. . . you wore that rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest and down the other.

. . . you made baby chocolate cakes in your Holly Hobbie Easy Bake Oven. You washed them down with The Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.

. . . you had that Fisher Price Doctor's kit with a stethoscope that actually worked. After training with these tools you became an expert at the game of "operation".

. . . you owned a schwin bicycle with a floral banana seat and a basket. In the early 80's you moved onto the ever popular 10 speed. Gosh that seat hurt.

. . . your roller skates had metal wheels. Admit it......you thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.

. . . you had rubber boots for rainy days. Your shoes actually fit inside of the boots (with a little help from your Mom and some plastic bags).

. . . you had either a "bowl cut" or a "pixie" (not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill") because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. How traumatic when people thought you were a boy.

. . . your Holly Hobby sleeping bag was your most prized possession.

. . . you wore a "poncho" with your faux fur "muff" and toe socks with your clogs.

. . . you begged Santa for the electronic game...Simon.

. . . you had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple shredded outfits.

. . . you spent hours out back on your metal swing set with the trapeze.

. . . you had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.

. . . you kept losing your mittens so your Mom bought you the kind that were attached by a string.

. . . your Hello Kitty pencil case was cuter than anyone else's.

. . . you wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad.

. . . you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffled shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture. You despised Nellie Olson!

. . . you wanted your first kiss to be at the roller rink.

. . . you tried to make sure that no boys would grab the comb out of your back pocket and skate away at the roller rink.

. . . your hairstyle was described as having "wings".

. . . you remember Strawberry Shortcake and her friends Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

. . . you carried a Muppets lunch box to school.

. . . you and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazard was your boyfriend or who would get to be Ginger and who got stuck being Mary Anne.

. . . you memorized every song on the "Annie" movie and know at least one person who immediately went out and got the Annie afro. Every now and then "Its A Hard Knock Life" will pop into your brain and you can't stop singing it all day.

. . . you had Star Wars action figures, too.

. . . you thought unicorns were real.

. . . it was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!

. . . you wanted to be a part of the Von Trapp family.

. . . you remember light as a feather, stiff as a board.

. . . you loved The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe so much you got the whole Chronicles of Narnia series for Christmas but never read the other books.

. . . you crawled in a wardrobe somewhere and actually believed for a few seconds that you were on your way to Narnia.

. . . you completely wore-out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose and Flashdance soundtrack albums.

. . . you tried to do lots of arts and crafts things, like yarn and popsicle stick God's Eyes or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.

. . . you remember shrinky-dinks! What was so appealing about these? You still remember how the oven smelled when they were "baking".

. . . you used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape recorder up to the speaker.

. . . you couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Scholastic (or Arrow) book orders your teacher would give you. The order catalogs looked like miniature newspapers.

. . . you learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books. Are you there God? it's me Margaret.

. . . you had Care Bears.

. . . you thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.

. . . you made friendship pins which you wore on your tennis shoes.

. . . you had shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

. . . you wore knickers.

. . . you collected Smurfs.

. . . you wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

Ahhh, what fun we geeks had! :)

Sent in by Rene.