Senior year is filled with all the things every other year of high school is filled with. The only difference is: it's the last time you will do any of these things. It's one of the things I overestimated about senior year. I didn't think I'd feel the impact of my last picture day, or my last Homecoming dance. Perhaps, though, I only felt the effect of these things considering that my senior picture was the only school picture ever taken that I believe looks decent, and that I missed the big senior picture at the end of my school's Homecoming dance because I was washing my feet in the girls' bathroom. Regardless, I felt something. A sense of routine has been slowly dwindling away. Even things like school lunch become poignant, because I know that Fried Chicken Thursday will soon become extinct in my everyday life. Not only am I surrounded in memories of what will soon come to be my past, but I am drowning in school work and continuing my meticulous preparation for the last of my last high school moments.
Most recently, I've been planning for the grand ol' promenade! That's right, senior prom! And of course, you'd think after mastering the skill of junior prom planning, a senior would be oh so stress free planning for their second prom! Wrong. In fact, it's actually a bit more stressful considering it's the last prom I will ever attend, so I have to make it count. Since my plans are finally coming to a close and now that prom is less than a week away, I think I'll share a few tips with the internet about any future prom planning:
1.) Ladies, your dress does not have to be a stereotypical prom dress!
- I know, it's shocking, but it's true. This year, I had this ideal vision of wearing a mermaid tail dress with way too many sequins or even better, feathers! Unfortunately, these dresses run way too small for me, and the ones that are a bit bigger are extremely difficult to get on. Let's just say, it took my mom ten minutes to finally help me escape from that feathery vortex, and I never want to go back. So, I moved onto dresses more my speed and in the end I was between a solid red dress and a black lace dress. With the help of my mother and the ladies at the prom shop, I decided to go with the black dress, for an old Hollywood feel. Despite the dress looking fabulous on me, I was so afraid the dress wasn't "prom-y" enough. In reality, you don't really need your dress to scream "I'M GOING TO PROM LOOKING LIKE CINDERELLA BEFORE SHE RAN AWAY AT MIDNIGHT!" Why? Because everyone is going to look like Cinderella, and Belle, and the Sleeping Beauty. The less "prom-y" your dress is, the more original you look. And the less risk you run of someone else having your dress!
2.) Don't feel obligated to eat before prom.
- One of the top conflicts prom starts is the conflict of where to eat before prom, and if a group even wants to go eat. Personally, I have this disease called "Everytime I eat food it goes everywhere but my mouth", so eating a full course meal in a fancy ball gown is no bueno for me. If you're anything like me, you can always reach a compromise with your friends and eat after, because really, Waffle House at 2:00 am is way funner than Olive Garden at 6:30 in the afternoon. Plus, there will be plenty to eat at prom, and prom food is usually more friendly to everyone's expensive outfits!
3.) You don't have to stress about not having a date.
- It's not the 1960's anymore, so singles are just as welcome to the grand ol' promenade as a couple is. Last year, one of my best friends went to prom by herself and she had a great time. She said she didn't feel the burden of having a date or having to awkwardly slow dance. One of my teachers told me recently that when he was in high school he went to both his junior and senior prom, once with a date and once without a date. Though he wasn't downing the magic of having a prom date, he said he had much more fun with just a group of friends because he felt less tied down. So if you're an independent soul and a free spirit, being dateless is for you! And if not, you can always snag another single that's there to dance the night away with!
4.) There is no such thing as too many pictures.
- Last year, I made the fatal mistake of not taking enough pictures. I felt awkward in my dress and got a bit intimidated by how gorgeous my friends looked. Looking back on the few pictures though, I realized I looked just as great as my friends and that I really should have posed more for the camera. This year, I plan to get to my date's house an hour before prom to take up exactly an hour to take hundreds of pictures to look back on. And don't forget the power of the selfie! I will be taking more selfies at prom than I will have taken all this year. You need pictures. Prom only happens twice, and for some people, only once. Document it. Don't you want some awesome pictures to show you grandkids?
5.) Prom Court does not determine your self-worth.
- Everyone secretly wants to be Prom Queen or Prom King. We all see it in the movies and how magical being named apart of a Prom Court is (well except in Carrie, but that's way different). In reality, though, it's not that important. You get a sash and get to dance with someone that 9 times out of a 10 isn't even your date, and then everyone forgets about it. It won't help you in a job interview or make a college more likely to accept you. It's just a crown of popularity, and at the end of the night, you won't remember who was the most popular...you will remember the people who make you laugh and feel loved. And those people are your friends. So be happy for Prom Court, but move on with the night with those great friends!
Here's hoping my senior prom turns out even better than my junior prom. And if you're reading this and have a prom coming up, I hope yours is a blast. Blogging off now. Bye!
Sincerely,
Panther Princess
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