I was a child of the 70s and lived those oh so formative teenage years in the 80s. I was recently asked by our church youth dept. to hand over a graduation picture of Beau and myself, which I will post tomorrow … hold on to your hats! I’m just sayin’ … I thought I looked good back then, but I obviously hadn’t looked at these in oh … a few, maybe 10 years because now I want to say, “What were we thinking?” The hair … the blush … the dress …. I know you can’t wait to see it. But it did get me thinking about those good ole’ days and how times were a little simpler and we didn’t blog, much less own a computer. No, I’m not talking about the 50s or 60s, people. I’m talking about the 80s! Some things I like to remember and some things I’d like to forget. So, here goes my top 10 things I loved about the 80s. I hope I can pick just 10. Tomorrow, I will also share the top 10 things I hated about the 80s, if I can think of any.
Just to let you know, the following images are back in, although I do not wear them … maybe … OK, I would totally wear these earrings with the right outfit … who cares how old I am.
3. What’s a Wii compared to this?
Favorite Game: Ms. PacMan
4. Hair Bands … (Don’t judge me!), Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison, Whitesnake, Warrant, but my favorite was Bon Jovi. I’ll let you in on a secret: I still like them.
The Dukes of Hazzard – Don’t laugh! You know you wanted to be Daisy Duke.
Sorry, Seavers (if you don’t know who the Seavers are, you must not have lived in the 80s)! I must choose one.
7. Handheld games like Merlin, Simon, and who could forget the Rubik’s Cube.
8. Roller Skating (Don’t ask!) If you’ve done the hokey-pokey on skates or slow-skated with a boy, you know what I’m talking about.
Can I tell you how difficult this post was to narrow down? But, I did it! What about you? What did I miss?
LOVE the 80’s 🙂 Can’t wait to see your pic tomorrow!
I was born in 82, but my sister is six year older. And I would do whatever she did and wore whatever she’d wear.
Don’t forget about JELLIES! And wearing 8 different colored tank tops!
OK. I can’t help but wonder if you forgot ALL ABOUT THE BELOVED KARATE KID????
I SOOOOO wanted him to be my boyfriend!!
i literally own those blue pinstripe earrings. i didn’t know they were 80’s! (i was born in 85). The 80’s seemed to have more fun outfits than the 90’s.
Jill & pianomomsicle,
You two are too cute! I am way jealous of the both of you , but you don’t have to flaunt your beautiful young selves. Born in the 80s? Now, I really feel old.
ahh the memories
(p.s. I found you at Missy’s – I think. I’ve already forgotten!)
I am with ya Sista on all of it!
Rick S is coming to the south soon-I heard it on the radio!
I luv BON JOVI still too!
This is great and so funny!!
You want me to help you do your blog?
Carlie,
Um … let me think about it … YES! I actually have an idea of what I want to do, but am unsure how to do it. We need to get together some time and I can tell you about it. Looks like Teresa wants your help too. Talk to you soon!