You know you grew up in the 70's if
- You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow went
- up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other.
- You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
- You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
- You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a basket.
- You even owned roller skates with metal wheels.
- You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (Admit it!)
- You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
- You had rubber boots for rainy/snowy days -remember Moon boots (you
then advanced to Duck Shoes in the 80's)
- You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the Dorothy
- Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. How traumatic when people thought you were a boy.
- Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
- You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
- You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
- You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple shredded outfits.
- You spent hours out back on your metal swing set with the trapeze.
- You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
- You even had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole & the buckle).
- You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little
- House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at
- least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!
- You wanted your first kiss to be at the roller rink.
- Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" and you kept it
"pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.
- You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
- You carried a Muppets lunch box to school.
- You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of
- Hazzard was your boyfriend.
- Every now and then "It's a Hard Knock Life" from the movie,"Annie"
will pop into your brain and you can't stopsinging it the whole day.
- YOU had Star Wars action figures, too.
- It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
- You even asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry.
- Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or Rick Springfield?"
- You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack albums.
- You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick
- God's eyes, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
- You made Shrinky-Dinks!
- You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
- You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you
ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club.
- You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me,Margaret.)
- You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.
- You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart
or rainbow designs.
- You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
- You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.
- You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger
