Women of a Certain Age – Fall Edition
Women of a Certain Age – Fall Edition
By Cate Rees-Hessel
Fall is here – a sea of pumpkin spice abounds, but if you are a woman of a certain age, fall memories are just a bit different…
- If your autumn recollections involve apple cider in a paper cup with fold-out handles, not a pumpkin spice latte, you might be a woman of a certain age…
- If you have memories of jumping into a mountain of leaves while raking and not worrying about smashing your cell phone…
- If fall fashions from your past include Peter Pan collared plaid dresses…
- If penny loafers with shiny copper pennies in the slots and argyle knee socks were part of your wardrobe staples…
- If you ever wore a plastic mask that made your face sweat, along with an acrylic one-piece costume for trick or treating – Barbie, Miss America, the Beatles, and Casper the Friendly Ghost were popular…
- If you ever had a Hoody-Doody costume…
- If you love a good hayride and know to tie an old plaid shirt around your waist before you sit down…
- If trunk or treat didn’t exist when you were in grade (or grammar) school…
- If an old sheet with two holes for eyes was your go-to Halloween costume, with the matching pillowcase to hold the candy…
- If your fall favorites include apple pie with cheddar cheese on top…
- If you recognize the scent of burning leaves…
- If you had a school Halloween party that included bobbing for apples…
- If you ever attended a Fall Fest in your neighborhood…
- If you know the lyrics to “Monster Mash”…
- If a Butterball turkey stuffed with homemade dressing not from a box, and mashed potatoes made from potato buds were front and center for your Thanksgiving dinner…
- If you never heard of tofu turkey and still don’t know what it is..
- If cranberries and apples in the slow cooker are still part of your fall cuisine…
- If you received a Sky Bar or Bit-O-Honey in your trick or treating ventures…
- If you know what a Sky Bar or Bit-O-Honey is…
- If you found Razzles or Pop Rocks in your trick or treat bag…
- If you ever had a red hard candy coated apple…
- If you ever broke a tooth on a red candy coated apple…
- If you watched the original “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on broadcast television…
- If you watched the original Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on network TV…
- If while walking your dog you made a swish-crackle sound when autumn leaves flew through the air around you…
- If you attended the fall Sock Hop in a plaid skirt and twin sweater set…
- If you know what a Sock Hop is…
- If you weren’t afraid to eat the homemade treats in your trick or treating haul…
- If you went to the drive-in to see a movie on closing weekend…
- If you know what a drive-in movie is…
- If you watched the Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade in black and white…
- If you know Chuckles is not just a clown…
- If you know Mary Janes are not just back-to-school shoes…
- If you ever wore a candy pop necklace…
- If you know Dum-Dums are not referring to Republicans…
Happy fall, ladies of a certain age, no matter what the season, we always have style…
