After a serious hiatus, I'm back. I was kindly scolded by many of my favorite people for not keeping up my blog. So here we go....
My husband and I were recently invited to an 80's party to celebrate the birthday of a college friend. Though we had originally planned our exciting Friday tradition of watching a movie and eating too much pizza, we made a last minute decision to go for it!
Much to my husband's disappointment, this meant we needed to find 80's gear... and fast. It was 2 p.m. and the Madonna would be blaring from a jambox by 10. But, where to start? I was in the loop and, as one might imagine, there are not many vintage shops in the central business district of Chicago. To top it off, I had other things in mind... like enjoying my afternoon with a friend I see very little of and finding a pair of jeans that don't show my crack. (Can I get an "amen?")
Because good jeans always take priority, I resigned myself to some blue eyeshadow, and we headed off to the Magnificent Mile.
It's important at this point to say that both my friend and I found great jeans!
I learned a valuable lesson walking from one trendy store to the next... people are not learning valuable lessons. Hello, America! Wearing baby chew toys as earrings was never good. Leggings make the tiniest of us chunky. An off the shoulder sweater? Ok... maybe... but only because Flash Dance was kickin'!
And so my hubby and I donned the most fabulous collection of "new" clothes. We partied on to Duran Duran, Michael Jackson and Depeche Mode in true (2008) style.
But my point. The 80's are back. And still bad!
What do you think of the new/old trends? What's your favorite 80's memory? Come on... dish!
3 comments:
You're back! I'm so excited!
Favorite 80s memories include: Big wood-paneled station wagons, my plastic charm necklace, Swatch watches, pink Minnetonka moccasins, Michael Jackson, my sister's bowl cuts, Carebears, jams, ET, bikes with streamers on the handle bars . . . Oh, I could go on and on . . . Take me back!
KMR
I'm waiting for rolling up pant legs of jeans to come back...that was a trend for the ages, I'm tellin ya!
Glad that you are are writing again. It is fun to hear about what is going on. So the 80's are the trend now. Could it be that long ago???
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