We’ve all been there; young and eager to get the newest trends delivered to our door by the legendary Santa Claus. Being a pre-teen girl in the 2000’s meant many unneeded expensive items were written on my Christmas list several times in a row (which meant if I didn’t get this item I would have a tantrum).
Here are 12 things that were a normal sighting for any teenage girls top picks for Christmas gifts. Do any of these look familiar?
1. The newest version of whatever cell phone you had.
Because without the newest version, you couldn't send those cool smiley faces everyone else could in texts. The smileys just looked like boxes on the tiny screen of your outdated Blackberry or Slide-Up keyboard cell, and how lame is that?!
2. The ever so comfortable and stylish Uggs.
You could wear them with jeans, dresses, sweatpants AND yoga pants. You would also have to have a pair of every color. Looking back now, I realize how much money my mother actually spent on these boots… That poor woman.
3. Hollister anything….
Whether it was jeans, a sweatshirt, or their ridiculously over priced perfume— you had to get in order fit in, and Hollister was your key!
4. The ever so stunning Coach wristlet.
Which you could only hope would hold your money and the ATM card your mom let you have to feel some sort of freedom.
5. Pink clothes.
You weren’t cool unless you wore a Pink sweatshirt and Pink bedazzled yoga pants on the first day back to school after Christmas vacation!
6. Some really expensive piece of jewelry you either barely wore or lost...
Like when I forced my mother to buy me a diamond ring and I wore it maybe twice. Or the Pandora bracelet you needed all the coolest charms for.
7. Some new fresh pair of sneakers whatever brand you liked.
In my case, it was my all white Air Maxes or my white and black shell toe Adidas that I would wear to school almost every day.
8. Way too expensive hair care products.
Personally, I straightened my hair almost every day before I went to school, so the crazy expensive CHI straightener was a must on my list.
9. A laptop computer or iPod Touch.
They may have been meant as forms of communicating with the outside world, but they were also about bragging that you actually have one! Like somehow it made you cooler to have one of these things.
10. The coolest color or just a black or brown North Face.
They would keep you warm and as basic as ever.
11. Your first piece of Sephora makeup.
You may have looked like a clown, but you were cool for wearing it so it was okay.
12. A large Vera Bradley bag.
You would abuse it by using it as your backpack and then need a new one less than a year later.
This was just a short list of the things needed to be gotten fromSanta in order to fit in the cruel world of a pre-teenager.
