Charm necklaces
Cross colors Hypercolor shirts Z Cavaricci Wearing 2 different earrings Teddy Ruxpin Jem! |
Vision Street Wear
Wayfarers Jimmy'z |
Brett Easton Ellis |
Those Esprit cotton messenger bags. OMG I got one for my birthday and thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
Schwinn 10-speed bikes and before those, the banana seat bike with the streamers from the handlebars When Banana Republic sold safari-looking clothing Going on a long family car trip and getting the AAA trip-tiks or Amoco Motor Club map with the hand-highlighted route on it. |
Fruit Stripe Gum
Those little wax bottles with some kinda juice in them. Bottle Caps candy |
John Hughes' movies. Still love them. |
Swatches (several worn at one time)
Banana clips Sneaker skates High top reeboks Acid wash jeans Jean jackets Jordache purses (the tiny ones l, worn crossways with a thin strap) |
I remember when we got our first microwave.
We had to rent the vcr along with the VHS tapes. But then I remember finally getting our own. The neighbors had cable, so I loved going over there to watch Fraggle Rock on HBO. Also, they had Coleco Vision. |
The a/c in cars not working well or the car we had did not come with it. Also seatbelts and carseats were not used a lot. |
Using paper bags to make book covers. |
New Wave music
VCRs Painter's pants Neon clothes Black jeans Denim jackets Leg warmers Powder jackets 501s paired with oxford cloth button-down shirts - on boys AND girls |
Three way calling |
Playing ketchup tag. Don't ask. |
I love u |
Lots of great memories for us Gen-Xers. Too bad we are sandwiched between two very large and selfish generations. At least we gave a sh!t about something besides ourselves. Sigh! |