Trendsetter

Remember when people who had babies at home were weird and crazy? Well now it's the latest coolest/hip thing to do.  Incase you hadn't heard.

Remember when shopping at a thrift store or yard sale was looked down upon?
Well now shopping there is so cool, because vintage is all the rage.

I saw a woman at the store today wearing skinny jeans that were obviously from the 80's (the high waist and her hair told me that.) A couple years ago I would have thought... "oh dear",  and now I realize she's WAY cooler than me.

This can not be happening.


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I remember jumping on the charm bracelet band wagon as a kid... and then the bike shorts and ghost buster sign thingie for my over sized shirts. I remember when either shoes either had to be lace free OR the laces had to be mismatched. I remember following all kinds of trends and all that was before I reached puberty!


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I remember the first time I had my very own opinion on what clothes I wanted for school, based solely on my desire and what I thought looked cool. Without any outside help from peers or media.

It was the summer before second grade... and all I wanted my mom to buy me were different colored sweat suits. Yes, sweat suits. I thought they were AWESOME.  My favorite were some baby pink ones with a big sheep on the front of the sweat shirt and a bunch of little sheep running down the leg of my sweat pants.

OH MY.

Oh and there was this tie dye shirt I found when I was in high school I thought was freakin' awesome. I loved to wear that thing.  That was in the 90's... tie dye was not so cool in the 90's.


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But now with all these trends changing one week to the next it's just too dang hard to keep up with what's cool and what's not without people openly judging me like they did back in Junior High!

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Maybe I just need to figure out what my kind of cool is and hope it transcends time. That's totally possible and realistic right?


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Oh wait a minute, this is coming from the girl that thought a pink sweat suit was cool.... I even tried to bring it back once in 99' - just ask my friend Malinda... she'll never let me live it down AND she has pictures.

Thank goodness she foiled my brown plaid pants idea in high school!  Oh that would have been such a misfire!


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Fine!  I'll try to stay on top of trends somewhat.... but I am NOT birthing a baby in my bathtub.

Final answer.