The '90s from A-Z

Y'all are in for a treat-today I am doing a '90s flashback. I have been inspired by a couple of Twitter accounts devoted exclusively to all things '90s that have jogged fond memories of my childhood. Follow @The90sLife and @90sgirlproblem (and while you're at it follow me as well: @EvrythingPearls ). The '90s will always hold a special place in my heart because it is the first decade where I was alive for the entire ten years. Plus I was old enough to remember most of the '90s fairly well. I thought I would do a '90s highlight for each letter of the alphabet. There are a few letters where I did multiple '90s memories because I couldn't choose just one. Enjoy!

A- American Girl dolls

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I had Samantha and the American Girl of Today. For several years my birthday and Christmas list consisted entirely of items from the catalogue.

B- Babysitters Club

This series was a staple of my childhood. I especially loved the Super Specials. I gave a lot of mine away but kept a handful and my best friend and I will sometimes skim them to get a good laugh. Not ashamed to admit it!

Beanie Babies

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Whenever we were on family vacation, my brother and I used to drag our parents into any and every store that might possibly carry Beanies and have the ones we were dying to add to our collection.

Birkenstocks

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Once upon a time preps wore Birkenstocks, and not just hippies. I think I had four pairs at one point.

C- Converse high-tops

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Sadly I could never wear these because my foot was too narrow and I was stuck with plain Keds. I envied the girls who had the hot pink ones with Tweety Bird-remember those?

D- Doc Martens

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I find it hard to believe these were such a status symbol when I was in middle school. I think they are absolutely hideous! Again, I could never wear these because of my narrow foot, but I always wanted a pair back in the day.

E- Eureeka's Castle

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While this wasn't one of my absolute favorite childhood TV shows I do remember watching it some on Nick Jr, and I especially remember the theme song and closing song. Click here if you want to take a trip down memory lane!

F- Full House

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Best TV show ever! I remember being so sad when it was the series finale. I have several seasons on DVD and it is so fun to watch them now and cringe at the awful '90s fashion!

Fun Dip

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I vividly remember this Fun Dip packaging from the '90s. Nothing better than dipping a candy stick into pure sugar. I was super excited when Target recently had Fun Dip in the dollar spot.

G- Gak

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Gooey toy that made weird noises

H- Home Alone

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This will forever be a Christmas movie staple.

I- Instant Messenger

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The good 'ol days of AOL instant messenger, before we had text messages and Facebook. What was your screen name?

J- Jellies

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These were definitely my shoe of choice the first day of middle school. Cool huh?

K- Kenan and Kel

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Any '90s kid remembers this hilarious duo from the Nickelodeon show All That who later had their own Kenan and Kel Show and starred in the movie Good Burger.

L- Limited Too

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Anyone who was anybody bought their clothes here.

M- Macarena

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Latin line dance that was played no fewer than six times at each middle school dance.

N- Nancy Kerrigan

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I was so intrigued by the Nancy Kerrigan-Tanya Harding scandal surrounding the 1994 Winter Olympics figure skating competition that I even made my Barbies act it out.

O- Overalls

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It was socially acceptable to wear overalls to places other than the farm or a hoe-down. I had denim, corduroy, and a pair of hot pink Talbots Kids shorts overalls.

P- Power Rangers

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I thought Power Rangers were so stupid but had to listen to the theme song every afternoon when my younger brother watched the show. And he had these flip-head Power Ranger toys I used to make fun of.

Q- Quailman

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Doug Funnie's alter-ego.

R- Rugrats

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Definitely my favorite '90s cartoon.

S- Spice Girls

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Back in the day when Victoria Beckham was known simply as "Posh Spice."This was one of the first CDs I ever bought and their hit "Wannabe" brings flashbacks to middle school dances as well.

T- Tamagotchi

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The virtual pet craze- my brother got one for his birthday and I was so jealous so I had to go to Kay-Bee Toys (remember that place?) and buy one for myself. I played with it constantly for maybe three weeks then never touched it again.

Titanic

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The most famous movie of the '90s, featuring '90s heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio.

U- Umbros

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I don't think I ever actually had a pair of these, but I remember them being cool to wear to places other than soccer practice.

V- Videocassette

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Kids today have no idea what it's like to have to rewind a movie before they return it to Blockbuster, or the guesswork involved in fast forwarding to a favorite part before the era of DVD chapter selection.

W- Walkman

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Back when the iPod was unheard of. I don't think we could have conceived the idea of there ever being something like an iPod. When my fourth grade class took a trip to Washington DC we all thought we were so cool listening to our Walkmans on the bus.

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Um couldn't really think of anything good but I made up for it by doing multiples of B, F, and T.

Y- "You got it dude"

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Full House fans will remember one of Michelle Tanner's famous catch phrases.

Z- Zebra Stripe gum

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Who else begged for a pack of this at the grocery store check-out? 

Well that does it for my "'90s from A-Z." Hope y'all got a good laugh or a good history lesson, depending on your age. What do you remember most about the '90s? Comment away!

-L

xoxo