I’m going through one of those purge exercises we all attempt from time to time and stumbled across the “memory chest”.  You see in 9th grade I made this oak chest that has been the storage place for everything; photos, Christmas cards, letters, playbills from shows I was in, newspaper clippings, you name it.

One treasure that I discovered was a book of captured memories from my senior year.  Now I know I had intentions of actually filling it out at the time, but I only got to page 6 of what was supposed to be a 54 page journal.  I’m sure my mother would be thrilled that this piece of valuable memorabilia was put to good use.

Well here is what was captured 14 years ago.

At the time my friends referred to me as C-Ball (I think this was invented by my friend Liz and an attempt to live up to the “West Side” moniker of attempting to be gangsters)

I rolled out of bed at 6:00 am (I’ll admit here that it was only because my dad came down and woke me at that hour) and classes began at 8:20 am. My sister was 9 at the time, my brother 14 and lets just say that my parents were 14 years younger than they are today.

My haircut consisted and I quote “use gel and comb forward and then back for the authentic ‘GQ’ look.” The shoes were Doc Martins and leather sandals (Birkenstock), Music styles I liked haven’t changed; Pop and Orchestra.  I wore clothes from Structure, GAP, A&F, Eddie Bauer, Old Navy and cite Dayton’s in St. Paul as my favorite department store.

My favorite music groups were Savage Garden, Celine Dion, Madonna and Janet Jackson.  All I have to say here is if this wasn’t a clue to my mother of things to come I don’t know what is.  My favorite T.V. show was “Touched By An Angel” (I watched this with my mom religiously). Favorite movie was Titanic and best liked celebrities were Kate Winslet, Celine Dion and Rosie O’Donnel (Yes that was really the list back then).

Here is what really blows my mind.  On page 4 was a rundown of prices I paid for things.  $2.99 for burger and fries, $5 for a movie ticket, $1.19 for a gallon of gas, $70 for a pair of jeans, $100 for shoes, $2 to rent a video, $12 for a large pizza, 89 cents for a soft drink, 68 cents for a candy bar, $30 for a concert ticket, $16 on a CD, $8 for a haircut and $20 for a night out.  I’ll admit, some of these have gone down, some up and many I found astounding that we got things at that price!

Well there is the trip down memory lane.  Hope you enjoyed!