{ party } like you're miss america
January 17, 2011
So my friends and I had our annual Miss America Party on Saturday.
There was big hair...
and big heels...
And big puffy sleeves...
And big plates of food...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7761469@N03/5364032557/" title="miss america party 2011 by pinkpicketfence, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5364032557_9556f3f81c.jpg" width="475" height="358" alt="miss america party 2011" /></a>
And lots of bling...
And a fitting queen. Miss Nebraska, you were our fave anyway. Good luck, you smart little cute young thing.
(I don't have a proper photo of me wearing my dress yet -- just a crappy camera phone shot that I took myself. I will say that if it is possible to rock a mauve polyester tie-strap evening gown that comes with its own ruffle bib, I mostly certainly came close. It was $4.99 of mauve-alicious glory. What it really needed was a short blond Carol Brady or Julie McCoy wig, but I didn't think about that until too late.)
It was still quite smashing.
xoxo
miss chris
was that a side pony tail along with the ginormous puff sleeve???? xo
Posted by: laeroport | January 17, 2011 at 02:46 PM
Why, yes. Yes, it was! Simulated banana clip, actually. :)
Posted by: chris carleton | January 17, 2011 at 02:55 PM
Brilliant!
Posted by: Charlotte | January 17, 2011 at 03:01 PM
I know it's out o f favor but I love that mauve color. What a fun party idea! Love the tiaras, ;)
Posted by: Jan | January 17, 2011 at 03:36 PM
ok... could have answered my texted question by checking in here. Looks like all is well. ;) Hugs...
p.s. I took the kids to Tangled today..and then hit a new favorite thrift store nearby. Kenzie walked through and says: "why, are they selling all this broken dirty stuff?" And, then while I'm driving home with a big box of fun vintage books, she says "these books smell like old people."
Ah, me thinks that the little princess spent too many years growing up in Overland Park without thrifty spots nearby ...she hasn't yet learned to savor the appreciation for such goodies?!!
Posted by: stacy | January 17, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Oh goodness, I had forgotten about banana clips. These photos are fun every year.
Posted by: amy h | January 17, 2011 at 04:38 PM
this is the best! love it!
Posted by: sarah | January 17, 2011 at 05:58 PM
This sounds like so much fun!
Posted by: jane | January 17, 2011 at 06:37 PM
I still haven't done this but next year... look out! Instead, my sis and I were texting back and forth - hilarious! My fave was the en pointe ballet to Michael Jackson... heehee!
Posted by: Rhonda | January 18, 2011 at 09:43 PM