SPT: What was I thinking?

Lelly's challenge for this week's Self-portrait is a good one:for tuesday, april 15th, the challenge is to provide a photo for the following caption:
"what was i thinking?!?"
c'mon, i know you ALL will have a great story to tell.

So, in reality I couldn't think of something real recent that I had to wonder what in tarnation I was doing. When I peeked at Neighbor Jane Payne's post prior to posting mine, I was reminded of this past Saturday when we were all working in the yard. I have no pictures from it though. If I did have a picture it would be of me with extremely itchy, watery, swollen eyes after trying my hand at the leaf blower/vacuumer. As I mentioned yesterday, it's a great device, but it took quite toll on my allergies. I know better and was actually mulling over the very question in my tiny brain, "What was I thinking?"

I have been going through pictures recently just seeing what we have, reliving memories, etc. I hadn't got to my jr high, high school or college pics yet. When I saw the question for this challenge however, I was immediately reminded of my 8th grade year.

That's me in the middle . . .

"What was I thinking . . . when I chose that outfit?"

I must have been thinking that I was the coolest person alive! Those are Chuck Taylor All Star Converse original high tops in black, so that is pretty dang cool. But seriously . . . cut-off jean shorts with long johns underneath, super long shirt hanging out of my sweatshirt - that was on purpose I am sure. My socks do match my sweatshirt - that's always been important to me (seemingly)!
If that's not enough, here's a picture of my best friends and I posing on some one's crappy ford ranger truck. What I recall about this is that we did not know who the truck belonged to and we were the coolest for "sneaking" a pose on this strangers truck.

Wow, all the 6th & 7th graders at my school must have thought they could never be so cool OR really that us 8th graders were the biggest dorks ever!!!

PS - I still haven't got my growth spurt! I am sure I am an inch or two taller now than I was in 8th grade, but yep . . . it's true, typically my friends didn't have to shop in the petite section.