Wednesday, September 24, 2008

‘Fro Me to You-- 80’s Cousins

I decided to roll a few more people under the traditional Thursday bus in this weeks ‘Fro Me to You. Brought to blog land courtesy of Kristen over at We Are THAT Family.

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I am unsure of the exact year in this week’s photo, but it was probably taken pretty close to 1980. This is a photo of me and my three siblings and the two middle kids are a couple of my 1st cousins (sorry, Angela, if you still read this).

Check out my cousin's cool add-a-bead necklace (I still have all of mine). And who else had the super cool belts that you could change the color of the leather?! I promise, I would still wear it today if I had it.

My twin is at the top left and bringing the big glasses home while sporting a classy little embroidery accented dress while draped by a white cotton sweater.

My little brother is at the bottom left. He’s rocking the big pointed collar which is accentuated by the royal blue sweater.

My little sister is on the bottom right. She’s draped in a lovely brown plaid jumper complete with an ecru long sleeve blouse. The HUMUNGO bow completely highlights her lovely blonde pixie cut hairstyle.

Last but not least, I would be the lovely at the top right. My ensemble includes a most comfortable plaid flannel shirt and more than likely Levi’s jeans. My look is completed with the top button fastened which frames my round face and accentuates the part right down the middle of my head! Nice.

I can assure you that this lovely photo has never seen the inside of a photo album. The clothing definitely screams the 80’s! Ahhh….the good ol’ days!

For more Thursday fun, click on over the Kristen’s and flip through all the other carnival participants. I guarantee you WON’T regret it.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of pics I have with my cousins...bad clothes, but good times back then!

Dawn @ simply transparent said...

you really had some great pix as a kid, lucky you!

Cousin's are soo cool at that age..and sometimes I look back and think "I thought such and such was cool?" Ykwim, right?

Shane said...

That is classic! I love the rounded edges too... and you didn't do that on purpose! Good times!

D... said...

Add-a-Bead necklaces! I remember those. Sadly, I no longer have mine.

Sweet picture! The 80s were so fun. :)

Crayl said...

Fashion is always such a roller coaster! I had a humungo bow over a plaid jumper once too, but in the 70's, I was very young, maybe 4?

marky said...

What a cute picture, it says the time period beautifully! Reminds me of what photos I have of us as kids!

Nicolette said...

aaah, good times!

Leigh of Tales from Bloggeritaville said...

Oh, that is great! I am sure they will all ove you for that. Really, it is a cute pic!

Leigh of Tales from Bloggeritaville said...

I sent all my add a bead necklaces to cash 4gold the other day, coinsidentally enough. LOL!

j said...

leave ecru out of this.

:)

Did I realize that you were a twin? I don't THINK I knew that you were a twin.

Very cool.

Kristen said...

Lovely. It just gets better and better.

Jerralea said...

Cousin pix are cool - I guess I better dig mine out. I didn't know you were a twin! Btw, don't make fun of pixie haircuts and blouses with bows! They were awesome! :)

Valarie Lea said...

I do believe your mother had stock in the plaid factory, cause ya'll really liked that stuff. :)

Muthering Heights said...

Wowee, that's a lot of plaid!

j said...

The job/email/kids thing was not me... SORRY! I know it is going to drive you nuts now.

Have a great evening.

Jennifer said...

Look how cute you all were!

littletoesandcheerios said...

Looks just like my 80's pics with all the cousins!! Our kids will be saying the same thing.

Jenny86753oh9 said...

That's a great flashback. I just recently checked out some old cousin photos. Looks SO much like yours!

Anonymous said...

I would have to do some serious diggin to find all my old pics like that- That is great though!

j said...

ROOOOLL TIIIIIDE! I hope you enjoy the game tomorrow. I hope I enjoy it too! Man, I hope our boys pull this off!

Manager Mom said...

Hee... this is a funny coincidence that I found your blog and this post today. Just a few weeks ago I posted all of my growing up pictures. They are tragic. Yet highly entertaining.

Nice to meetya, Ms. Grits.

j said...

WOO HOO! I L. O. V. E. me some Alabama football. We have shouted our heads off at the TV tonight!! And I am exhausted from sheer Bama joy!

Just heard a sports caster predicting Alabama for a #2 ranking. And Coach Sabin said... "I'm happy... I know I don't look happy..." LOL! Now THAT is a football coach!!

Wonderful to hear from you tonight. I hope that the rest of your weekend is as good as tonight has been.

Jen

Anonymous said...

So you did some football watchin yesterday- I would have never figured you to be a yeller!