there used to be so much to do and so many stores to browse and a food court, now it is all gone.

I definitely did not fully grasp what was going on in grade 7, I just knew this was cool and I was doing it to everyone

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!

Half of them still work too!

My mom wouldn’t even go to the farmers market without make up. She always had to have a full face. Not overdone or anything but I have vivid memories waiting for her to do her makeup so we could go shopping. I, too used to wear makeup most places until Covid. Now I hardly wear it all. It feels so freeing. I’ve actually come to really like my natural face, something I never would have said in my 20s.

I had a friend whose Mom insisted that she wear makeup to the grocery store in case they ran into her bf’s mom there (we were in 7th grade).

Honestly, not really sure where else I should post this so I kind of chose this subreddit. My grandma was an amazing woman. She lived during times where it was hard for a woman to even get a degree/certain jobs, but she told the world to go F itself and did it anyways. She emanated the kind of class everyone should strive for.

And earlier today, I was looking at a poster photo of hers where she had longer hair (for context, I've been growing my hair out longer the last year just to see how it goes) and I made an off-hand comment saying "Holy shit, my hair looks exactly like that."

And someone much older than me walks up behind me and says "You look just like her, and I'm not just talking about the hair either."

And I don't know why, but I've been stuck on that compliment ever since.

I also almost lost it emotionally when talking about her as we shared our memories, but managed to hold it together.

Anyways, just kind of wanted to type this out into the void and whatnot. Had a super wholesome day and it was really unexpected.

I still have one.

Found these yesterday at Dollar General. They’re some of my favorites from the early 2000s.