35 Things That Women Now Between The Ages Of 37–46 Used To Do In The Late ‘90s
1.Having these as your go-to shoes for EVERYTHING...
2....and Candies as your go-to party shoes (even if you did sound like a Clydesdale whenever you wore them):
3.Carrying around a JanSport backpack at school that you customized with Sharpies or Wite-Out pens and maybe even patches.
4.Also carrying around a day planner that you really only used to store wallet-size photos given to you by friends:
5.Decorating the inside of your locker and the cover of your folders with these stickers:
6.Wanting these oh-so-Y2K-futuristic lava lamps to decorate your bedroom with:
7.Also wanting a 13-inch TV with the built-in VCR for your room ('cause that was LUX)...
8....and a VTech cordless phone — with your own personal line:
9.Buying random unauthorized biographies about your favorite celebs because that was really the only way you could learn about them — although most of the time, there was never new info in them:
10.Buying magazines dedicated to just one celeb so that you could cut out the pictures and decorate your room with them:
11.Sponge-painting your bedroom or bathroom and having some seriously questionable results:
12.Thinking celestial pattern decor was just so cool and grown up:
13.Having a desk drawer or shoebox full of film developing envelopes stuffed with old photos you either didn't care too much for or didn't like:
14.Being obsessed with Tommy Hilfiger because of Aaliyah's iconic Tommy campaign:
15.Having an ~era~ where you did nothing but listen to Fiona Apple and Lauryn Hill over and over:
16.Switching out your beeper cases to match your outfits:
17.Calling your parents collect to come pick you up from somewhere — because you didn't have any change — and quickly delivering the message in the part where you were supposed to say your name:
"You have a collect call from — Ashley at the mall! — will you accept the charges?"
18.Owning at least one Beanie Baby whether you collected them or not:
EVERYONE owned a Beanie Baby.
19.Knowing that whenever you wore your carpenter jeans, its hammer loop would get caught on something at some point:
20.Feeling like you were going to break your ankles whenever you wore platform sneakers:
21.Having this as the hairstyle you wanted for any type of formal event:
22.And, of course, wearing a pashmina to any type of formal event:
23.Leaving body glitter on everything (but mainly on your bathroom counters and floors) any time you wore it:
24.Having Gap perfumes as your go-to daily perfume:
25.And Bath & Body Works sprays as your backup at school scent:
26.Ordering magazines from Publishers Clearing House that you then would never pay for:
27.And ordering CDs from Columbia House or BMG that you then would never pay for:
28.Having a CD tower in the corner of your room displaying all your CDs (and you would always put your favorite CDs on the top):
29.Having your floor look like this whenever you made a mixtape:
30.Running home from school to catch TRL (had to know where your favorite video placed):
31.Being super careful when handling your portable CD player because you knew it wouldn't survive a drop:
32.Being obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
33....and debating over who Buffy should choose: Angel or Spike?
34.Having your entire bathroom smell like Herbal Essences any time you used it in the shower:
Which was EVERY TIME you showered!
35.And finally, being completely obsessed with Titanic:
Also, immediately buying the movie when it came out on VHS.
