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I wonder is SDL''s hubby knows any of the guys in this photo. I don''t remember them. I know that two of them were married to my co-workers. The was taken when I worked for the City of San Diego at the Annual Police Officer''s Ball. I think I was the only one at my table without a date...boo
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So come picture time the girls said...here, take our men...you can have ''em.
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I''m not sure if those those comments were serious or not.
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They were a great group of crazy characters. Of course they had to clown around. And I said..."Yeah, who wants one man, when you can have ALL the men" Lord help any woman who could handle more than more man at a time.
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Anyway, as you can see, they were trying to be funny wise guys and I had to hold their hands because they were trying to fake molest me. All I was thinking was..."Don''t mess up my hair!!"
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OMG. Boo... I must have had some seriously high 80''s hair because none of them will post. I am so sad....
 
Giving the 80''s hair one last try. I have renamed a gazillion times, but let''s try again...

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Date: 7/2/2008 12:33:09 AM
Author: miraclesrule
I wonder is SDL''s hubby knows any of the guys in this photo. I don''t remember them. I know that two of them were married to my co-workers. The was taken when I worked for the City of San Diego at the Annual Police Officer''s Ball. I think I was the only one at my table without a date...boo
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So come picture time the girls said...here, take our men...you can have ''em.
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I''m not sure if those those comments were serious or not.
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They were a great group of crazy characters. Of course they had to clown around. And I said...''Yeah, who wants one man, when you can have ALL the men'' Lord help any woman who could handle more than more man at a time.
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Anyway, as you can see, they were trying to be funny wise guys and I had to hold their hands because they were trying to fake molest me. All I was thinking was...''Don''t mess up my hair!!''
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OMG. Boo... I must have had some seriously high 80''s hair because none of them will post. I am so sad....
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And since I don''t know any of these guys and their wives/dates all let them pose with me...they are now on public forum
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YAY!!!!!!

Oh you look like you belong on Dynasty with that last pic!!! Fabulous!!!!
 
Funny story about my date at the " work industry" party where that picture was taken. I was working at the City of San Diego at the time and it was an annual wokers'' compensation holiday party.

I don''t know if it was that night or some other night, but anyhoo, when we got back to my house and were getting into bed to go to sleep, all of a sudden "Dude" yelps and screams "Oooooouch" and jumps out of the bed....screaming "Something Bit Me"!!!

So, of course, I jump out of the bed because I don''t want it to bite me, and I turn on the light and we throw back the blankets and we find a rubberband. A RUBBERBAND!!!! I was lmao.

I laughed so hard I was crying.... It had caught on his leg hair when he moved into bed and he thought he got bit by a bug...

Makes me laugh again just thinking about how fast that dude jumped from the bed screaming all over the place with the hibbie jibbies all squeamish and everything....Whew...funny stuff.
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You and your daughter are both knock-outs! I''ve so loved reading your stories. It sounds like you have an amazing relationship with your daughter.
 
Freke: Dynasty!! lmao...I was probably going for the Charlene or some other Carrington look!!
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bee: Thanks for your flattery. I''ll take it!!
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We really do have an unusual relationship I think. We can fight tooth and nail like any other parental authenic relationship, but I think because of us going through life alone together, and an unusual one at that, it did create an unsual bond between us. It''s crazy because the relationship between me and my Mom is the opposite of me and my daughter.

Me and my Mom are like oil and water, but I still love her to bits. I will post of pic of all three of us from one of my daughters recent bridal showers...the family one.

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miraclesrule, you really *DO* look more like a sister than a mother to your beautiful girl. And I think you look more gorgeous now than back in the 80''s (although the hair probably has something to do with it
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). Seriously, though, you are radiant, as is your daughter. I can''t WAIT to see pics from her wedding of the two of you!
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Your daughter looks kind of like Eva Mendes, with that gorgeous complexion and high cheekbones. I''m loving all the photos you are posting! Hilarious!
 
Now that you point that out, she sort of does resemble Eva Mendes at times. I can''t remember the name of the model that she used to be compared to when she was younger, but she used to model for some line in Macy''s. The one whose sister died from an inhaler. Anyway, some pictures did look a lot like that model.

I love your signature line. I used to have that on my top MySpace quote. I don''t even remember what I have on there now.

I was thinking about my Dad today and how much his influence has shaped who I am.
I learned a lot about life from my Dad, not so much about how to be responsible but how to judge each person on their own character and not based on a projection of racism, sexism, or conventional ideologies.

Some of my fondest holiday memories were with my Dad and his partner Bill. They used to make such a big deal out of holidays. When we were young, my Dad had a way of really making us believe that Santa had been to the house. He would decorate so creatively. He make a foam like substance from baby detergent, Ivory Snow, and mix it with water and whip it into a stiff texture that was a lot like meringue. He would use this to resemble snow and decorate tables with figurines with garnish and lights. He would make it appear that Santa had been there and build a great deal of excitement around it. Sometimes we would get an entire suitcase that would be filled with amazing treasures that my Mother could never compete with...such as white go-go boots and cool clothes and jewelry. With my Mom, we would get long sleeve long john thermal underwear because we only had a wall heater that they couldn''t afford to use often.

My Dad was also very creative and would make the most amazingly colorful and chandelier looking tumbleweeds that he would form with wire, add ornaments and lights and long clear spirals. Man, those things were beautiful. We used to have fun hunting down perfect ones in Santee rolling along Mission Gorge Road.

He and his partner would make the best dinners. My Dad could cook, but my mother never could. His partner was the one who had a respectable job and made a lot more money than my father. They had a very nicely decorated home that we didn''t have at my Mom''s house. Both of my Dad''s long-term partners were African American and yet they were professionals that held positions such as a President of Banking at a large banking corporation. I never thought about the racial implications or their relationship as anything scandalous. I knew that it was, but these were the people in my life who loved me and were smart, bright, funny and fun people. They were my family.

I learned to love George Benson, Boz Scaggs, Natalie Cole, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Carly Simon. Almost every birthday was an album of some sort. I was a huge Barbra Streisand fan as well. My dad loved Judy Garland.

At my Mom''s house we would have to listen to Conway Twitty, George Jones and all sorts of twangy country. I hated everyting except Barbara Mandrell and Dolly Parton. However, after Garth Brooks and the Judds, I got sucked into country and still enjoy a lot of it.

But I love hip hop and just resonate with a soul groove in my music. I have a wide range of musical tastes as result of the massive exposure of music with my father. If it makes my heart break or my arse shake...then I love it.

I don''t know why I am writing all this except that this thread was making me think of my Dad and how I wish that he would be able to have enjoyed watching my daughter get married at his favorite venue in San Diego.
 
Wow, Miracles, this was incredible. You''ve lived such an interesting life, and you''ve got such a strong personality. It comes right through the computer, and it''s just wonderful. I''ve loved reading your posts for a while now, but this thread is just fascinating.
 
Do you mean model Niki Taylor? Her younger sister Krissie died a few years ago, and your daughter does look like Niki.
 
That''s it !! Good job Lorelei, Nikki Taylor. My daughter used to look just like her when she was younger. In some photos it was eerie how much she looked like her. I always tried to get my daughter to model when she was younger because the camera just loves her. But she would never indulge me and thought it was ridiculous. I kept telling her we could be RICH!!
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Now of course, she loves to model, but she''ll be 29 in a few months...and with any luck at all, very pregnant by next year.
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She sort of missed the boat on that one.
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Thank you princesss: It has been interesting. It is even more interesting watching the politics taking place right now. The Obama Factor is captivating to me. Sometimes I feel like I am being thrown right back into the late 60''s and 70''s when I hear some people talk about him and read some of the things I read. I really do feel that we haven''t come that far in closing the racial divide. I don''t think that the hip hop culture helped as much as it may have hurt in some ways, but that is because it is hard to walk in another shoes, especially if one is scared to death to even imagine it. I think that as a culture we lack empathy and compassion. We don''t want to delve deeper into issues that we are not comfortable with so that we can keep our reality in tact.

Short story about a man I did love, do love, but could never live with. He is a very fundamentalist Christian, which in itself doesn''t bother me at all. Nor the fact that he was a John Bircher, which I knew little about. But over our time together, I discovered that he displayed disturbing racist and sexist attitudes. For instance, I love achievers. I love the underdog when, against all odds, they prevail. I love people who take a risk and WIN. I don''t llike or respect cheaters.

One day we were watching baseball, because I am a sports fan and so was he, and I was really rooting for Sammy Sosa and he was really rooting for Mark McGuire in the home run race. I didn''t care for Mark McGuire because I was convinced, and still am, that he was using steroids. When I was rooting for Sosa and my BF for McGuire, I asked him why he wanted McGuire to win so bad and he said "Because I want a white guy to win"
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I was shocked. I didn''t care that his brother was sitting on the couch, but I got up off the couch turned to face them and told him "That was the most racist thing I had ever heard!!" He tried to rephrase and tell me that McGuire was from Modesto and so was he and he watched him in the minor leagues, blah, blah, blah. I told him "that is not what you said". We made up, but we were on shaky ground and I took a trip to Vienna to visit my friend. When I got back we went to the Buick Invitational because I had special VIP passes and was hoping to see Tiger Woods make an eagle shot in person. We had a great time, (I got to see two eagle shots that day..up close...awesome) but on the last hole when we were in the VIP tent it became obvious that he did not want Tiger Woods to win. When Tiger did win, I was so excited and my boyfriend was pissed. I started to realize that it was because Tiger was black. I didn''t see a black/japan man when I saw Tiger Woods. I saw an amazing athlete who was likely going to break the record of Jack Nicklaus. I wanted to be part of that history. He is a phenomenal golfer. A lot of people don''t know what sacrifices he made just to perfect his swing...anyway, I digress....

On the way home, we got into a discussion about the Jerry Falwell/Tinky Winky scandal. I couldn''t believe the conversation we were having. I told him that it was a cartoon with characters who didn''t speak...if anyone thought one of the tellie tubbies was gay, then it said more about the person projecting the opinion than anything from the cartoon itself. Then he went on an evangelical rant, quoting bible scriptures that condemned homosexuality...and I kept thnking, "Does he remember that he has been dating a girl for over a year who is caring for her homosexual father?" Granted, he never met my Dad, but still.

The crux of the story....
One day, shortly after I had begun dating him, I noticed his drivers license and saw his middle name. His initials were KKK. I said, "Eww, your intials are KKK????" And he quickly grabbed his drivers license from the counter is was laying on and said "That''s why I don''t like people to know my full name". So I thought he was embarassed about it and never gave it another thought. After we broke up, and we do still talk to this day, but after we broke up, I discovered that both his brothers were also named so that their initials were KKK. That isn''t an accident. That is by design. That is disgusting. But it made me feel sorry for him in some respects. To have grown up in a home where the people who are molding your beliefs exhibit such extreme divisive and ignorant attitudes to an entire class of people...well, it just sickened and saddened me.

While I emphathize with people who grow up in these types of environments, and he loved his father dearly, I can''t condone not forming one''s own opinion as an adult. The maintaining of old, worn, outdated and fearful beliefs stifles our creativity to evolve as humans so that we may create a better, more peaceful world for our children and our children''s children.

Whether the topic is abortion, homosexuality, racism, religion, sexism....gosh, I have some strong opinions about them.

Okay, who the h**l got me on that rant
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You have a myspace?

Me too.
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It''s interesting to hear about your opinions. My brothers wanted to name me: K (last name) K (last name) K (last name) but my parents refused BECAUSE my initials would be KKK, but my brothers thought it would be hilarious to have my name consist of 3x one name. Can you imagine the cr4p I would have gotten? Not to mention how confused my poor doctor would be-who already calls me by my last name?

I confess, I do want to know more...
 
Miracles, that is a vile thing to do to a kid. I cannot imagine the mind set that views the world that way. Sadly there are people out there now still feeling it. I think it is terrible. There are many people filled with hate and mostly it is based on ignorance and someone filling their head with garbage when they are too young to deal.

I think your daughter totally resembles Niki Taylor, a darker hair version of her. She is lovely, as are you.
 
Date: 7/8/2008 1:17:36 AM
Author: FrekeChild
You have a myspace?

Me too.
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It''s interesting to hear about your opinions. My brothers wanted to name me: K (last name) K (last name) K (last name) but my parents refused BECAUSE my initials would be KKK, but my brothers thought it would be hilarious to have my name consist of 3x one name. Can you imagine the cr4p I would have gotten? Not to mention how confused my poor doctor would be-who already calls me by my last name?

I confess, I do want to know more...
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Hey, we could be MySpace friends and then we could email and curse all we want.
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Date: 7/8/2008 1:50:50 AM
Author: diamondfan
Miracles, that is a vile thing to do to a kid. I cannot imagine the mind set that views the world that way. Sadly there are people out there now still feeling it. I think it is terrible. There are many people filled with hate and mostly it is based on ignorance and someone filling their head with garbage when they are too young to deal.

I think your daughter totally resembles Niki Taylor, a darker hair version of her. She is lovely, as are you.
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I ageee DF. It was really hard for me to realize that we could never be together in the long run because although we shared many same values and can talk and talk for hours, his staunch stand on his fundamental beliefs, however derived, would always be a souce of contention. I do feel very sorry for kids in this type of upbringing, as much as the kids recruite by AlQueida in a sort of brainwash of their beliefs. We are at the core, humans who share the same human qualities, innocent ones at that, until we are corrupted by our environment the society in which we live.

Maybe I will get up the nerve to relive the most recent wound that I left a scar on my heart with my last love. I still can''t let go of it, and perhaps I can get some support so that I can snap out of it. Almost everything reminds me of him and I day doesn''t go by that I don''t think about him, but I think that my fantasy of him is what I mourn and not the reality. But I thought he was the one and believed that we were the real thing. But that came down in a blaze of horror.
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Date: 7/8/2008 2:53:43 AM
Author: miraclesrule
Date: 7/8/2008 1:17:36 AM
Author: FrekeChild
You have a myspace?

Me too.
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It''s interesting to hear about your opinions. My brothers wanted to name me: K (last name) K (last name) K (last name) but my parents refused BECAUSE my initials would be KKK, but my brothers thought it would be hilarious to have my name consist of 3x one name. Can you imagine the cr4p I would have gotten? Not to mention how confused my poor doctor would be-who already calls me by my last name?

I confess, I do want to know more...
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Hey, we could be MySpace friends and then we could email and curse all we want.
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Hey, don''t tempt me to hunt you down on there. I take pleasure in my above average ability to find information and people on the internet. Not to mention shoes....

It''s one of my finer qualities...

:::snort:::

But cursing with you does sound like fun! I bet I could learn some new words!!!
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More pics!!!

What are you up to? I bet you''re up to no good....
 
I have a picture of a cake I baked for my boss back in 1984 or so. I was working for Ralston Purina in their self-insured claims department and discoverd it was my bosses 5 year anniversary with the company, so I decided to make him a cake that was very Ralston Purina, with the logo and all. I must say that I was very proud. He ended up my mentor and I owe my career to his recognizing my brilliance.
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I also danced for a few years in tribal fusion style belly dancing, which is nothing like is sounds. It is very goth, earthy, and I love the costuming for my specific troupe. I had to stop because I got periformis symdrome and it was p.a.i.n.f.ul. Nothing like a 12 foot needle going into the hipbone to make you reconsider your hobby. Here is one of me after I got some henna design on my belly....I thought it look more like stretch marks...
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Oh wow! I think the henna looks awesome!!! And the cake too!

More more more!!!!
 
Interesting Facts about me:

1. I got voted Biggest Mouth in HS. Not most likely to succeed or prettiest eyes, but biggest mouth. That''s right, if I wanted to get someone''s attention on the other side of the courtyard, all I had to do was yell.

2. I have Frey''s syndrome. A complication of the surgery to remove the tumor in my left parotid gland. Because they hasdto severe the nerve to my gland, whenever I masticate ( I love that word), it send a signal to your brian to start salivating because you are eating, but instead of signal going to my gland so I salivate on the inside of my mouth on the left, tt starts at the backside of my upper ear. My daughter is alwasy embarrassed at a restaurant when I grab a napkin and wipe behind my left ear. :::;shrugs:::The doctor said it could have been worse, it could just start beading up on my cheek and ruin my makeup. I keep hoping one day it will get bad enough that they could cut open the other side of my face to take part of the right gland and put it on the left and get a quasi-facelift and have it be paid by insurance
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3. I can shoot a gun with the accuracy of lil Annie Oakley. Skeet or otherwise, I coud have been a sharpshooter. But I could never shoot something to kill...unless I had no alternative.

4. I can make bullets. From melting of the metal, molding them, to crimping them together. I learned it from my step dad.

5. I can win a boatload of money from drunk egotistical men who dare to shoot pool with me, play ping-pong or throw darts. They are toast.

6. I only drink one alcoholic beverge in addition to wine. A high maintenence. I named it because it is so freakin'' hard to order. I think my daughter even put it on the menu for her wedding.

7. I drive too fast.

9. I have a photographic memory.

I sound so boring compared to most of you. I am in a bored mood tonight. I can''t think of anything to pack for Vegas this weekend. I really don''t have anything cute and I need shoes.
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And my 30-yer reunion is in August....UGH!! I wonder what everyone is going to look like.
 
I just read your story last night. By far one of the most interesting life stories I''ve read/watched. My goodness you have a gorgeous henna and waist!!! I would kill to have a body like yours!
So, I want to hear More, more, more!!! What happened with your daughter''s father after you married him?
 
Thanks choro. It has been a challenging life, but given some of the more tragic filled lives that some humans have experienced, mine was definately preferable. I will be sure to let you know what happened with her Daddy, but tonight I have to pack for Vegas and I am stressed again about the dress. I''m bordering on physical and mental exhaustion. I can''t wait for this wedding to be over. I want to be able to relax and know that the dress will be fine come wedding day. ::::sigh:::::

The fittings have taken up so much unexpected time that I haven''t been able to buy anything to wear to the bachorette party, so I guess I will just wing and start tossing things in a suitcase and hide at picture time.
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How was Vegas?
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Drama! Seriously, too many girls. I think we had 15 of them. But for the most part it was crazy fun. I was the oldest of course, so I ditched out of Tao on the night we flew in. I was there for about two hours after we went to dinner, but I just wanted to go take a nice long bath in the suite at the Palazzo. Niiiicccce hotel.

But I have to say that I had to pull a drama moment out myself. I really do abhor the way large clubs are operated now. I used to love going dancing and partying it up, but it''s all so status-y now. When I went to leave the club, I saw a door that side EXIT over it. There was a doorman and a staircase full of people waiting for him to let them in, and I got in line to get out.
After a gazillion people were let in, he opened the rope for us to exit, so I follow the guy in front of me as I walk up 5 sets of stairs, past an entire five flight of people lining the walls waiting to go down. To my surprise, I was on the roof. Gorgeous view of the stirp and amazing private canopies and pool, but ummmm, that isn''t where I was heading. I wanted to EXIT like the sign said. So I grab a bouncer and complain "Hey, look, I need to get back to my hotel and I just stood in line that said EXIT, just so I could walk five flights to a roof!!! How the hell do I get out of this place?" So he points to the corner and tells me I have to go over there. Well "over there" is another line behind ropes. So it dawns on me that I inadvertently got into the line that takes you to the roof and then you have to wait another 30-45 minutes to get back down into the club section I came from. So, it''s pretty hot up there and I start panicing and sweating and then I did the unthinkable....

I totally channeled my Dad and decided I was going to turn on the actress in me. There was no way I was waiting in that line and my feet were killing me and I was pissed
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I am so not proud of this moment, but I walked through about ten people straight up to the line guard and told him" Look, I just walked 5 flights of stairs because the door said I was exiting and now I''m on a roof in another line. You need to understand that if I don''t get back to my hotel within the next 20 minutes, you are doing to witness me go into a diabetic coma"
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I felt a little bad, because I am normally scrupulously honest, but I must have been a little delerious. I starting looking really scared and almost crying. Within about 2 minutes, he motioned me over and let me through the ropes to another security bouncer who escorted me past all the other suckers waiting on five flights of stairs and kept asking me if I was okay and telling me everything was going to be okay, don''t worry, we''ll take care of you and get you out of here. By this time I had tears rolling down my face...partially because I felt so horrible lying, but then I got out of the dang club and walked back to my hotel with a smile on my face.
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My daughter told me it took her and her friends 45 minutes to get out of the club. Suckers
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I will do a few Hail Mary''s for pennence tonight.
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HAHAHAHA!!!I''m just glad you got out of there ok. I probably would have had the same reaction.

So what kind of shopping did you do? Get any new shoes?
 
Yes Ma''am I did. And I wore them on Saturday night and they were a steal!!! I took pictures of them for you, but I didn''t have a PediEgg and my heel looks a little rough, but I think would be proud. I wish they would have had them in gold, but the silver ones were what I needed for my outfit. I think I was the only one who wasn''t in a black mini dress. It seems like every girl in Vegas was wearing the same short dress that you can''t bend over in unless you want to show everyone your "cookie" as our strip class instructor referred to our precious parts. I also bouht some great earrings that I wore that night and will probably wear to the wedding. I got them at half price.

All of us have big gigantic bruises on our legs from trying to do the "Fireman" on the pole. It was so funny. We took the class with three other bachlorette parties and we were not the shy group. We all had red t-shirts that said "NOT IT" on them, and my daugher''s said "IT". They were personalized with her name and date on the bottom of them. When it came time to try out the pole moves, you could see the other groups all shy away from the poles, except our group where we were all pushing each other out of the way saying "My turn!!" It was hysterical. We have a very risque group photo that will not be posted anywhere. It''s our little secret.
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My daughter also was the only bachlorette that was wearing a black veil instead of a white one. Her''s was awesome with crystals on it. I loved it. I feel like I gained five pounds though. I also bought a cluth purse that I probably won''t use much, but I was desparate to get something to use that night.

All in all, I had a great time, even though my daughter has some seriously twisted and wild friends.
 
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