The whole idea for this giveaway came about as the result of a hilarious e-mail I received about being a girl in the 1970s. That was me. I never had the Dorothy Hamill haircut, but almost everything else applied. Secretly I really did think Gopher was cute - and oh soooo funny, but of course not as cool as Isaac! For years, I just knew I was going to be a Cruise Director when I got "big". Wait, I am, only I'm not on a boat and I'm not as perky...nowadays it's just called MOM. And watching The Wizard of Oz was a YEARLY event shared with friends, sleeping bags, and a bowl of popcorn. I just put on my strawberry lip gloss from K-Mart and I was ready to hit the mall, or the roller rink of course - duhhh. I remember the first time I got my bangs feathered...now I could use my thumb and middle finger and push them out of my face like the cool kids - and to make sure I looked good, I kept my fat-handled comb in my back pocket, sticking out so everyone KNEW looking good was my business. Man, I was far out! Move over Marcia, Marcia, Marcia...
Look at me and my bad self - my new go-go boots!! They were so groovy.
My poncho and my purple gauchos. OK, the coolness factor dropped just a bit because my bell-bottoms also doubled as high-waters so I wouldn't trip (ummm, yeah, OK). And could I maybe pull my gauchos up a bit more, I don't think they were touching my training bra yet?!
Just think, I bet I left the house that day thinking, 'My hair looks so good I probably won't even sweat in my corduroy jumper and cowl neck.'Finally, the man who won my heart. No, honey, holding up a candle at your grandparents' 50th anniversary isn't the same as holding up a lighter at a Journey concert, but your haircut and uh, mustache(?) sure are dreamy.
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NOW, ONTO THE GIVEAWAY!!!
I was thinking about all of my favorite candies from when I was little. Walking over to Ben Franklin while my mom grocery shopped was the best. One nickle could get me FIVE pieces of candy! We have a store near us that is a little neighborhood variety store with an entire of aisle of every candy, new and old, that you could ever want. Sixlets were always my favorite - when there were actually 6 in the little package for a penny. Mmmmm, mmmm.
I collected as many "retro" candies as I could find there and put them together in a decorated 70s-looking paint-sized can with a lid.*
Since this is my first giveaway, I'm just going to follow what I've seen others do...1. Leave a comment and your name gets entered.
2. Become a follower and your name gets entered. If you're already a follower, you're entered.
3. Post the giveaway on your blog, you're entered twice. Be sure and let me know if you did post it so I'm clued it. I realize sometimes people don't like to post giveaways and that's A-OK, you'll still get entered doing either #1 or #2 above - or both, nifty chick.
NOTE TO MY CHILDREN - No, you can't enter. I love you, but no. XXOO
I'll keep this posted until this Friday, July 31st. Then sometime that evening I'll have one of my kids or my husband draw the winner. Have fun, my peeps ~
*NOTE: Because it's summertime, I won't be sending anything chocolate in the mail. I just put a few chocolate things in the picture to bring back some memories.
83 comments:
I want to enter!!
@ Meredith - See the note following Rule #3. XO
What a fun give away. Great minds must think alike, we were camping with friends last weekend and talked about many of these things. Boy could I do the Farrah Fawcett Hair...and ponchos and gauchos oohwee.
We also named many of the candies mentioned here. It would be fun to win and suprise our friends from camping. I'm sure it is still fresh in thier minds. :)) I am a follower of your blog. New to all this blogging stuff would love to build my following as well http://lovethedecor.blogspot.com/
@ Love the Decor! - LOVE the gift idea - especially to an old friend or somebody's 40th birthday or something. I'll have to remember that. :)
what a cute post love it I am a follower already lol rebecca
A hilarious post!!! I remember all this. And what a darling gift. Sign me up; I'm posting it on my blog. Too darn cute.
How funny! I loved my big comb. Mine was a Goody brand. All of this just made me laugh. I worked at Ben Franklin is high school. I got to dust the cigarette cartons every Sunday and I loved cutting keys for customers.
Great giveaway!
Am I qualified to enter????? I don't have a blog, you know. Just love those pics, BR!!! I didn't realize that Sara looks so much like you. Those younger pics of you are Sara all over!
cute post bethy!! i still think i should be able to enter.. i at least get the chocolate that you cant send to the winner!! you were looking good back then.. and mrs frey is right.. and im looking more and more like you everyday.. OH JEEZ!!! well if i had a blog i would put it on there but i dont and i love you anyways :)
Oh I too remember all these great things from the 70's!! And Candy was my favorite thing in the whole world!!!
What a great giveaway! I'm so glad I'm not one of your kids!!
Hugs, Lisa
HI! Just added you to my weekly giveaway post!
Hugs, Lisa
http://pupylov.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway_25.html
Mm candy!
Thats pretty generous
KawaiiNeko2008 at aol dot com
A retro giveaway.....how fun. I'm in!
Cute pictures! I loved my go go boots, lol!
I still love sixlets candy! Thank you for your sweet comments!
oh the memories, wizard of oz(wasn't it always on a sunday),go go boots and ponchos. love it. thanks for taking me with you on that stroll down memory lane!
http://randommusingsfrommypov.com
What a fun fun give away.
If I'm not a follower I will click before I go post about your give away.
Cheri
Your followers is blank so I can't fdo it right now.
Cheri
Oh What a great post!!!It sure took me down memory lane...all that was missing was David Cassidy. Dreamy! Please count me in your draw.
**smiles**
Carol
What a funny post. I have similar pictures of myself. What a hoot! I loved David Cassidy too.
Carole mentioned him. :) Sigh!
~Liz
My, my Beth what a cutie you were. I loved all your pictures. I wish I had some of me. My family didn't take very many photos. I absolutely love your giveaway. I am about to do a post on my craft room & maybe somewhere down the road I'll have a giveaway. Thanks so much for your sweet comment abut my home. I do love a swing that's where I do most of my day dreaming about everything...lols! Thanks for the entry I hope I win, but whoever wins I know they'll love it!
I remember ALL these things---it sounded just like me!! and I had a Dorothy Hamill haircut! LOL (We must be around the same age) Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks for inviting me! (I am also a follower)
Karen
I'll have to take your word for all that stuff when you were young. I just wasn't around THAT LONG ago. ;-) lol. I will be more than happy to eat that candy though. Enter me in!
God Bless,
Ashley
you are one funny lady. i laughed and laughed! i would love to be entered in the giveaway :) i was born in the 70's too.
blessings,
aimee
You were so adorable!!
GREAT giveaway! Thanks for the entry! :) :)
Oh, and I just haven't played with my blog buttons to make them scroll yet. :) I hope to get to that tomorrow!
Yes, I went to bed each night with those pink foam curlers. I remember when I was allowed to stay up until the "color part" on the Wizard of Oz! I had very attractive purple tie dyed bellbottoms-oooh! Love your giveaway!
~Nancy
Ah yes, I remember trips to our local drugstore to pick out penny candy.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com
I am so jealous I am not able to partake! :)
Cool give away! I posted it on my blog for you :)
What a "sweet" giveaway!
I posted a link on my blog for this giveaway.
Okay, I just stopped by to tell you that after you comment - I OFFICIALLY LOVE YOU!!! You sure made me smile. =0)
Erica
Oh, those pictures are SO funny! Once when we were at my husband's aunt house, we found her wedding album from 1979 and had a blast looking at the pictures. That seventies stuff kills me every time. (And ponchos were cross cultural- I had one too!)
Cute post!!! Great giveaway!
MJ
yellowbeachdog.blogspot.com
Thanks for letting me know you had a giveaway! Oh my goodness at all the retro pictures! I love um! You were styling with your cowl neck and high rise bell bottoms. *smiles* I remember wearing bell bottoms in high school, and I had one pair that were short like that too. Whew...that was NOT cool, but they were my favorite ones and I wore them bad boys anyways! *smiles*
I am following too! What a great giveaway! My kids would be tickled if I won all that candy.
what a fun giveaway!
YUMMY!
Please enter me in!
I am a follower too!
Two things. First of all I posted about your giveaway on my blog so that will enter me a second time. Yeah! (I don't have my own e-mail so if I win I will have to give you my mom's)
Another things, How do you get a blog button that people can take?
Miss Janey must note that she and the imPerfect Housewife definitely shared a similar fashion sensibility...
What a fun trip down memory lane! I've just posted about your giveaway. I'm not sure if all this candy would be a good thing or a very very bad thing! Regardless, count me in! Thanks for letting me know about it. Have a great weeek.
if i am not able to enter the giveaway, then tell sara that you already promised the chocolate to me!
Hi! Just found your blog today. Looks like a good time too since I LOVE candy! Especially retro candy. So fun!
I now follow!
@ Ashley - I'm not sure how to add your own button to your blog. :( If you contact Joanna at Southern Girl Blog Design (see the button at the bottom of the page), she can make one for your blog for $5. I'm just glad I know how to post and add pictures - anything beyond that and I just tilt my head and my eyes get a glazed-over look. :) Thanks for stopping by ~
Hello Beth - I found you via Love Leigh Treasures. It's nice to meet ya! What a great blog you have. And holy cow, your giveaway is FAB! Thank you for the chance to win!
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
Hello Beth - I'm now a happy follower!
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
ahah those pictures are amazing! I love your humorous commentary as well! When I'm older I'm going to have a retro giveaway with spice girl lollipops and pop rocks!
Hi Beth! I signed up to follow your blog, and I am leaving you a comment. I have always loved sixlets, and do you remember that hot dog gum? Oh I loved that hot dog gum. It was cherry tasting and it lasted, as it was like having three pieces of gum. We too, had a little neighborhood store, that we road our bikes to on Saturday morning. We got 50 cents a week allowance, and 25 cents we could spend at the neighborhood grocer and the other 25 cents was tithed to church. I rememer getting some candies 10/1.00. Even the jaw breakers that we sucked on forever it seemed. Laughy taffy was so great and Banana bikes. They were wonderful. You really got my mind to going. I am going to post a post back for you. I will come back and leave you a comment when I have it finished. Thanks for the memories honey. Please pop over and read my blog, as I would love to have you follow mine as well, I am not just doing it for the candy. I am always looking for someone who has the same interests as me, and our memories certainly are. Talk to you later. Country Hugs, Sherry
Hi Beth!
It's Sherry again, I now have your give away on my scroll bar and it is posted. Another chance for me. Yippeeeeeee! Lookout Sugar Daddy here I come. We also loved Black Cows, Teaberry Clark gum, the humongous sweet tarts. Oh I could go on forever and ever. We were something else back then weren't we? Happy Monday Beth. Country Hugs, Sherry
Hey, girl. I'm in! I'm also a follower and......I am posting your giveaway. I want all the chances I can get!!
Lookin' good there fashionista!! I love the idea-and I love candy!! The pigtails are awesome!
Hi, great post, great memories and great yummy prizes! Please count me in. Have a wonderful day!
Hugs...
Bobbi
Terrific blog and giveaway! I love this post and your cute pictures! Thanks for stopping by my blog, I am loving yours!
I just signed up to follow you, before I even saw the cool giveaway! Sign me up!
I am loving your blog! Some really great stuff here!
I just became a follower! I love your blog! I remember all of those things that you talked about like the feathered hair and the lipgloss! Oh and the rollerskates! Did you ever put those big pom-poms on your rollerskates!? LOL Please enter me into your giveaway! I'm having one soon,too. My first one. I will have a post about it this afternoon. Please come by and enter.
OH YUMMY!!!! Love the old photos, kinda reminds me of myself when I was younger! *teehee* Thanks for hosting such a delish giveaway!!!
Hugs,
Christina :)
@ Country Wings in Phoenix - I have Hot Dog gum in the giveaway - and a ginormous jaw breaker!!!! It's hard to see in the picture but the gum is right by the stand-up Charleston Chew. If you don't win, I can still get you some and send it to you, girl! Can't wait to check out your blog - I'm off today and am going to blog-hop later on. Yay :)
@ Lee Laurie - Pom poms on my roller skates...how could I have forgetten that!!!!???? These comments are really jogging my memory. Those were the best! Remember you had to be so careful not to smudge all the gloss - because it had to look like you JUST put it on. Man that was gross - I mean, cool, yeah cool!
i just posted the retro giveaway on my blog
http://randommusingsfrommypov.com so enter me again baby, i'm feeling lucky!
Okay...so here's my comment, I'll become a follower and what if I post it on Twitter? Does that count. My friends are calling me a sweeper. I think that is someone obsessed with entering to win things. I might have a problem.
Oh, please enter me again as I would love to win some of that retro candy!
I 2 remember going to the drugstore and buying soo much candy with a quarter. Gee, you can't even get a bubble gum in a machine for that anymore! My poor kids don't ever get to get anything out of those things! hehehe I'm a bad mother! I might share it with them if I win? lol
Hugs,
Angela
Hi, please count me in
I was a young child of the 70's as well and I can remember almost every one of those memories you mentioned. What a 'sweet' giveaway..please add me!
What a fun giveaway :D Please include me in your drawing.
OH and I subscribed through Google Reader!
Thanks
~Amy
sorry mrs frey cuz we already ate all the chocolate.. come on lets get real.. that stuff doesnt last 12 hours in our house!
what a groovy idea! thanx!
I'll enter and I'll start following. But I can't post the giveaway because it will steal the thunder of my AMAZING raspberries from my very own garden. So in the interest of keeping the raspberry plant happy, I will not bump it down the page. :(
sara....oh well....i know where i can go buy some!!! we have connections when we know the blog lady!
Love the darling giveaway! The 70's were a hoot.. I loved the candy too. We lived close to a small market and I could buy candy for a penny.. Those were the days.. Loved the clothes, hairdo's .. So cute.. I wore my hair the same way.. funny.. Thanks for the giveaway offer..
It looks like your give away is bringing in lots of fun comments.
I am starting a NEW Mr. Linky party. It will begin on Aug 10th so everyone will have a week and a half to think about their first post. I have a poll up for votes on which button should be the new button. The "party" is called The Knock Off Knock Out-where THRIFTY meets creative sensation. Go over and learn more about the new weekly event and I would appreciate if you would cast your vote and HELP pick the new button design and its the last week for the July GIVE-A-Way, if you would like to be a part of that event..
Cheri
OMG what a step back and I just loved it! Although I was a teen in the 70's to me it was the best! The music of the 70's will never get beat! I adore retro candy and would love to win!! I have joined your following and will be adding you to my sidebar!! I am also going to post a link! Thank you for making my day!! Lori
Yay! What a fun idea!
Thanks so much for the opportunity!
BTW.. If anyone remembers the candy "Fan Fare" (it was like twix) and where I might be able to get my hands on some, I would love you forever. :)
Huggs,
Tonya
And I just had to blog about it. :)
http://lecorefemme.blogspot.com/2009/07/retro-70s-candy-giveaway.html
Huggs,
Tonya
Well, that was entertaining. Sara looks just like you, even when you were little. I can't believe it. Is it okay for grandma to enter? And you can save the chocolate, I will pick it up in person. Love U.
If it's not too late enter me! What a fun idea for a giveaway. Brings back memories of lollipop rings and wax lips!
Beth:
I have been trapped in my house for a month since a serious surgery on my spine. Thank God for all the emails and blogs I have from my old friends and new ones, to help me put some joy into my life.
Please enter me in the candy contest -- I remember all those yummy candies and would love to win some!
Thank you for offering this fun adventure.
Hugs,
Mary in Missouri
grellners@centurytel.net
Thanks for the great giveaway. My kids (and I) would love this.
clarksrfun@gmail.com
I am signing up to follow you also.
clarksrfun@gmail.com
Hi Beth me again how are you today, good I hope. Its beautiful here. It rained all morning but is now sunny & 83 very pleasant.
Have a great weekend.
Boy, did I stumble on your blog at the right moment! I, too, remember the penny candy at the local grocers, and the go go boots, the feathered hair, the ponchos and bell-bottoms that swooped out about three inches above my ankles. Good times. Thanks for giving me a chuckle and bringing back some fun memories. Now for some strange reason, I'm hearing the call of candy . . . candy.
Oh I got a Sweet Tooth!!! All of those look yummy and bring back so many memories! Oh and I love your Poncho! I also became a follower!
Thank you for the opportunity!
Artful Blessings,
Kathryn
OK we must be about the same age! I loved your stroll down 70's memory lane - we have many of the same memories. I think my poncho and gaucho's were identical. I loved my feathered hair, comb sticking out of pocket and cowel neck sweaters (did we really wear those??) - Holy Smokes!!
Couldn't tell if the guys were wearing Angel Flights - remember those? Ahhhhh the memories!!
Great post :D
Hello hello hello Beth!
You must be about my daughter's age. Hair style, clothing styles, likes, etc. She had a pair of bone colored boots at about age 10 that she love love loved. She also had the Farrah Fawcett hair style in high school.
Great memories.
Charlotte
I bet you anything you just accidentally ATE the chocolate stuff in the picture!
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