self portrait challenge - imperfection

in honor of the pair of glasses I just bought. my driving licence. reminding me to embrace the self-knowledge and better hair I have gained rather than fret over the idea of aging. and not to take myself too seriously. I would cringe with embarrassment and pretend it's not me if only I didn't fail my test three times and cried the day I finally passed, and if this hadn't made my husband laugh out loud for the last 10 years.

more Self Portrait Challenge here.

Comments

[Ronica]

Took me three times to pass--you are still worthy and a great driver!!! I know, I have ridden with you. :)

And you should SEE my 8th grade pic--all teal eyeliner and the "wet look" crunchy gel with a perm.

[shudder]

[Oh, The Joys]

That is the cutest picture ever!

[Waya]

Love the new glasses on you! Very hip! Boy, I have this one picture of my college year with the punk hair and unplucked eyebrows and all. Man, I'm too chicken to post that on my blog.

[la vie en rose]

heeheehee...

[athena]

yeah the old glasses don't look too good, but at least your driver's license photo is cute. i can see your boys in this shot. you have a mischievous look about you. :-)

[kristen]

Took me 2 tries to pass and someday I'll send you a photo of MY driving license and my big, thick wrestler's neck - you'll see that most of these are terrible. (=

[bella]

Oh friend, you are brave! I think about my high school yearbook picture and I cringe just remembering my thick eyebrows!! LOL.
Great, great choice.

[ann-marie]

you look fantastic in those glasses! i had a pair similar to them a few years ago and realized--too late--that they did not suit my face. silly woman at lenscrafters, what do *you* know?

[Heather]

awww that's not so bad, your a cutie.

[melba]

Very cute photo and story!

[melba]

Very cute photo and story!

[Bedazzzled1]

A darling photo and story!

[Karyn]

If you can drive in Paris, you must be a great driver. :) I've got a picture just like it somewhere in my parents' attic.
LOVE your new glasses. You look fabulous!

[my pink sky]

laugh?...i think you look so sweet :)

[Chris]

Driver's license pictures must be the same the world over!

[CrankMama]

I think you look beautiful

[Kassi]

very cute! I love that it is pink.

[girlfriday]

love the pinkness ... and great idea to celebrate *change* with an old picture. driving and passport ids never seem to reflect us as we *know* we are : why does officialdom demand less-than-perfect photos of ourselves for identification???

[samantha]

Oh, I wish you could have seen my childhood glasses - why, why, WHY did my parents let me choose them? (You are darling, though. Really.)

Don't feel bad about the 3 times thing - when I still had the license guy in my car, I ran over the concrete block at the top of the parking space - made a really sickening SQUUUNCH. But I still I got my license!

[Charmaine]

I love your new glasses, Irene. And old driving license photos. Too classic.