14 Signs that you attended an all-girls Catholic high school in the DMV in the 1980s and 1990s:
- Nearly everyone had a curling (or crimping) iron in their locker
- The uniform school shoe policy of black or navy blue loafers was stretched to include Etienne Aigner short boots and Timberland lace-ups
- The school dances you attended had a go-go band
- When the last bell of the day sounded, it was a matter of minutes before your shirts were untucked, your skirts rolled up to a point well above the knee, and your uniform shoes were ditched for pristine white sneakers or Timberland boots
- If your after-school plans included a fight at the Metro station, you wore shorts underneath your uniform skirt in order to do a quick-change and avoid being identified as a student at a specific school
- The hot ticket in town was the trip to hear the annual Christmas concert at Archbishop Carroll
- Instead of Jansport backpacks, your classmates had Louis Vuitton, Coach, or Gucci backpacks
- You piled 6 people deep into a classmate's late-model Toyota for lunch at the off-campus Popeye's
- You borrowed $1-2 dollars from one of those classmates for that lunch at the off-campus Popeye's
- You knew someone with a nickname that began with "Li'l"
- Gym class didn't automatically equal physical exertion
- Gold hoop earrings were part of the uniform
- Without a football team, you really didn't have anything resembling homecoming like your public school or co-ed high school friends
- You went to school in full make-up even though there weren't any boys around
