This page is a collection of the early pictures of me, not baby pictures, but rather when I sort of figured out what fashion, makeup and wardrobe were all about!, and before I met my spouse Sharon, and REALLY figured out all of the above!.

My Mom asked me, "what do you want for your sweet 16?", and I told her that I would love to look my best for my party, so we went dress shopping and she bought me this dress, I still love it today. This was the afternoon before my party and I was ready to go by 4pm and I had a great time and it was a fabulous birthday.

My sister and I both had the same blouse, mine blue, hers grey and this is a picture of me wearing her blouse one day, I wore it to work, and got lots of compliments!.

One of my Aunt's re-married and back in 1987, my mother got me this dress for going to the wedding, then when we vacationed in Mexico, and it would be the first of two dresses that came from Mexico that I used for formal occasions. The dress cost $20 Canadian, and could have easily sold for $200 up here, I wore the dress with 4" white strapped heels and it looked incredible, I loved it, and still have it in my closet.

For my first job interview, I once again relyied on my mother, and this was the dress she leant me, she told me I look sophisticated and professional, and in the end I got the job!.

An old boyfriend snapped this picture of me when I came home from work one day, and if you compare the picture to one that is 12 years later, it certainly is a "baby" picture, and quite a nice pose I might say.

My mother took this picture I think in 1983 or 1984 was waiting for a date to arrive, it was a very special day, and a great time. I loved this skirt, but as I grew older, I grew out of the skirt.

Some "self-portrait" work with a brand new camera back in 1988, I thought I would see if the self-timer would work, and it did!, a nice picture and pose in something other than a formal or bridesmaid's dress!.

Going to the Drive-In, this was the first date I ever accepted with a female, it was a close friend named Cheryle, this was a week after our first encounter, she wanted a picture of me before we left, it was quite the steamy night at the Drive-In as I recall! .

This was taken after I got home from the office for the first time, I got a job as a receptionist for an Engineering firm in town, I got tons of compliments my first day and was very well received. I really enjoyed my first job and all of the pretty clothes I got to wear, and all of the fashion tips I got from other girls in the office.

When I started work, I was not prepared for clothes for the office, and thanks to my mom, she lent me a few dresses, skirts and blouses and this dress is one of them, a great dress to wear, comfortable and stylish, and hey, it fits my body style perfectly.

A really pretty summer dress, one that my Mom bought for me for my 17th birthday, it was really nice to wear, and I loved how it looked, I wore it to a few parties and on a few dates, I enjoyed it so much, but as I grew older, I also grew out of the dress, and that was a shame as it was so pretty.

A picture taken just before my graduation cerimoney the dress was not that special but the evening I had was, a last for one type of realtionship, and only a few weeks later, I discovered a whole new lifestyle, one that I knew I wanted all my life and never realized it!.

This was a dress I later came to inherit, was at the time a friend of mine's sister dress and it still is a dream to wear, and I enjoy wearing it, even today, and I still do not have a formal dress that I like wearing more than this one.

These are pictures of me one Friday night as Sharon (only my girlfriend at the time), and I were getting ready to out with friends on a Friday night, Sharon always liked me dressed "nice", so thus the skirt and nice makeup, to this day, she still likes me dressed "nice".

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