Winter Has Already Overstayed It's Welcome!

SPRING. A word that represents hope and happiness. I think it's safe to say that the majority of people who are citizens of this wonderful, yet temperamental, country are not fans of the bleak, horrible season we call winter. Seriously. Who's the joker who thought of this?! It's actually not fun at all! I mean, there's some pretty sweet aspects about it, but once the novelty of those wear off, you're just left with cold, dirty, wet snow and a stuffed up nose. But I promise you, there IS a light at the end of the tunnel. And this light is called spring :) This still isn't my favourite season - that would be summer - but when spring comes, it always means that summer is close at it's heals.
Spring means not having to wear a winter coat anymore. Spring means days are longer and the sun is actually starting to peek over the horizon when you wake up in the wee hours of the morning for school. Spring means more sunshine, warm weather, and the beginning of tanning season. Spring means it's time for people to open their pools. Spring means I can actually walk to the bus stop without freezing to death. Spring means so many things, but most of all it means that winter is almost over.

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Like Totally 80's!

Tomorrow is the first showing of our school musical, Footloose. If you haven't seen this epic movie starring Kevin Bacon, you should probably check it out! Or come watch it being put on at W-O :) Whichever you choose, it's important to know that it's based in the wild 80's, the era of big hair and blinding colours. To honour the first showing of Footloose, we're having a themed dress up day at school. Everyone has the opportunity to wear 80's clothing to school.
In case there are people out there who are completely clueless to what was worn in those days, here are some handy tips that you can use when getting dressed tomorrow morning, or if you ever decide to dress up in 80's styles any other day.

This website is actually really helpful, if you don't get all that you need from this post:
http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-fashion.html

First off, it's important to remember that more is better and the bigger, the better. Apparently people in this century were trying to "find themselves" through their fashion. What they wore was a way to express their creativity.
Some popular 80's fashions are listed below:
- oversized shirts
- leg warmers
- the preppy look
- 80's dresses
- sunglasses
- paint splatters
- chuck taylors
- acid wash denim
- jumpsuits
- knit ties
- neon
- jelly shoes
- parachute pants
- members only jackets
- the Madonna look
- friendship pins

And these are only a few of the trends from the 80's! There are so many more on the website above, including hair and makeup styles. Hope this helped, I know it helped me :)

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