Vee, I just love your posts!!!! I'm sure you'll rot in HELL, the capital letter one, not the small letter one, for being such a prideful Lutheran. At least that's what Garrison Keillor leads me to believe, and he's all I really know of Lutherans. I was in school just a bit later than you, being born in 1942, but I well remember the only snowsuits I ever owned. They were made by my Gram from men's overcoats she bought second hand at rummage sales. I also had skirts made from flowered grain sacks. Wish I had them back. We didn't have many new things but what we had were of good, sturdy quality so Gram always bought me Kate Greenaway dresses. I still have at least one of them. I was never fashion conscious and had no idea of colours that went together and whatever. I'm so glad it doesn't matter much anymore and I can wear my plaids and stripes together and be right in style. I just don't want any of those Janet Jackson, easy tear shirts. LOL Ruth At 12:44 AM -0500 2/4/04, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, > >Even as a little kid, I was always fashion conscious. I remember when I >was either 5 or 6 years old Mother bought me a gen-u-wine Shirley Temple >dress for my Easter outfit! I can still see it. It was a pretty >peachy-orange with lots of white piping on it. To complete my Easter >ensemble, Mother bought me high-topped white shoes. No doubt but what she >also bought me an Easter hat but with that dress and those shoes, I was in >fashion heaven! And to think that I went to Lutheran Sunday School that >Easter morning being so prideful! -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT