You were a little girl in the 70's......

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 Fantasy Island .




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 ele ctronic 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-i nspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Oleson!





You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink! ---- yes it was!


PONG! ("video tennis" ) was the most remarkable futuristic game you've ever heard of !
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Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back p ocket.
When you walked, the "wings" flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna "take off" .
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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 inside 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 you r 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!
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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 bo oks. (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)




You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics. (?? its not??)




You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or r ai n bow 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.

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

I can honestly say yes to every single one of those. Geez I'm old!

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

OMG! How true it is.

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I was born in the lat 70's but this sounds just like my childhood. My ribbons and clips had my name on them...so did my turquoise oshkosh b'gosh.

I wanted to be on Solid Gold and I wanted to sing on American Bandstand. I have a scar on my knee from the slip'n'slide. It should have come with a warning not to use it on a hill.

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"You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-i nspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Oleson!"


SO TRUE! But I didn't wear it to school. But I did dress up at home as Laura Ingalls and I had my aunt buy me a prairie hat from Old Bethpage Village.
I even wore my hair in braids most of the time.

And I can say yes to almost every single one of those. (I didn't have feathered hair or own a slip and slide. We lived in an apt).

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Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

Guilty on all counts

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

my life summed up.

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

Guilty as charged, add one more, I wanted to marry Greg Brady

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I was born in the 70s, but in 73 so I got to experience a lot of this...

Especially the Pixie and the Dorothy Hamill haircuts.

I was in Macy's with my mom and had the pixie when I was 3. A woman said to my mom "aww, what a cute little boy!!" I cried for hours after that, she said. And the Dorothy Hamill? I was like a trained monkey with that haircut...mom would say "Lauren, shake your head and show them how it all falls back into place."

Friendship pins and ribbon barrettes! Kissing at the roller rink! ahhh!! This is my life!!!

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Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

Posted by JennasMom

Guilty as charged, add one more, I wanted to marry Greg Brady

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

for a little hispanic girl for whom english was not her first language....

I AM GUILTY OF ALMOST EVERY COUNT!!!

the one that was not listed (for me) was....

you, your sister, and your cousins created dance routines to your grease soundtrack and performed them at EVERY family function, without fail!!!

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

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!



OMG so true!!! It used to be on every February and we would be allowed to stay up late to watch it!

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

And now I feel old

I never wanted to marry Leif Garrett though, my heart belonged to Donny Osmond

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Posted by dooodles

And now I feel old

I never wanted to marry Leif Garrett though, my heart belonged to Donny Osmond

Re: You were a little girl in the 70's......

Yes to every single one of those.

I believe Klick Klacks were also known as Kerbangers. I got really good at it but my arms got bruised learning.

My first kiss was not at the roller rink but my first hand holding was. His hands were so sweaty I can still feel it. The guy now owns a business in the town where I grew up, so I pass by and remember the sweaty hands.

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I was born in 77 but I clearly remember being madly in love with Bo Duke.
I loved Little House