1.Being obsessed with Punky Brewster and wanting to dress like her:
2.And also totally wanting Punky's Crayola Crayon box of a bedroom (it just was oh-so-cool):
3.Taking a good whiff of your Strawberry Shortcake doll whenever you played with her 'cause she smelled like sugary strawberry candy:
4.And taking a good whiff of your My Little Ponies whenever you played with them 'cause they had such an addictive plasticky smell:
5.Owning either the ballerina jewelry box...
6....or one that looked like this (that also doubled as a Barbie dresser during playtime):
7.Wanting a Lite Brite because of the magical commercial for it:
8.Playing your favorite tapes on this exact player:
9.Thinking Pocket Rockers were soooooo futuristic and immediately wanting one:
10.Thinking, even though she was the villain, that Bianca Dupree was the best character on Beverly Hills Teens (which also had one of the best intros of any '80s cartoon):
11.Owning a bunch of Smurfs...
12....and Care Bears PVC figures that you had no idea where they came from:
13.Not being able to resist flicking your stretchy elastic bracelets (which could hurt if you stretched them far enough back) whenever you wore them:
14.And feeling cool whenever you wore these bracelets (even if they were hard plastic and not very comfortable):
15.Being jealous of that one friend who had a fancy metal daybed (which was usually adorned with Laura Ashley-looking bed linens):
16.Owning a bunch of Care Bears books — even if you weren't into Care Bears:
17.Knowing that Small Wonder was a budget-looking and weird kids' TV show even for the time:
18.Owning a Rainbow Brite doll that had seen better days — she was covered in crayon marks and missing her outfit:
19.Loving Cyndi Lauper not just because of her great music, but also because she seemed like a cartoon character come to life:
20.Having one of these frame-tray puzzles that always smelled like old grocery store paper bags:
21.And having several of these Sticker Fun books that had stickers you had to lick and tasted really gross. Also, how they dried all wrinkly and never stuck right in the book:
22.Taking a Flintstone Vitamin every morning — and low-key popping a few behind your parents' back throughout the day 'cause they tasted like candy:
23.Also having the "We are Flintstones kids / 10 million strong and grooooowing" jingle in your head any time you had a vitamin:
24.Riding around on a bike that had that one huge banana seat:
25.Getting Aqua Net sprayed all over your face whenever you wanted hair styled for something fancy:
26.Putting a BIG bow in your hair if you wanted to look extra fancy:
27.Running straight to the Barbie section — which was just a sea of pink — first whenever you went to Toys "R" Us:
28.And, of course, aside from wanting a new doll, begging your parents to get you packs of Barbie clothes 'cause you wanted your Barbies to look stylish:
29.Wishing you had a dreamy canopy bed like the one your Barbie doll slept in:
30.Carefully organizing your Crayola Crayons in the correct color order in their carrying case:
31.And organizing all your pencils and erasers in a Hello Kitty pencil box:
32.Never using the cool erasers that were shaped like lipsticks and were also scented:
33.Eating Hawaiian pizza at every single birthday party you went to:
34.Being totally convinced that Breyers Viennetta was the fanciest dessert you could eat:
35.Reading Beverly Cleary books that came with these covers:
36.Making cut and sew dolls with your mom or grandma:
37.Having an afghan that your grandmother made for you (which were always in some very '70s colors):
38.Playing with this Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player whenever you visited your grandma:
39.Holly Hobbie stuff you would always get as gifts from relatives that always left you thinking, Who is this prairie, '70s-looking hippie?
40.Being entertained by playing with your Colorforms for like 10 minutes, tops:
41.And being entertained by playing with your paper dolls for like 10 minutes, tops:
42.Always being scared that these were going to pop off your head and hurt someone:
43.And feeling like your plastic barrettes were going to fall off because half the time they would:
44. Always struggling to pull the red string right in order to open a Band-Aid:
45.Wanting to try on Lee Press-On Nails because the commercials made them so easy and glamorous:
46.Being a little creeped out by the faces on these cookies:
47.Getting excited whenever you found Handi-Snacks in your lunchbox (even if the red spatula thing sometimes almost sliced your tongue):
48.Creating true masterpieces with a Magna Doodle (well, until it stopped being able to fully erase):
49. Having to be careful if you had long hair whenever you sat in one of these chairs in elementary school, or else your hairs would get stuck on the screws and be yanked out when you stood up: