Friday, February 10, 2006

"THE GOOD OLD DAYS"...

Ok, this list had me laughing so hard, that I just had to put it on my blog:

For the “25 to 40 something ladies”
Oh the good old days...

You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.

You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.

You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)

Love's Baby Soft -was the first "real" perfume you ever owned.

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.

You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.

You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.

You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.

You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.

You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.

Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend and who got to play Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels.

Every now and then "It's a Hard Knock Life" from the movie, Annie"
will pop into your brain and you can't stop singing it the hole day.

YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!

It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry.
Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, a member of Durran Durran, or Rick Springfield?"

You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.

You remember getting up super-early to watch Princess Di's Wedding.


You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom. Pot holders - I believe they were called “loom loopers".

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.

You couldn't ouldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.

You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.)

You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.

You wore friendship pinson your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.

You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.

You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your sticker album!

4 Comments:

Blogger Shelli said...

Oh...sure ya do Alex P. Keaton!

4:45 PM  
Blogger Leaning Shanty Farm said...

OH MY GOSH!!! Loving this list! I was laughing so hard my dog nearly fell off the couch.

These SO took me back...

What's funny is that the "friendship pins on your shoes" reminded me of an article I saw in this month's Lucky magazine. There were little things that looked JUST LIKE friendship pins... I hadn't thought about those in years...and here they are twice in one day!

Loved this post!!

10:31 PM  
Blogger shauna said...

ohmygosh!!! i forgot about Love's Baby Soft! that was SO my first "real" perfume. i had the pink and the green one. i thought i was so grown-up.

does anyone remember kissin' koolers??? i had EVERY different flavor and would line them up in my desk at school.

my first kiss was unfortunately not at the roller rink, but on the school grounds and i ended up missing my bus home.

i LOOOVED stickers!!!

i was born the year Princess Di got married . . so i missed that one!

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