Love your Story! We didn't get presents at my state college---
But, back to tanning issues, I am not sure the girls these days understand what we did to have a tan on at least our top half before formal. Where we wore our leftover prom dresses. Gunne Sax,, etc. I was telling someone the other day what it was like to lay out with the oil trying to catch some not so strong midwestern sun on a sunny day in April. 70 degrees was worth trying for. You had SO few chances....I actually had a tanning lamp - which was a high voltage light with tanning bulb....just made us kinda red but it was a precurser to those tanning beds! And the tanning products were horrid. By the time summer hit, it was out the door with the oil and blankets - plan on 3 hours for a good afternoon...