the floral print dress

I am 22 years old in this picture.  I am standing with my mother in the living room of the parsonage on Alabama Avenue.  I absolutely loved wearing that dress with all the large flowers printed on it.  It had a zipper front and a nice wide collar with a tie belt at the waist.  I shortened it a bit, of course.  It was such an easy dress to wear.  Now, let's talk about what's on my head.  Yep, it's a wig.  My own hair was long at the time and this wig gave me an opportunity to change things up a bit.  I was working at the Dayton's downtown department store (LOVED THAT PLACE!!) and I had my store discount card at the ready.  I was always scouring the racks on the fourth floor young miss department and I was able to score the dress ON SALE plus 10% off as a store employee.  I made $1.65 an hour at the time (that was after two previous 5 cent raises)  and I looked for good bargains during my lunch break.  My job was working in the ladies neckwear department selling scarves.  I worked on the first floor and that was an exciting place to be.  The wig department was close by and it was fun to try on wigs during my break.  You know what else was on the first floor?  Handbags and jewelry.  woohoo!  I was able to find some very nice things in those departments, too.  Anyway, this is me and my lovely mother when I was 22.  fun note: I am just standing with my sister's bike near the Silver Comet Trail. She rode, I walked.  Nice pic, though.