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the 80's, the 20's and the closet

so this could very well have been me and my friends in the mid-80's. oh yeah - we were so cool!!! i love the 80's. mostly because of my memories, but also because they were just good times - with good music, good movies, and pathetic style!
but this past weekend we had a party with what we affectionately call the 20 somethings. it is a group from our church that range in age from seniors in high school to about 26. and then there is hubby and i - well beyond those years.
we were sitting around the table and somehow music came up. i mentioned my passion for 80's rock ballads. i got quite the look of disdain. i mean who can not like every rose has it's thorn? really? be honest!! bon jovi had some great ballads. don't you all remember slow dancing with your arms straight out on his shoulders and doing that weird shuffle with your feet?
that of course led to this great discussion about nothing good coming out of the 80's. i reminded them that leg warmers were super cool, and guess what? they're back...then there was the coke shirts - well i haven't seen those return. but how many of you remember the outback shirts from limited? you know - the long sleeve shirt with 10 buttons down the front. you knew they were fakes if it didn't have 10 buttons! i had a red one! oh yeah...i was hip!
then there was the whole 2 collar thing where the inside collar was worn up. if you were really cool you'd wear 2 different color socks on each foot that coordinated with the shirt. and of course your jeans were pegged so you could see the matching socks.
and big bangs - oh my...i believe someone said it was my use of cans of hairspray a day that have lead to our ozone problems today. they might be on to something. i was shocked that noone at the table had ever heard of the butane curling irons we would use on that bus ride from the high school back to the jr. high after pe swimming. i mean - we needed big bangs the rest of the day!
so after several rounds of realizing they did not think i was cool in the 80s i gave up. i believe we had a brief discussion about the great movies - like bueller, 16 candles, can't buy me love, breakfast club....the was pretty much the reign of john cusak, molly ringwald, etc....oh they were so good!!!! makes me want to have a 80's movie party!
so...after awhile the conversation turned to guns, shooting and blowing things up. did i mention it is mostly 20 something guys....so one of the girls and i headed to my room. she has great fashion sense and since i'm on a budget and have few clothes i like i wanted her to help me out. she was able to find some great new ways to wear my clothes...i got a kick out of it and look forward to wearing some of my new fashions soon.
she had pulled out a few and my comment was that the outfit was cute but i didn't have shoes to wear with them. so while i tended to my children who claimed we were all being too loud to go to sleep, she dug through my shoes. she sat out this pair of black ones and i said - yeah...those are getting a little out of date. she very kindly agreed and said i need to go shoe shopping. so does anyone want to guess when my black dress shoes were purchased? i'll give you a clue....i have grown a half size with each child and these a are a whole size too big. but before that i think i had had them for about 4 years....see if you can do the math!
but i got quite the chuckle when at the end of the night - just as everyone was getting ready to leave a question was asked about what good things came out of the 80's. everyone in the room raised their hands - oh yeah....i'm definitely old. the entire group had been born in the 80's!!! absolutely amazing.....
and yes....there are lots of good things from the 80's my friends....LOTS!!!!!!!

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Daisy Path said…
tooo funny! i also like 80's ballads....sonny 101.5 can be good for a trip down memory lane at times. ha! :) and the movies were great! i was a huge molly ringwald fan. where is she anyway? :)
December 17, 2008 at 9:35 PM
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