Some Childhood Fashion Memories

So yahoo had a thing on their news reel about past fashion fads.

It made me think of the fads I loved growing up, see how many of these you remember and how many of these fads you were part of.

Scrunched down socks.

Perhaps one of my most worn fashion statements in the late 80's early 90's; I especially liked this style with pegged jeans.

Speaking of pegged jeans, they were so versatile we could wear them with any type of shoe.

Banana clips. I always remember my cousin Shanna had the greatest hair in the banana clip, somehow my hair always looked stringy.

Coca Cola clothing. I had jeans, a polo shirt and watch. Somehow I just loved the fact that a soda label was on more than just a t-shirt. I turned those jeans into a disc golf bag years ago, I loved them that much.

Friendship bracelets, we pinned these to our clothing and taped them to our desks all in an attempt to weave together some sort of friendship magnet.

Jelly shoes. These have made a comeback but those original styles will never be replaced.

Scrunchies. Again who didn't own one in every color, these went nicely with the scrunched down socks, and a side pony.

Zinka- perhaps the coolest thing to wear on your face since blue eye shadow. I had Zinka in bright pink, cause all red heads need bright pink of their face.

Swatch watches. And I mean watches cause we wore 2 to 3 on our wrist at a time. You never can be too sure of what time it is, I still have mine in a box somewhere, along with my Coke watch; nowadays I don't even own a watch.

I didn't even mention some other favs, like a flipped up collar on my jean jacket or Rebook double tongue sneakers.

So how about you what was your favorite childhood fad?

Exterior House Help!

Help I need some outside decorating help! Due to recent renovations my house is changing appearance and I need help, can anyone offer some.



First of all I live in a brick stucco house, that means my house looks like it's made of brick when in fact it is stucco cut to look like brick. Since we've added a few new outside walls, a color change is neccesary. Now I can restain my stucco, which will take a while, a long while we've been told, but I would have a brick looking house. Another option is to paint my "brick", seams and all. What do you all think of painted brick? What's a girl to do?

Here are some photos to help you out.

Here's a great photo showing the new and old brick color (thank God I will be getting away from the pink brick):


Here's another showing the new front door, please excuse the mess in landscaping and such.



Also hubby bought these exterior lights, should I have him take them back?
Do they go with a brick house?
Thansk you all.