Ok, I know some of you don’t actually read anything that is posted on a site unless it has an immediate effect on you. So don’t read below the warning unless you want to feel a little old ok?
I knew this day would come. June 13 (41 days from today) will place me exactly 6 months away from being 30. (That means I am 7 months and 10 days away now). I am ok with this. Being 30 does not scare me. It does not make me “old”, it doesn’t change anything.
This is probably because I do not look like I’m almost 30. Most people usually think I’m about 25 or 26. When they see Rapunzel they don’t think she’s almost 10, they think she’s 7. It is hereditary.
In high school my Mom came to pick me up early, they told me my sister was there, I do not have a sister. (Well I do, and she’s great, but I didn’t then. To say I was confused is an understatement. It was in fact my Mom, who is only 16 years, 9 months, and 6 days older than me. So in all reality it could have been my sister. But it wasn’t.
This happens a lot. I know it is a good thing. Maybe if I can actually loose the extra 40-50 pounds I am carrying around, I won’t look like a “pregnant Mommy”, and I’ll look even younger!
Maybe I won’t feel old. Maybe I’ll feel, vintage.
You see, old is yucky. Vintage is cool. I would much rather be “vintage”, wouldn’t you?
Apparently my childhood now fits into the vintage category. That makes me laugh. Does that make things from when my MIL and FIL were growing up antiques? (No I am not saying you are old, Mom and Kedge). I’m just babbling.
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I actually read this today while on my Etsy page.
Here is an excerpt:
“Vintage – This special vintage search returns only items within the Vintage category. This means items with vintage as their first tag (selected from the drop down menu in the listing process). Only items 20 years or older can go in Vintage.”
Did you see that “20 years or older?” That would be 1988, I was almost 10.
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I remember 1988. I watched Alf, had an ALF birthday complete with tape playing talking doll (which I still have the tape and box to also), and cake. Ewok’s, Rainbow Brite, Twink and the other Sprite’s (which I think I have the whole Taco Bell collection.), and the Garbage Pail Kids. The Dodgers won the world series with Oral Hershiser at the mound, and we went to Sears or Penny’s to get the t-shirt.
When did this happen? Apparently I wasn’t looking when it did. But that’s ok.
Maybe I can make some money on it. Because we all know that these items are worth about a billion dollars. So I should be able to sell them quickly, easily, and never work again from the profits. 
The Chatty Housewife says:
We were already done with our TV time allotment when Ewok’s came on, but once and a while I saw it and thought it was the coolest ever.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
bethany actually says:
Hey, I say if you don’t look your age, when people ask, you just smile mysteriously. I’ve always looked younger than my age, too…I think it has something to do with being short.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
SmockLady says:
20 years or older? Then I’m double ‘Vintage’. I wonder if that’s anything like a double latte? Nah. I just re-colored my blog this morning to be all ‘Vintage-y’. I found a poster from when I was born (*caugh* 1969 *cough*) and used those colors for inspiration.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
DeeJay says:
Good for you!
May 4th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Rhi says:
I am 3 days more vintage than you!
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May 4th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Hotrodhanna says:
I am way past the vintage mark too. Ug. Btw, I checked out your etsy,,, and if/when I have a baby, I’ll hire you to make some winter baby hats. That little blue one is darling!
May 4th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
bluejaye says:
I am an antique!!! I’ll be 50 this July.
I used to look younger than I actually was, but alas an extra 30-40 pounds adds on the years. A jr high kid called me an old lady the other day.
May 5th, 2008 at 7:38 am
beth says:
whoa! i might be one of the very few people who actually thought you were older than you are… probably because you have two kids and i don’t, i thought i was younger than you. makes sense doesn’t it? ;P not!
May 5th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Aileen says:
I was a big Alf fan growing up!! I watched and taped the shows, owned the boulliabaseball cards, and had the comic books. Yeah… I was mocked by all that knew me.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:27 am