This is a picture of my favorite dress when I was on my mission.  What you can''t see is that it has a deep ruffle with jumbo black ric rac on it.  I know-sounds strange-but it was really cute.  

Before my mission my mother and I were shopping in an upscale department store.  I saw this Oscar de Laurenta dress and loved it.  So, I sketched it, went straight to the fabric store and made it for less than $10.  When I was in the Salt Lake Mission Home (where English speaking missionaries went before the MTC) the mission president's wife told me it was not an appropriate dress for a mission so I sent it home.  Then my mission president's wife told me it was perfect and so I had my mom send it back.  I wore it for special occasions.  

I have no idea who the other people in the picture are.  

Do you like my haircut?   Dorothy Hammill won a gold medal for skating in the Olympics and she had a similar haircut. It was a new style, called the wedge, and became all the rage.