Tuesday, November 25, 2014

I'm A Barbie Girl, In A Barbie World

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.
Knock on Wood - 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. 
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// 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!). 
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// 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. 
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// 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. 
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// 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. 
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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!

32 comments :

  1. Oh wow I remember all of these, Claire's has a lot to answer for! Those butterfly clips were painful if they got tangled in your hair. Another big craze I remember was yoyos. I also remember putting pink hair mascara in my hair once and thinking I was the coolest! Is hair mascara even still a thing?!

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  2. I totally rocked the platforms...so ridiculous! I still have my NANO pet! The Tamogatchi rip off? Mine is a horse and I still have it LOL!

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  3. haha yeah those silly butterflies always took chunks of my hair! and YES I do remember the hair streaks. lol. not sure if they're still around though. We used to use kool aid.

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  4. That's soo great that you still have one! Now that I think about it, my sister and I probably had the Nano as well since it was the off brand. hahaha

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  5. Hilarious!! The eye glitter...oh yes! This is so funny and such a great reminder to start the day. Have a wonderful day!! :)

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  6. OH MAN to this day I can still feel my mother driving one of those butterfly clips into my hair LOL dang those things hurt!! I've actually seen those exact chokers on fashion blogs lately. no no no - I do not need them coming back in ~style~ lol

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  7. hahaha let the flashbacks commence! ;) glitter everywhere!

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  8. HAHA I voluntarily put those things in my hair and I thought I looked so cool... with the chokers and eye glitter. omg. what was I thinking?? and I agree... the chokers need to STAY in the 90's!

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  9. bahahaha. I'm not even sure if that's what this list meant, but that's the way I went. LOL. trip down memory lane today. We were some cool kids. ;)

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  10. I could never do the chokers because I always felt like someone was straggling me.
    But the glitter! Yes! And then it would clump on your eye and you'd be a hot mess.

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  11. I seriously did & had all of these you listed! <3 Stuff was way more awesome when we were younger! & I LOVE Barbie Girl still to this day! & I seriously SUNG you post title!

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  12. hahaha that seems to be the trend. LOVE it! haha

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  13. HAHA ooohhh I must have blocked the clumping from my memory. hahaha. what a mess.

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  14. I sing it too! I totally still have that Now CD too. it's so great!

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  15. Hahahha on my gosh I remembe of these!!!

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  16. Oh wow, memories! The platform shoes... pretty sure I had the white ones in your photo. I didn't do the butterfly clips but absolutely remember the rest!

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  17. I think those were the ones I had too. I know I had some awful black "dress up" ones too... with a HUGE chunky heel. like booties but worse. hahaha.

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  18. Oh my goodness I am dying at these!! I remeber them all and participated in all of them. I miss my tomagotchi...man I really loved that thing...ps I love your new button as well!

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  19. I love that everyone is getting a kick out of these. #memorylane hahaha.
    and Thank you!! I'm loving the whole new design! xoxox

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  20. DUDE! Those tattoo chokers are making a COMEBACK! I saw them at Kohl's the other day!

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  21. but whhyyyy?? hahaha who buys them? people wanting to stay in their teens forever?

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  22. WHEN did you redo the blog?! I LOVE IT! anyways seriously I did all of those fads probably at once! I also loved when clouds were really in. I had clouds on EVERYTHING! they were my favorite pattern. My bed spread, my sheets, my lamp, my pajamas, clothes, etc etc

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  23. Hahahaha! My friend Amanda at knock on wood blog did the design. She revealed it this past Saturday. I absolutely love it!! And yes I remember the clouds. That was my sisters bedroom theme. I had vines and flowers lol

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  24. oh my I guess I wasn't as caught up on your blog as I thought! MY bad sorry!

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  25. HA! I'm guilty of all of these things, too...Well with the exception of the platform heels, but that's only because I'm tall enough already without them!

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  26. I remember all those things!!!!

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  27. I've definitely seen those chokers around still... I can't believe they're still making them! Also eye glitter... honestly, what were we thinking?!

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  28. I'm sooo bad at replying to comments! SORRY! but yes... not sure what we were thinking. :/ Learning from our mistakes hopefully? hahaha

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  29. haha, I'm 5'6" so I really am tall enough without them too, but I definitely still rocked them. *face/palm*

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