party like it’s 1985

a while back my girlies and i talked about having a formal new years party like i had a few years back. the other girls have bridesmaids dresses they were planning to wear, but i don’t really have anything but prom dresses from high school… so i thought it’d be fun to look for a vintage dress (circa 1985) on e-bay.

i tossed a few dress ideas to the girls and we all decided to have an 80s new years party. so now everybody’s in on the fun.

My awesome e-bay finding for our 80s New Year

i won this totally awesome “calee pink” dress–no bows or sequins, but there are definitely ruffles.  here’s a pic for those of you too lazy to click.

i didn’t mention that i didn’t even win this dress on my own. the e-bay auction ended at 5:30 PM…and I left work to go home for Thanksgiving at 4 PM, so obviously, i had to enlist the help of one of my girlies.  muh friend kelly ended up placing the winning bid after watching the dress all day and refreshing the page endlessly… well, until 5:30.  then she called me right away to let me know i won. gee, what else are friends for? haha, i’ve already changed my password back, so no iPhones or HDTVs for kelly!

(i’ve spent the entire night doing laundry (11 flipping loads… 2 more left to go) and creating the perfect playlist for the evening… David Bowie, Bow Wow Wow, The GoGos, Michael Jackson, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Queen, Metallica, Motley Crue, Cinderella, The Bangles, B-52s, Sinead O’Conner, Prince, Oingo Boingo, Boston, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Foriegner, Journey, The Motels, The Waitresses, Huey Lewis and the News, Men at Work, Duran Duran, New Order, Depeche Mode, Men Without Hats, Rick Springfield, Milli Vanilli, Rick James, Robert Palmer, Roxette, Nena, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Roxette, Patrick Swayze, Wang Chung, The Vapors, The Clash, The Pretenders, Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston….. and of course… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0].

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