80's Flashback

I walked into Gap the other day with my sister and stopped dead in my tracks.

There, on an impossibly slim mannequin, was the horror of my youth, the fashion faux pas of my teenage years, the cringe-worthy statement in my junior high and high school pictures:

Stir-up pants.

Paired with long shirts.

Am I seriously old enough that the things I wore when I had zero sense of style are now back?

I knew the 80's were in - leg warmers, skinny pants and ankle boots being all the rage.  But...stir-up pants?!  That's dangerously close to "my" generation.

What's next?  Wearing four pairs of scrunched socks with your Keds?  Off the shoulder prom dresses? Shoulder pads?  Puff sleeves?  Big bangs? Spiral perms?

Do you see how this can get out of control? 

Or has it already?

(Let's not even talk about the insanely revealing and scanty dresses geared towards 16-18 year-olds.  That's a whole other blog post.  I'm just hoping granny dresses are in style when Elizabeth is old enough for prom.  And if they're not, I'm going to make her a trend setter.)

And just out of curiosity...can someone explain these shoes?  I feel like I fell asleep with pointy-toed heels and woke up to chunky crazy sandals. 

Oh!  That's right...I had a baby.