IF
YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70’S...
You had that
Fisher Price Doctor’s Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
You owned a
bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
You learned to
skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
You thought
Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
You had
nightmares after watching
You had either a ‘bowl
cut’ or ‘pixie’, not to mention the ‘Dorothy Hamill’.
People sometimes
thought you were a boy.
You had rubber
boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
YEAH! You owned a
‘Slip-n-Slide’, on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than
once.
You owned ‘Klick-Klacks’
and smacked yourself in the face more than once!
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 satiny shredded outfits, or
the sunshine family.
You spent hours
in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze.
The swing set
tipped over at least once.
You had homemade
ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. Oh yeah!
You had a pair of
Doctor Scholl’s sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
You also had a
pair of salt-water sandals.
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 despised Nellie Olson!
You wanted your
first kiss to be at a roller rink!
PONG! (‘Video tennis’)
was the most remarkable futuristic game you’ve ever heard of!
Your hairstyle
was described as having ‘wings’ or ‘feathers’ and you kept it ‘pretty’ with the
comb you kept in your back pocket.
When you walked,
the ‘wings’ flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna ‘take off’.
You know who
Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and
Huckleberry Pie.
You carried a
Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.
With the thermos
inside some were glass and broke the first time you dropped them.
You and your
girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
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 often asked
your Magic-8 ball the question: ‘Who will I marry: Shaun
Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?’
You completely
wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.
You tried to do
lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God’s eyes, decoupage, or
those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
You made
Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
You used to tape
record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the
speaker.
You had
subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
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. (It’s not)
You wore
friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow
designs.
You wanted to be
a Solid Gold dancer.
You drowned yourself
in Love’s Baby Soft - which was the first ‘real’ perfume you ever owned.
You glopped your
lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off.