I was 9 years old and a kinda half a$$ member of the Campfire Girls. I joined that year and quit that year as I recall. I really got into the crafts- but I sorta refused to call a schoolmates mom (our leader) by her ‘Indian’ name. (which I remember as being ‘SHYBEE”, and this woman had it on her personalized license plate. Now that is Campfire Girl commitment). Anyway, the local mall asked if we would be interested in ‘modeling’ in a Christmas fashion show. And of course I jumped at the chance. (anything that involved a STAGE attracted me) The day arrived and we were told to go to a children’s store in the mall to select our outfits. They totally let us pick what ever we wanted to wear….so that outfit you see me wearing up there? Yeah. I .Picked. THAT. The other girls were having difficulty finding outfits they liked and that their mother approved. I however, loved them ALL. And my mom said I could wear anything I wanted. So I went for it. And selected this jungle-koolats-headband-black-tights number off the mannequin in the window. See Miss ‘fashion hater’ up there? Yeah, that was SHY BEE’s daughter and she was pretty appalled at what I had picked out. And tried to talk me out of it. Like a hundred times. And ShyBee even asked me to wear something ‘simpler’. But I insisted on this little number. Adding the off to the side-half-up-half-down pony tail hairstyle to really show off the metallic braided headband. The only bad memory of this whole event? I was shocked when I realized we had to return the clothes to the store. For some reason I thought we got to keep the outfits as ‘pay’ for our passive excellent modeling services. You know…just standing there with a big ol’ grin on my face and soaking in the mall audience applause. In your face ShyBee. In your face.
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Girlfriend – I adore that outfit. You look stunning and the jungle print suits you. If you ever feel the need to get wild again, you can borrow my leopard/ocelot print trench coat.
I think I had a collection of shirts like that, with the crazy “disco” prints as I called them back then!
I remember those prints. I would of been a 10th grader at the time! You look cute.
Shy-bee’s kid looks like she escaped from the Sound of Music family.
Hilarious!!
Love the outfit and the side ponytail!
Shybee’s daughter picked THAT out?!!? What the heck? A whole mall and she chose that? I’m confused!
That’s an AWESOME picture!!!
That’s an awesome picture and the story that goes with it is priceless!
Oh my gosh you rock. That’s all there is to it.
I don’t think anyone who is committing the fashion blunder of socks with sandals can critique anyone, even a jungle girl!
Oh, man, the facial expressions say it all. Yours: “I look gooo—oood!” And hers: “WHAT is she WEARING?” However, I’d rather go with jungle prints than sandals-with-socks. I’m just saying.
That is soooooooo funny – I bet you were very sad to return that little get up!
what a great story of your unabashed marcyness! i love it :)
My favorite was Way to Old to be in the Kiddie Show!
What was going on with Lurch? She has an air of Mariel-Hemmingway-Under-Duress desperation going.
I’m sure she was a nicer person than me, however. : )