Picture it: Sicily, 1860

Sorry - brief Golden Girls shout-out there. But seriously, picture it: 1989. 6th grade field trip to Williamsburg/Washington DC.

Reasons why I was NOT cool (but for some reason thought I was):

1. Bought a long-ass coat with matching red scarf and red BERET. Um what.
2. Bought two cassette tapes to bring for jamming on the bus: U2 Joshua Tree (cool) and the Cocktail soundtrack (not cool).
3. Toted around a Liz Claiborne purse, when everyone else had a Dooney & Burke. (This was Hockaday, remember)
4. The mere fact that we were all like 12 with braces and perms. But I blame that on the decade, not on me. Humph.