.

We walked into a store in the mall and there on the back rack was a beaming white t-shirt that had black polka dots on the front. I showed her the shirt, searching for her approval. I HAD to have this shirt. I mean...hello...polka dots!

We continued looking around, found some other things...and then came the moment...I found some shorts to match my polka dot shirt.

Black shorts with white polka dots! Like totally opposite of the white shirt with black polka dots!!!

What the...what?! Oh yes, it was as if a choir of angels had come down in that store and sang the Hallelujah chorus for me. These shorts were perfect! And oh how stylin' I would look wearing them with my matching polka dot shirt. Not only was I wearing polka dots...but they were opposites. That's like double the fashionista!

I couldn't go wrong wearing this outfit, and surely the boys would notice me and think I was like so totally awesome. The popular girls would praise me up and down for finding such a worthy first day of 8th grade outfit to wear. They would all want to be like me.

Megan then found a pink scarf like belt to die around my waist. That way it would break up the pattern and add a little fun to my already totally fun outfit.

I was set!

That first day of 8th grade I walked into school beaming wearing my awesome outfit. I knew people would be commenting me on how stylish I was. I waited for the comments...and waited...and waited.

I looked around school that first day checking out everyone's first day of school outfits. Everyone looked FAB...but...no one was wearing polka dots.

Just me.

How could this be? They were so totally IN STYLE!  I mean I got them at the MALL...duh?!

Did they all of the sudden go out of style?! What was going on!

Even though I felt awesome in this outfit, I slowly realized I was the only one thinking I looked awesome that day.

I don't remember wearing that outfit again...at least not together. I wore the shirt and the pink scarf belt with jeans...but no more opposite matching again for me. In fact, I think I tossed those shorts out after that first day.

Thank you pinterest and you awesome polka dot shirt for bringing back the memories. I wish I could go back and tell my past self that I didn't need to be so worried about wanting to be popular, or needing to have the best outfit - and that there are much more important things in life than that.

Thank goodness those days are over. :)

I'll never forget that outfit though. So funny!