School Preparation And The Neighborhood

Mom and I had gone shopping and got me some white uniforms and some white support shoes like nurses wear. I was dreading getting the shoes because I thought they would look like "old lady support shoes". The ones I got were not bad at all, a litle stylish if you could call any support shoe stylish. We had to wear the uniforms and shoes to the school everyday.

The Blue Bonnet Beauty Academy was only a few blocks from the Y where I lived. This was part of the reason we chose for me to live there. So every school morning, all of us girls in white uniforms would walk to classes together. Some of the girls went to another beauty academy that was also within walking distance. We had a little rivalry going on with them and would tease each other back and forth. My roommate, Jane, was going to a business college.

Blue Bonnet was right on the city square so we were real close to the large shopping district. I think there was a Sears, Penney's and Montgomery Wards there, plus Woolworths ( a dimestore). There were also grocery stores in the area. I thought it was such a good and convenient set-up. I thought to myself, "I think I am going to like it here!"