I’ve been browsing around looking for some special occassion dresses and I stumbled upon some sites with beautiful prom dresses. This brought be back a decade and some years back to my first ever prom. It’s not a memory I like thinking about and rehashing constantly.

I was a bit of a tomboy back then and didn’t really give a hoot about prom dresses, and how I look. I wasn’t very keen on attending but since all of my friends were going I had to go too. I left everything to decide on my mom. I just let her decide what dress I would wear, my evening shoes, accessories and even where I’d go for my makeup.

A day before the prom my friends were showing me their prom dresses and everyone seems so excited so I remembered to check with my mom about what I’ll be wearing. Guess what she got? A mint green cocktail dress. That was fine. But when I took out the dress out of the box, the style just made me want to go green myself. It was off-shoulder, with bodice ending in a v-cut with a really short skirt. And the dresses’ highlight, it had a big ribbon on the left side of the bodice. My brother remarked I looked exactly like a hastily wrapped gift.

I didn’t have choice but to wear it. No time to look for another one and besides I didn’t want to offend my mom, she looked so pleased with the dress. Good thing the prom ballroom was a bit dark, after the short program I literally fled out. I had a horrible feeling everyone was laughing at me.

From that time I decided to take charge of my wardrobe and be mindful of how I look. I promised myself I would never be caught looking like a “gift” again. Looking back I don’t really regret it. It turned me into an avid fashionista so if I could go to a prom again, I’ll probably be in this..

or this..

So how about you? Was your prom memories part of your fond ones or was it something like mine?