Liz from a belle, a bean and a chicago dog came up with a great link-up after she showed us this picture that started the whole #SeniorHottie day.Of course, I had to participate. I love embarrassing myself to the point of no return on my blog.In 1990, just before entering high school, this was my hair. I believe several cans of Rave hair spray, a curling iron, a few bottles of sun-in and a blow dryer were involved in creating this masterpiece. Between my sister and I, my parents had to replace the bathroom wallpaper due to all the hairspray on the walls.
When I started my freshman year of high school, I figured it was time to change my look.
Ok, not really. Still rocked the bangs but I did ditch the braces.Don’t ask me how this senior picture didn’t get me on some sort of Disney-stalker watch list.
The obligatory stare off in another direction senior picture.
My senior prom dress that I’m pretty sure my mom made into curtains the moment I left for college. (Note: you’ll have to click to enlarge to get the full effect. One word: paisley.)
By the time my graduation rolled around in June of 1995, I had somewhat of a normal haircut. No wallpaper was harmed in the making of this hairdo.
Thanks to Liz for a really fun link-up. Now go check out all theother #SeniorHottie’s!
May 24, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Tennis players rule. Mostly because I am one.
Thanks for sharing those photos. I am not sure I would be brave enough to post old school pics of me on my blog, so kudos to you. 
May 25, 2011 at 6:58 am
I only was brave because of the linkup! Trust me.
Twitter: sellabitmum
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May 25, 2011 at 12:38 am
Oh my – not quite sure what to say, but you REALLY liked Mickey Mouse.LOL
May 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm
I know. I really don’t know what I was thinking!
May 25, 2011 at 1:18 am
Oh my gosh!! I totally had those straight up in the air bangs in Jr high. I like the Disney picture, it’s cute.
May 25, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Straight up bangs were the “in” thing I guess!
Twitter: Mytimeasmom
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May 25, 2011 at 2:53 am
What was with the Mickey pictures?And I’ll repeat my text message comment from earlier when I first saw these…Oh my GAWD and WOW!
May 25, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Just for making fun, when we meet I’m sooooo making you do a Mickey portrait with me. Just kidding. I have no idea what I was thinking. I guess I really liked him at the time?
Twitter: thekircorner
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May 25, 2011 at 7:05 am
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You were adorable!!!!!!! Such great pictures. Love your senior memories!!!!!
May 25, 2011 at 12:07 pm
That is so sweet to say after seeing that big hair!
May 25, 2011 at 7:16 am
Not only could we be Senior Hottie twins with our tennis rackets, but we probably played tennis against each other in high school!
May 25, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Now I need to know where you played tennis because your sweatshirt in your pic did look familiar!
May 25, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Anchor Bay
May 25, 2011 at 7:27 am
Oh these are great, my 1990/beginning of high school shot looks exactly the same. Oh the v-neck cardigan and necklace dangling from a turtleneck, how could that have ever went out of style. And LOVE the Disney themes shot.
May 25, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I so remember the necklace dangling from turtleneck. Was my favorite look!
Twitter: AlisonSWLee
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May 25, 2011 at 8:05 am
You totally cracked me up here Elena! Disney stalker watch, haha! Yes, what’s up the stare in another direction photos anyway?
May 25, 2011 at 12:13 pm
I probably was on some sort of watch list. I don’t know – it seemed to be the typical post.
Twitter: galitbreen
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May 25, 2011 at 8:10 am
I love how many photos you found! The high school progression is perfect! I started out with BIG bangs, too (Jersey style baby!)! Love these!
May 25, 2011 at 12:13 pm
We were bang twins! Rocking the hairspray!
Twitter: SaidKristin
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May 25, 2011 at 8:49 am
OK, I don’t feel so weird about having my senior portrait taken with my dog now.
May 25, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Hahah! That’s what I’m here for…embarrass myself so others feel good about their pics.
May 25, 2011 at 9:29 am
This link up is awesome.And I don’t comment here enough.Also? I feel like I know all of you now, because we all sought the same Aquanet stiffness in those late eighties/early nineties years.
May 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Thank you for saying that! Quite a compliment from you.
I forgot about Aquanet…I could never pick between Rave & Aquanet! 
Twitter: amommyinthecity
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May 25, 2011 at 9:33 am
Love how your hair evolved! I played tennis in high school too! These pictures are great!
May 25, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Hilariously great!
May 25, 2011 at 9:33 am
Wow! You may win the “most changed hairdo” superlative! Fun post.
May 25, 2011 at 2:20 pm
There definitely was a progression!
May 25, 2011 at 9:45 am
These looks are spectacular – the only thing missing is a solid musical soundtrack to go with your picture montage. I would suggest a little Bel Biv Devoe, perhaps Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Right Said Fred’s “I’m too Sexy”.. ah, the list of bad 90′s music could go on. Fun blog!
May 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Oooh…Bel Biv Devoe! Thanks for visiting!
Twitter: amandaaustin
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May 25, 2011 at 9:51 am
Your hair looked honestly fantastic in the “looking off to the side” picture! And also, I’m sure you thought it was the best idea EVER to take pictures with your Disney stuff, right? Now? not so much. Thanks for sharing…LOVED THEM
May 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
I’m pretty sure I thought that at the time!
May 25, 2011 at 10:03 am
Oh my!!! Those bangs! Love it!
May 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Took a lot of hairspray to make that happen!
Twitter: PatchOfBlue724
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May 25, 2011 at 10:09 am
Thanks for sharing! I am not that brave, my senior pics are hidden.
May 25, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Haha! Maybe they need to come out of hiding.
May 25, 2011 at 10:11 am
Sun-in and hair spray WERE the perfect formula for great 90′s hair. I had Salon Selectives cause it smelled soooo yummy!
May 25, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I was addicted to sun-in!
May 25, 2011 at 10:13 am
Oh my! I L-O-V-E the progression! And you went from big hair to HUGE hair…but then got all sleek and stuff in time for senior year!And the Mickey thing totally makes me laugh. Are you really that big of a fan?
May 25, 2011 at 2:23 pm
I think I may have been. I honestly don’t remember but I will say that Charlie and I may have already been to Disney twice before we had kids!
May 25, 2011 at 11:58 am
I LOVE your hair in your senior pic!! That’s how I want my hair to look now!I’m pretty sure that in your freshman yr pic & my senior pic we had the exact same hair do!
May 25, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Exactly the same. I had crazy thick hair. You have thick, don’t you?
May 25, 2011 at 1:18 pm
This is absolutely fantastic! The Disney picture? I may die laughing…with you not at you (just wanted to clear that up)
May 25, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Always with me….
May 25, 2011 at 1:30 pm
The senior picture in yellow is wonderful! I remember everyone with big hair. My hair is so fine. It would never have worked into a raised bangs style.
May 25, 2011 at 2:24 pm
I’m sure I could’ve helped you get them to stand straight up!
May 25, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I’m soooo jealous of your bangs! I was never able to get mine that big even with Aqua net
Twitter: simplyasandwich
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May 25, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Love the pics! I am thinkin’ the hairspray companies must have made millions back then! I can still remember trying to remove the layers of Aqua Net from my dresser! Ha!
May 25, 2011 at 2:24 pm
I think they definitely made millions off of me!
Twitter: coffeeluvinmom
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May 25, 2011 at 2:19 pm
This only means you are younger than me too…the bangs didn’t go out until after I was out of HS…love all the pics you shared!
May 25, 2011 at 2:31 pm
our bathroom had a weird texture on the walls from all the hairspray too!! hilarious!
May 25, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Loved the hair progression through high school. Mine was pretty similar. You looked great and really, who doesn’t love Mickey?
Twitter: suitcasetricks
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May 25, 2011 at 4:32 pm
I totally clicked to enlarge. I admit it. If it makes you feel any better, my husband’s family had an entire Disney room. It was weird. Beyond weird.
May 25, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Thank you for clicking and sharing in my pain!
Wow, a Disney room. Wow.
May 25, 2011 at 5:01 pm
It was almost like looking in the mirror … the perm, the triangle head cut and the bangs … shudder and smile!
May 25, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Wow! You put some awesome pictures out there…and that hair, wow! I remember the Rave hairspray and I used WAY too much Sun-In (I think there was even a Super Sun-In that I used one summer…).Thanks for the smiles!
May 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Wow, I missed super sun-in!
May 25, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Those bangs are what I was attempting to achieve all of 1993.Spectacular!It takes a certain amount of dedication to get them that high and to have the arc that perfect. As well as ruin the wallpaper.I bow to you
Twitter: laurenweber84
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May 25, 2011 at 8:34 pm
OMG. I just love you even more for putting yourself out there like this. I love the bangs and sassy paisley. I do have to say though, you have some amazing skin and teeth and that hasn’t changed
Twitter: frenchymms
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May 25, 2011 at 9:06 pm
OMG that sweater was so CLASSIC 90s!!! The thick v-neck OH YEAH. I can’t say much about the hair. I liked that hair decade and though mine was never as large as yours, I do not regret what I did with my hair. I am also really in love with that prom dress. Probably because my own was also off the shoulder like that. I mostly love the blue! Your “in the woods” picture ius EXACTLY what I was talking about in my post! And the mickey one? You seriously should have been checked out by a therapist for that one. Seriously.
May 25, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Four words about that Mickey Mouse shot: Best senior picture EVER.
May 25, 2011 at 9:18 pm
you’re my hero.
May 25, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Awesome pictures! Love Mickey. Love the hair. Love it all!
May 25, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Listen honey. Disney intervention. I’m calling now.
May 25, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Look how cute you are! Oh I remember those bangs. I had terrible breakouts on my forehead from all the hairspray.
May 25, 2011 at 11:46 pm
What do you mean you weren’t a senior hottie?! Did you see yourself in that tennis pic! Hot-tie for sure!
Twitter: MamasMonologues
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May 26, 2011 at 2:24 am
Oh holy paisley! Great pictures!! And you really ruined the wallpaper? I’m impressed!
May 26, 2011 at 11:14 am
Your first picture looks a lot like an old picture I have of me– braces, Rave hairspray and all. You’ve age well. You looked gorgeous your senior your. I wasn’t so lovely.
May 26, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Each photo is better than the last! Your smile is like sunshine.
Good times.
May 26, 2011 at 8:18 pm
You are so sweet!
May 26, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Haha – I know! I think my mom considered therapy.
May 26, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Haha! Thanks, Mo!
May 26, 2011 at 8:25 pm
With that big hair? Never.
May 26, 2011 at 8:26 pm
I had several braces & hairspray shots!
May 26, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Oh, the paisley!
May 26, 2011 at 8:27 pm
You’re hysterical!
May 26, 2011 at 8:28 pm
But who loves him that much?
Twitter: TheDanaK
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May 26, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Class of ’95 ROCKSAlso, I had an almost identical teal sweater lol. I’ll be linking up tomorrow.
May 27, 2011 at 6:49 pm
OMG…look at those bangs! Love it…as well as the v-neck sweater. You were rockin’ it! Yes and everyone had to have the stare off in the distance pic!
Twitter: amountainmomma
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May 29, 2011 at 6:55 pm
I love the stare off into space. Classic. The Mickey Mouse one is my favourite. It might even be my new screen saver.
May 30, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Oh girl, I thought MY Freshman year bangs were good but DAMN! You’rs are a work of art! HA HA HA! Love all the pics!
May 31, 2011 at 8:31 am
Can I tell you HOW HARD I laughed at the Disney craziness?Just hilarious…
May 31, 2011 at 10:49 am
Wow, it’s amazing that all that lift and curl could settle back down for such a smooth, sleek and shiny look too. You’re darn cute though!
May 31, 2011 at 1:54 pm
i forgot all about rave hairspray! too funny! I don’t think I know where my high school pictures are. sure sign that i wasn’t a hottie! BTW, love the new look!
May 31, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Love the Disney pic!
Twitter: jfavreau
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June 2, 2011 at 6:26 pm
What were we thinking in the 90s??? Seriously, between the hair and penny rolled jeans. To think we thought we were cool. LOL.
June 3, 2011 at 9:00 am
Haha! I loved penny rolled jeans.
Twitter: jfavreau
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June 2, 2011 at 6:26 pm
What were we thinking? The 90s was a seriously sad age of fashion. LOL.
June 30, 2011 at 1:48 pm
How funny! I will post mine as soon as I can scan them (better late …). I was totally da bomb (not).
July 1, 2011 at 3:12 pm
So funny to look back at yourself in high school!
May 26, 2011 at 8:18 pm
It was dedication!
May 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I think I just owe the teeth to my dad since he’s a dentist!
May 26, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Thanks! The hair was out of control.
May 26, 2011 at 8:27 pm
I did too!
May 26, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I ruined several areas of the bathroom with all that hairspray!
May 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Good thing they went out at some point…my hair would’ve started to fall out with all that spray!
May 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm
I have tips!