My kiddo’s first day of school is Monday, August 19th. Even though the summer sun is still shining down on us, it will be less time in the pool and more time in school. I got to thinking about school supplies and with my retro tendencies I decided to get a bit nostalgic with 5 Back to Old School Favorites:

1. Pee Chee Folder

Nothing was more fun in History class than doodling a mustache on the girl playing tennis, and writing “I heart” whoever he was at the time, helped to break up the lectures.

2. Trapper Keeper

This was a novel idea wasn’t it? The newest in binder technology, folders trapped by Velcro! Nothing says retro better than Velcro, except maybe legwarmers. Also an old school favorite but you really didn’t need those for class unless you were a character on Fame.

3. Lunchbox

Two things made lunch great, Twinkies and themed lunchboxes. My favorite was Snoopy and Friends but I would have loved to sport this one around the lunch tables.

4. Back to School Clothes

Shopping for a new school wardrobe was what I looked forward to the most, it almost made leaving behind all the summertime fun manageable.

How exciting it was to try on all new reversible parkas, with matching pleated pants!

5. Lip Balm

Alright so this wasn’t on everyones school supply list, but it was on mine. When I was a kid I was teased at school for two things. Okay maybe more than two, but I’ll only list two here.
One, a few of my classmates changed my name from Suzanne to Suzy Q, which I wasn’t too keen about. Remember Suzy Q snack treats?

Take the AOL snack treat quiz here.

Two, a few of my classmates had a great time making fun of my lips. People pay big money these days for big lips but in the 70′s this wasn’t the case, especially in 5th grade. I decided on combining the Suzy nickname with the lip idea by using the Olympic Skier, Suzy Chaffee’s “Suzy Chapstick” to my advantage and start a chapstick collection in my desk. I had everything from regular Chapstick to Dr.Pepper flavored lip balm. Remember Suzy Chapstick?

So what about you? What’s on your favorite back to old school list?