Hump Day Poll: What Takes YOU Back?
In a world that is spiraling down the toilet ever changing, and sometimes not for the better, there are small things we can do to create little pockets of nostalgia from a simpler time. It's harder and harder to find things from your childhood and if you do, often they aren't the same. (I still lament the death of the taste of Chef Boy Ardee boxed pizza mix. Sigh) But for me, there are a few scents that I can rely on that are still out there. When we were dating, one of my favorite scents was that spray musk and I was tickled to still be able to find it! One spritz of it and I'm ready for a night on the town with the teenaged Mr in his Iroc. I was also happy to find Night Magic from Avon is still available and gives me that same feeling. My friend got it for me last year and with as much as I use it (rarely to never), I'll have it until I'm dust. (I did find the solid perfume compact in a bin and still have it if I want to be truly...
I was never a Barbie fan, but that's a pretty cool house. I got a Satin (Satin-y anyway) comforter for my bed one year and I absolutetly loved that thing. I used it until it was totally shredded. One year in college my dad gave me an ammo box full of change. The rule was that I had to spend it as change - I couldn't take it the bank and turn it into cash. That box of change saved my butt so many times in my broke college days. Fun fact - gas stations don't like you much when you pay with pennies.
ReplyDeleteI was a Barbie freak too!! My greatest possession (since I am from the days long before the pool, house, vettes) were all the clothes my mom made for my Barbies. She got tired of me wasting our napkins making clothes for her. The saddest day of my childhood was the day someone stole my Barbie case off our front porch....but I've made up for that. Now I have a pretty nice collection of the holiday Barbies.
ReplyDeleteI loved everyone's decorations in yesterday's blog! Merry Christmas everyone!
My friend had the Barbie house and I loved the pool with the "bubbles" you could do. I did have the Barbie Corvette at one point (funny how it had the cable attached to it though so you had to stand near it! LOL) Probably a favorite gift that comes to mind is the My Friend Mandy doll my mom got me with the yellow rain slicker, hat, and boots. I still have a trunk of clothes for her and I got a replica doll off of Ebay years ago because my doll had pen on her face and my mom was SO mad she couldn't get that pen off! LOL She still has the most precious face of any doll I've seen.
ReplyDeleteI only have one Christmas present that comes to mind when I think back about what presents I received. I received a boom box and a copy of Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet cassette for Christmas when I was six. I loved it and used it every day until I was about 14, when it was replaced by a stereo with a CD player that was also for Christmas. But the boom box represented my musical freedom. I didn't need to listen to what my parents were listening to anymore. And I think they were also thankful, because they didn't have to listen to my Mini-pops cassettes anymore.
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