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A Trip Down 90s Lane

I’d like to thank Heather of Just Geeking By and The Bizzaro Mage of Winst0lf Portal for tagging me in this challenge!

I am forever stuck in the 90s. I listen to the NuMetal of the late 90s and early 2000s like it was yesterday. I still have a few things I wore in high school. I was fully into the grunge, camouflage, and pseudo 60s fashion of that era. Come to think of it, I know I have my peace sign necklace and earrings somewhere.

Let’s get to it! 

Favourite TV Show

There were so many shows I loved back then, but I have to go with Sabrina the Teenage Witch. TGIF was something I looked forward to every week because it meant Sabrina was on. What is there not to love about a teenage girl with powers and a talking black cat?

Favourite ’90s Song

This is another tough one, and I get the feeling that this is going to be a theme for me because 90s = awesome. I’ll have to single out a song based on one that I was obsessed with and listened to all the time–more so than any other song. *Puts on thinking cap.*

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After much deliberation in the labyrinth that is my mind, I’ll have to go with The Macarena because of the amount of times I danced to it and how overly enthusiastic I was about teaching it to others. One of my best friends got a tape with every last remake, cover, and edition of it. We spent forever listening to it and doing that dance over and over again!

Favourite Commercial/Advert

I loved anything involving nerf guns and water guns!

Here is a great list of them. I had almost forgotten about Miss Cleo!

NSYNC or Backstreet Boys?

Backstreet Boys all the way. I collected all of those Teen Bop magazines with them in it, had posters, bought all of their CDs, and you name it! If it had to do with BSB, I probably had it.

Favourite Music Artist

There is no possible way I can pick just one! Instead, I’ll list my top 10:

  1. Backstreet Boys
  2. Destiny’s Child
  3. The Spice Girls
  4. Coolio
  5. Tupac
  6. Usher
  7. Brandy
  8. Britney Spears
  9. Alanis Morrisett
  10. Michael Jackson
Did You Collect Anything Back Then and What Did You Collect?
  • Pogs
  • Polly Pockets
  • Coins
  • Anything involving the Lion King
  • Anything with camouflage on it
  • Football and baseball cards
  • Keychains (I still have them!)
How Many Tamagotchis Did You Go Through?

I honestly can’t remember! I’d keep it in my lap at school and check it under my desk, ha ha! I remember this one kid was fascinated by it. He’d always ask how it was doing and wanted see me feed it (I’d also save a turd or two for him to ‘flush’).

Favourite Video Game and Console?

Golden Eye on Nintendo 64.
There were many afternoons spent at my friends’ house playing it and getting mad at her oldest brother for cheating. 😉

Favourite Cereal/Free Cereal Toy?

I’m going to have to go with Cracker Jack toys because we only ever had Cheerios or Raisin Bran, and they didn’t typically come with toys, which is why I loved Cracker Jack boxes.

Who Was Your ’90s Crush Growing Up?

Ace Ventura and Nick Carter were the main ones.

What Was Your Favourite Disney Channel Movie?

We never got the Disney Channel, but I loved ABC’s Wonderful World of Disney night (Sundays). There was no excitement like gathering around the TV and watching Tinker Bell spread her sparkling magic over the castle!
It was Disney time. 

Favourite Show? (Disney, Nick, Cartoon Network)?

We didn’t get any of those channels. If we’re picking cartoons, The Simpsons by far! I think every kid in the 90s wanted to be Bart Simpson.

Weirdest Fashion Trend

Platform sneakers or combat boots with baby doll dresses.  

Disney, Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network?

We did not get these channels, but if I had to pick, Disney.

What Early Morning/Weekend TV Shows Would You Watch?

Inspector Gadget was serious business. We’d get up super early before school to watch it and CHiPS (yes, CHiPS). We had to have our dose of Go Go Gadget Copter! and motorcycles.

Favourite McDonalds Happy Meal Toy?

Yet another hard question! I honestly don’t know! I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember any one toy that stood out from the rest.

 Going to McDonald’s was a treat. You went for the Happy Meal with its burger, fries, soda, and toy! Playing with the toys was of most importance to us kids, so much so that our mother would ensure we finished our burgers and fries first 😉

Favourite Book

The babysitter’s club series. We even made our own babysitting club and watched the younger neighborhood kids. 

What Would You Watch When You Got Home From School?
  • Out of This World
  • Square One (PBS). Our favorite sketch was Mathnet because we thought it was cool and wanted to be detectives. Come to think of it, we really liked cop/detective shows!
What Was Your Favourite Thing From the ’90s That’s No Longer Available Today?

Optimism – but I don’t want to end this post on a depressing note, so let me think of something good!

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  • Going to the music store and previewing music at their headphone stations and buying my favorite single
  • Flare jeans
  • Butterfly hair clips
  • Disney’s animated feature classics
  • Those narrow ankle length skirts & wearing combat boots/platform sneakers with them
Tagging

Anyone who’d like to take a trip down memory lane! What was your favorite thing from the 90s? Do you still have something from that era?

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