We Moved To Texas, Ya'll!

In the summer of 1986, my dad got a two year job transfer to Plano, Texas. It was a strange age to move because I had just graduated from 6th grade, Becky had just finished 4th. When we moved to Texas, we bought a new house that wasn't completely finished yet. So, in the mean time we lived in a Residence Inn. My dad's company gave us a food and clothing allowance and for the first time we got to do guilt-free back to school shopping. It was very important that we looked our best on our first day at our new schools.

This is where the details become a little foggy. Apparently, my mom still had a say in what clothes my 4th grade sister wore. Because, you see ya'll, my mom dressed my sister like a cowgirl on the first day of 5th grade. Becky wore a denim skirt and a red bandanna-print top. Thankfully, she did not have cowgirls boots on, but she looked like a straight up cowgirl. We believe, several years later, that my mom must have thought that this is how Texas girls dressed. This proved to be a huge mistake! The Texas girls dressed just like the California girls.

Once Becky realized she might as well have been dressed for Halloween, she began crying uncontrollably. She cried so hard the teacher sent her to the office. She cried so hard that she threw up. She cried so hard that my mom came to school and picked her up.

My mom has no recollection of this outfit. To this day, she denies it ever happened. But, my sister and I remember. I think there is a picture out there somewhere to prove it.