- YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S IF...

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YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S IF...

- 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 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 rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
- You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair.
- People sometimes 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 satiny shredded outfits.
- 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.
- You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with a hard sole & the buckle).
- You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
- You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; so 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 a roller rink.
- Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" 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, Apple Dumpling and Huckleberry Pie.
- You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.
- 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 stop singing 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 for sleepovers!
- You often 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 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 couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. ( a Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.)
- 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 Beat.
- You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your sticker album!