If you've ever seen this driving down the highway, chances are you live near a Sweet and Sassy.

I started working at what my coworkers and I fondly referred to as "The Sass" back in high school. Seeing as I spent over four years there, It was a huge part of my resume when entering college. Almost every employer has asked the same as what every classmate, friend, roommate and miscellaneous adults asked: "Sweet and Sassy- what exactly is that?"

"What exactly is that?"

Officially speaking, Sweet and Sassy is a "salon, spa and celebration place" for kids that hosts everything from birthday parties to Girl Scout Troop retreats. It serves as a hair and nail salon, a boutique-type store with clothes and accessories and a birthday party haven for girls ages 4 to 10. Girls can choose from different party packages that center around different activities (ie. "Popstar" has the party make a music video starring the birthday girl while "Fashion Runway" the party puts on a runway model show and so on). Customers can also stop in for a haircut, manicure or up-do styling for communions and dance recitals etc.

"What do you do there?"

My title was "Party Coordinator" and my job description included everything from party MC and hair stylist to waitress and janitor. On a typical day I would clock in and check the schedule for the day and begin prepping for the first party: printing out "gab cards" to read during the Runway show, restocking the bobby pins and q-tips etc. When it was time for the party to start, the lead PC makes an announcement to the store, and the party guests follow her back to the runway/party area.

The other PC's work to get anywhere from 8 to sometimes more than 20 girls changed into a costume of their choosing and over to "Glam Central". The guests sit in director-style chairs and get their hair, makeup and nails done by all the PC's. When training we learned the different hair-styles: princess bun, birthday bow, party up-do, rockstar braid. Each style is finished with a touch (a gallon) of glitter-hair spray for good measure and we're onto the next step.

Next comes the dancing. The PC's line the guests up on the runway and teach them a series of pre-choreographed dances to hit songs. After the "warm up" the girls are ready for the runway show, music video or princess coronation. The PC's line the girls up "backstage" in the dressing room and announce them, by name, one by one as they come down the runway, concluding with the birthday girl. We then line them up for a quick group picture, get them changed back into their regular clothes and into "Cake Place" for pizza and cake.

"What's the weirdest thing that happened?"

I could write a book about all the interesting and memorable experiences I had in my years with The Sass. I saw everything from a Lady GaGa impersonator, Mom fights, tantrums you name it. I once had a party guest ask me where babies come from and why I didn't have a boyfriend - always a treat. When I asked a girl how old she was (turning 6) she asked how old I was, and when I had her guess she stared at me for half a second and guessed "45?"

Once, while working a party, the limo filled with excited party guests was about to arrive. My coworkers and I were outside cheering for the limo as it rounded the corner, suddenly, a car full of guys from my high school drove by - also a treat.

I was in Church on Sunday morning before my shift (wearing my uniform) and a little girl in her Dad's arms a few rows in front of me spotted me and gasped, then shouted "DADDY LOOK SWEET AND SASSY!" - literally God bless.

Another thing that happened pretty often: Whenever I said I worked at "Sweet and Sassy" I almost ALWAYS got "Is that a strip club?" (I mean let's face it, "Party Girls on the Go" plastered across a huge, pink stretch limo...)

After a double shift on a really busy weekend, I got home and sneezed and I swear glitter came out of my nose.

I smelled like cupcakes or cotton candy, like always.

I cannot to this day listen to "Party in the U.S.A." or "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and other popular hits from 2010-2012 without immediately breaking into the sassy dance.

"That sounds hard"

I wouldn't say the job was hard, but it wasn't always a piece of cake either (I'm sorry I had to.) For those of you who do not know, working with children is NOT easy, especially when parties, sugar and loud music is involved. Sometimes they didn't listen to anything you said. Sometimes they listened to everything you said. Sometimes the birthday girl cried for the entire party. Sometimes the birthday girl slept for the entire party.

And sometimes, it wasn't the birthday girl or party guests. Sometimes it was the parents. Sometimes they were very particular in how they wanted things to go. Sometimes they weren't very particular and basically left it all up to you.

I typically worked weekends and sometimes, if people called to cancel last minute, I didn't know if I was working Friday until Wednesday, which was tricky at times.

"Do You Miss It?"

Believe it or not, I really do. For starters, it was probably the most unique part-time job I will ever have: there was never a dull moment. My coworkers and I always joked that our daughters will have the best hair in their class because I can still do a princess bun in my sleep.

So to Sweet and Sassy, thank you for hiring me and giving me some of the most memorable experiences in my young life, and some pretty useful and marketable job skills. Despite the questioning, I'm proud to have your name on my resume.

And to my coworkers - some of the craziest, funniest, the sweetest and the sassiest (again sorry) girls I've ever met thank you all for sticking it out. I sincerely miss our walks to Panera, jam sessions while mopping up at the end of the night and finishing leftover cake in the back. Despite the ridiculousness that happened behind the scenes, no matter what was going on outside of work, I knew I could count on a hilarious and memorable shift with my fellow PC's - after all, girls just wanna have fun.