Mom made me help her clean out my from underneath my bathroom sink. I was grabbing stuff out of the back to throw away – a bunch of old bottles of spray on hair colour from years ago. I grabbed one and did a double take – it wasn’t purple hair spray, it was purple SILLY STRING!!!
YES!!!
I remember now, one Easter a while back we did this thing where everybody drew a number, and then they got a silly little present from my aunt that had that number on it. David, my dad and I lucked out and got Silly String. David and I had a war in the yard until we ran out, and then I took Dad’s. So that David wouldn’t try to steal it, I hid it under my bathroom sink. And forgot about it! Until now! Whoohoo!
Same thing happened when I was a kid. I had this brand new My Little Pony. It was Starshine of the Rainbow Ponies. She was *so* gorgeous. I just thought she was the prettiest My Little Pony I’d ever had. Well, my cousins were coming over that night. And I knew if they got ahold of the pony, it would be a mess by the end of the night. So I put the pony (with the plastic still covering her mane!) on the top shelf of my closet.
And she stayed there for years! I think I found her a good six or seven years later. It was such a surprise. She’s still in excellent shape compared to my other ponies.
And once, in 1994 (when I was 14) we had a huge ice storm. I wanted some snow boots and I knew mom had some that she hadn’t worn in ages. She got them out of the living room closet for me and when I went to put them on, there was something in there. I pulled it out, and it was my missing Frosta (from She-Ra) doll that I thought I’d lost a good seven years ago. I didn’t remember putting her in there…