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July 27, 2005
thick skinned or toughskins
Our boss has a lovely 18 year old daughter, Pookie, who has been working around our office this summer before she heads off to college. Having her around has us reminiscing about our younger days and especially fashion trends.
I had to relive my most traumatic childhood memory, wearing these.
While all the other little girls in Ripon Wisconsin were wearing Calvin Klein’s, Gloria Vanderbilt’s, Sassoon and even Lee or Levi's if you were a farmer's kid; I was made to wear the dreaded Toughskins. My mother thought that by forcing me to don those horrifically embarrassing, taunt-inducing hideous jeans, I would decide to drop my tomboyish ways of climbing trees and playing in the dirt and behave like a "real girl". Real girl behavior was rewarded with the coveted Calvin Klein jeans of which I only owned one pair (*sigh*) compared to my 4 to 5 pairs of stiff kneed Toughskins.
Imagine if you will that you are playing on your summer softball team and you have to run the bases and slide into home without ever being able to bend properly at the knee. Sad isn't it? I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
Posted by bugg at July 27, 2005 09:43 AM
Comments
I searched through a bunch of my pictures last night to find my worst-dressed moments, but they must be at my parents house. You'll just have to wait.
Posted by: melanie at July 27, 2005 10:21 AM
Sears has an apparel *archive*? WTF?
Posted by: SJ at July 28, 2005 11:17 AM
SJ - I know! I think they made an archive just to torment me! Have fun in San Fran.
p.s - if you see dead jim tell him i miss him!
Posted by: bugg at July 28, 2005 01:15 PM
Mel - I can't wait til you get back with those phtotos. We may have to have a pizza party and bad picture night.
Posted by: bugg at July 28, 2005 01:16 PM