Candy!!

Once again CreoleinDC inspired this post after wishing a happy birthday to one of her readers. 

During the summer from ages 5-12, I went to a day camp at the school/church I attended. We would live for the moments when one of the watchers (they weren’t really counselors) would ask us to go to the store. I still remember the usual order: a can of Pepsi, plain Better Made potato chips and a pack of Kools Menthol 100s. (side note: you know this was back in the day b/c the store would actually let a bunch of kids buy cigarettes!) 

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The great part about making the store run was that we were allowed to keep the change and get whatever we wanted. You want to see some kids go crazy? Lol. Back then, now & laters 

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were 10¢ a pack so you know even if there was just a small amount of  change, we still cleaned up! 

Along with the aforementioned, I absolutely loved lemonheads,

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 Cherry chans, Alexander the grape (they’re all “heads” now), pop rocks(!),  candy necklaces and the list goes on and on. Enjoy this flash from the past.