Yesterday, I told you that I am southern royalty. I mean when I told Kate she was pretty impressed. :)
So ten years ago, I was "presented to society" and had my debut as a woman.
I need to use the term woman extremely loosely.
I was a freshman at the University of South Carolina, I thought that Smirnoff Ice was from Heaven, I was burning CD's and labeling them "SweetBef's Mix #4", I wore frayed top jeans a la Mariah Carey from her Heartbreaker video, I went to "da club." I couldn't drink legally. I could only vote, buy porn, and cigs. I also had my tongue pierced.
Mandy was a debutante the same year I was...that is when our friendship grew.
Before we were only aquaintances and AIM friends. Remember the days of AIM? I'm pretty positive Mandy thought that I was the weird girl that only spoke via internet chat.
Basically, you ask two boys to be your escorts. You wear a white ball gown (aka a wedding dress) and full length white gloves.
Your dad helps present you. You kiss your mother on the cheek and give her flowers. You do some walking around as an emcee announces you. You dance with your #1 escort and then your dad. Then it's a full on dance party.
Legit...that's it. Every year they present new girls and it's just an excuse for other people to get dressed up and party.
Maybe I'll have some fun stories for you this year.
Last year this happened.
8 comments:
Hahahaha! "Da club." Um, everything was "da" in college, JT was (and still is) da ideal man and Smirnoff isn't from heaven?!
oh em gee... the Heartbreak video.. i totally remember! and i totally wore my jeans the same way!! and bought anything and everything with a rainbow on it! lolololol
If you don't top last year, I will be thoroughly disappointed.
You make me laugh! Love it! Can't wait to see how this year goes! What did you do last year?!
you look like a picture pefect debutante. I have never been to a Cotillion because I grew up in a very rural area. In ky it was always for "the weathly" kiddos, but sounds like in South Carolina it is a parrrrrtay! that's my style :-) and what the heck happened to you last year? i am dying to know.
I still can't believe you are Southern royalty. I always wondered wtf went down at these things and now I'm glad I know. You were a stunning deb. Why does that picture look like it was from 1940s though???
And I used to be the queen of AIM as I'm sure you can imagine.
haha, for some reason I always had trouble burning mix CDs on my computer in college so friends would make them for me. had I made them myself, they would have been called "Tara's Mix #whatever" but because my [ghetto] friends and sister were making them for me they were in fact all labeled "Taraz Mix #whatever" and I definitely had nearly 20 of them by the time it was all said and done.
Blowing up you blog - I know! Anyhow, this is so freaking cool! Like, seriously. I'm so intrigued by this whole thing. I definitely knew people who did cotillion as a kid,, but none that ever continued this long. You really are a southern belle, even though your potty mouth speaks otherwise!! Hahaha!!!
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