I am Courtney Elizabeth, 18 years old from the Dallas, Tx area. I decided to go get a piercing on day after talking to a friend of the family who is like an aunt to me. My mom and I both thought that her belly button looked adorable and no one EVER thought we would be able to do it (I have a fear of needles...huge fear of needles...as in I pass out when I see them) Mom on the other hand is a trooper.
At A Glance Author courtney elizabeth Contact modelcutie02@yahoo.com When Six months ago Studio cat tattoo Location addison, tx Anyway, I graduated high school in May of 2002, and moved out immediately because of family problems. After a few months Mom decided to go ahead and get pierced without me and told me 4 months later. Then I broke up with my boyfriend and moved back in with mom and she kept trying to convince me to get it done...I don't like pain so I kept making up excuses and plans for the day we planned on going (sneaky,huh?) Then finally she came into the living room one day and said Courtney, get dressed in some low rise jeans and a cute shirt...and get out off those pajamas that you have been in all day because we are going to addison to get your button pierced! Ok well...she knew I had no plans and I couldn't get out of it so I eventually agreed. We drove to the tattoo parlor in absolute silence because I didn't want to know anything about it...I just wanted to experience it and get it over with.
So there we sat on the black leather couches looking at the picture album with all the pictures in it...and at the sample tattoos...and they asked if I was ready. I had started to get nervous the second I walked in but it was now or never...and I went in. The piercing guy asked me to sit down so he could go over the after care with me (not that I was paying attention! I had the image of me passing out playing over and over again in my head) then he asked me to stand up with my arms to my sides and stand still so he could mark it with his little marker. I did that but I started leaning on the table and got yelled at...so I stood up straight, he marked me and then he asked me to lay down on the table.
I got up on the table and started hyperventilating...he put the clamp on (ouch!) ya know...that was honestly the worst part...besides waiting in the lobby and thinking about it the whole time I was waiting! Anyway he kept readjusting it, then he asked me to take a few deep breaths, I swear I felt him move the clamp and I screamed can you just do it all *bleeping* ready?! He looked at me like I was crazy and said that he had already done it! he put the loop I had chosen into the hole that he had made in me and asked me to sit up.
I sat up and felt ok...a little tender but I was ok. I tried to stand up and then started to pass out! He got me back on the table with a little help from my mom and went to get me a root beer, I guess so I would get some sugar back into my system. We paid for it and left after I thanked him for being so patient with me.
We left without talking about the piercing...I had a piece of cotton over it so it wouldn't bleed or anything on my shirt...getting into the car sucked! I was scared to move in the car! I thought that if i stayed perfectly still and didn't slouch that it wouldn't be sore! HAHAHAHA let me be the first, NO, the second to laugh at myself for thinking that one! Mom was the first to laugh at me!
Mom and I went to the movies to see The Bangor Sisters and I was so proud of my piercing and the fact that I was known for being a big baby for years that I was showing everyone! Even people that I didn't know! I was standing in line to get a drink and this guy in front of me was talking about tattoos and stuff and I suggested that he go to Cat Tattoo in Addison because they were great! I told him how professional they were, yet at the same time they were laid back and cool!
The guy and his friends looked me up and down and asked what I knew about tattoos or piercings...and with a huge smile I lifted my shirt up and showed off my newly pierced navel loop! That had to have been one of the greatest moments that week. Aside of course from showing everyone that I have ever come into contact with my button! I swear more people have seen it now than ever before...odd thing is...I don't wear shirts that show off my ring...and I am 5' 6" tall and weigh 120...that isn't a big person...I am pretty small...and I have no idea why I don't show it off!