tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post7051966332217932471..comments2024-01-08T12:20:35.916-06:00Comments on Rants by Ronni: Mom's MakeupRonnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-61191843567316218422010-09-10T09:21:42.149-05:002010-09-10T09:21:42.149-05:00Thanks for the memories. Makeup was also rationed;...Thanks for the memories. Makeup was also rationed; it was mostly verboten. In my case, my mom found the clothes of crazy teenagers the most offensive. It was the introduction of hip-hugger bellbottom bluejeans (the first introduction, as far as I know, back in the very early 70's). We got ours at Academy Surplus, that was the cheapest place to shop. The way the 8th grade girls wore theirs was the cool way: they would sew the inseams together so that the jeans fit tightly around their thighs, then the bells fell like a waterfall below the knee. My mom refused, said it made a girl look "cheap" to wear such tight jeans. No, Mom, that's what made them look cool! My 7th grade heart lusted after bellbottom bluejeans that would make me look cool. So I wore my bluejeans a few times to school, then secretly hand-stitched the inseams to make the jeans fit tighter. I snuck my now "cool" bellbottom bluejeans to school and changed into them before classes began, then back to regular clothes before Mom picked me up at end of day. I don't remember when it ended or if my ruse was discovered. Maybe I realized I looked ridiculous. Maybe I just outgrew the pants. Maybe the fashion changed. Ha! But only for 30plus years, right? I wear hip-hugger bellbottoms again, and I don't have to get someone's permission to look ridiculous. And I still buy them cheaply...at the Goodwill. Because I'm a mom now, and I realize it's crazy to pay retail prices for a pair of jeans for a growing body, in this case mine!<br />-leadstoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com