Yesterday I was waiting to have some material cut for me at Joann’s Fabrics when I spotted a box of discount remnant fabrics. Since they are usually discounted pretty significantly I thought I’d take a peek. Right on top was a bright red material covered in red sequins. It took everything in me not to buy the quarter yard of red sequin material for nostalgia’s sake. You see, back in the day, I used to love to wear red sequins.

Little known fact to most of my blog readership (hee hee- I have a “readership”. That sounds so important.) Is that I used to put on the sequins and go sing and dance for people a few times a month. I know you’re thinking, oh my gosh! She’s an ex-stripper! Sorry, nothing that exciting.

I was in my high school show choir, Pizzazz. We were one of the good show choirs, not the lame ones that just sing off key and hardly move. We danced and we sang well enough to take first place and overall best in show in every competition we entered while I was a member. We did shows for school stuff, of course, but we also did company parties and concerts. We helped open a K-Mart once ( I know, I know, biiig time stuff, eh?) We did a television show for public broadcasting too. During the holiday season I was in a different hotel conference center every night singing for company Christmas parties. Valentine’s we did singing telegrams. One Easter we sang on a cruise ship in the Bahamas.

As completely hokey as all of this sounds, I really loved every minute of it. Here’s a publicity shot from my junior year.

I couldn’t find the shot I wanted to share. It’s not like I leave this stuff out or anything. I really only think about it when I stumble across red sequins at the fabric store. Since having children, I sometimes feel like I have a past life, because the past is so far removed.