& why be afraid to make an honest mistake? ♫♥

Together by Demi Lovato ft. Jason Derulo, heard it for the first time yesterday and the fiftieth time today. :D

Last Friday, I was lucky enough to attend my best friend's graduation and formal (or prom, as he calls it). It was actually a new experience for me, because even though I graduated high school last year, I never went to any of my school formals. They were always organised by students without any school involvement (for insurance reasons, I think), and for that and other reasons, weren't exactly the kind of setting I would feel comfortable in. His formal, however, was so, so nice. He went to a private Christian school, so already the standards were already similar to mine and there was just a really nice atmosphere.

The formal was at a function centre and his group of friends travelled there in a Hummer limo, which was a first for me. At the venue, there were round tables for ten set up, and we had a sit down dinner with speeches and awards between courses. Then there was, of course, dancing and photo-taking and talking and laughing and all that jazz. Thankfully, I wasn't the only person at our table who wasn't from his school, so in all the class photos and teary goodbyes at the end, I had people to hang out with instead of standing there awkwardly by myself. Everyone was so lovely and it was nice to be able to get to know his friends a bit better. Despite random people coming up to me claiming positions at a wedding I was unaware I was having, I had a simply delightful time. :) It was so funny though, on the way back from the formal (a friend's mum was driving us), my best friend fell asleep and starting snoring. We were all trying so hard not to laugh loud enough to wake him up. He did eventually, and was grumpy for a bit then promptly fell back to sleep. :)

Since it wasn't my formal, I wasn't planning to spend much money or time on it. Luckily, it wasn't an issue finding something affordable and modest to wear, because I already had this purple dress that I'd purchased at an op shop a year or so ago, for a church ball. I just borrowed a black bolero from my brother's girlfriend, gave myself a French manicure (with $4 white nail polish), straightened my hair (it's usually really curly, so I thought something different might be nice), did my make up in record time of about 5 minutes and voila, I was at least passable.

Dress: Paco PM - thrifted ($15)

Bolero - Ice (borrowed)

Shoes - thrifted ($5)

Nawww, he got me a corsage and his mom took sneaky photos while he put it on. Also, you can't really tell in these photos, but when he bought his new suit (he needed it for Church anyway), he also bought a purple tie, hoping it would be the same shade as my dress... It was and we matched perfectly. :)

I haven't said much about his actual valedictory ceremony at school, but let me tell you, just to get there by 9 am, I had to be up by 4.30, and on the bus by 6.15 am with all my formal things in a big backpack. I ended up getting a bit lost anyway, and his Dad had to come pick me up. Haha all that matters is that I was there for his graduation, no matter how tired I was that night (I ended up getting home about 1 am).

Anyways, I'm rambling now and I think I'm just procrastinating all the things I should be doing today.

Also, I've decided to read the Bible. I've studied both the Old and New Testament at seminary, but never read it the whole way through by myself. My plan is to read a couple of verses everyday from the Book of Mormon, and then a chapter or so from the Bible. Wish me luck! :)

♥ Sariah