We all remember that song right? And now it's stuck in all of your heads. You're welcome. It was a popular song when I was growing up. My four year old hates it and yells at me to stop signing whenever it comes on my
Now CD (volume 1). I was absolutely one of those kids that did everything I could to embrace the fads while growing up. Today, I'm linking up with
Amanda for another round of List Yourself.
# 14 List the fads you embraced while growing up
// Tamagotchis. Those little virtual pets that had a home on just about everyone's key chains. My dad got my sister and I our first one for Christmas one year. It was the thing that HAD to be on the Christmas list. I can't tell you how many times my pet died because I wasn't allowed to take it to school. Sure there were the girls that had their pets with them 24/7 but I wasn't a rule breaker in the 90's. I couldn't bring myself to risk getting my precious little "pet" taken away from me by the teacher.
// Butterfly hair clips. Not just any hair clips though. They had to be the ones with the wings that moved. The ones on the springs. I kid you not, if I was told I had to wear the little plastic ones where the wings didn't move I had a minor freak out moment. I was a classy kid, I tell you what. Of course, these things never quite stayed in your hair the way you wanted them to. Or the springs would get caught in your hair. (Ouch!).
// Platform shoes. I honestly don't know why my dad let me wear these ridiculous things. I'm already tall as it is. (5'6"). Now that I've had experience wearing steel toe shoes, I can honestly say wearing these platform shoes was the equivalent of wearing steel toe tennis shoes with 4 inches of height. Not comfortable and really not cute. My dad didn't give into everything "I HAD TO HAVE" because it was "THE COOLEST THING EVER", but he gave into these shoes. He bought me a pair. I'm pretty sure I only wore them three times. I think he bought them because he knew they'd be uncomfortable, and even though he knew I'd never wear them he taught me not to beg for something so much. Be careful what you wish for, y'all.
// Chokers. Again... what was I thinking in my little pre-teen mind? Holy cow. I wouldn't dream of wearing these now. I remember these getting stuck in my hair while trying to put them on. I always had a black one. I dunno... maybe I was trying to be goth momentarily? But I also had lots of pretty ones with colors. Thank you, Claire's for being my go-to accessory store.
// Eye glitter. I'm not sure if I was trying to make it look like I had eye shadow on, or if I just really wanted to piss off every adult I interacted with by getting glitter everywhere. Either way, eye glitter was something that was worn practically everyday. Thanks again, Claire's. Eye glitter these days is a little more like eye shadow. It comes in pallets and has an applicator brush. Eye glitter in my day came in the little bottles. They were a sticky gel. And you had to apply it with your fingers. Getting glitter everywhere was inevitable.
What fads did you give in to? Were you missing hair from silly chokers and covered in glitter like I was? I know I kept scrunchies on my wrist too. HA!
