10 years ago, it was all about who had the coolest gadget on the bus ride home, who wore the hippest shoes that somehow got around dress code and who was the first to get a cell phone in your class. Here are 10 items you begged for, and if you were an only child, you might have squeezed out of your parents during a moment of weakness:
1. Coach Tennis Shoes
Oh, the nouveau riche brands that wreaked havoc on the middle 2000s. If you wanted a pair of shoes to perfectly compliment khaki shorts and Abercrombie polo, look no further.
2. Ed Hardy T-shirts
You definitely wanted one of these after you watched Rock of Love with Brett Michaels on VH1. So edgy. So grownup. So something you shouldn't have been watching.
3. Chanel Earrings
These DEFINED classy in 2006, amiright? If you got them, they were probably fake, but nobody needed to know that...
4. Colored iPod Nano
Pink meant you were girly, blue meant you were cool and green meant you quirky. If you had a plain silver one you might as well have just used a Walkman.
5. Dooney and Bourke Barrel Bag
Like the saying goes: the closer to the armpit the closer to God.
6. Jersey Gaucho Pants
So breezy! So effortless! Pair with ballet flats and a bolero/cami duo and you were ready for the 7th grade dance.
7. LG Chocolate
If you’re anything like me, you can still hear “Candyman” by Christina Aguilera playing during the commercial.
8. Portable DVD Player
You could take it everywhere, your room, the back row of the minivan—it just made so much sense.
9. LiveStrong Bracelets
My school outlawed them, which leads me to wonder, did they know Lance Armstrong was doping years before we did?
10. ~*The Gold RAZR*~
The crème de la crème. You knew one person who had this, and it just set them a level above. You might’ve had the pink or silver one, but you were a plebian.
