This week’s challenge, “nostalgic,” isn’t a hard one, considering 1) celebrated my 50th birthday this week — a natural place to look back on one’s life, and 2) the wonderful take-you-back-to-your-childhood gift my husband found: a box full of candy someone born in 1963 would remember from his or her childhood.

This was quite a collection, including boxes of what used to be candy cigarettes, a bubblegum “Pink Owl” cigar, wax lips, Dots, Turkish Taffy and a bag full of yellow candy-covered bubblegum bits packaged as “gold nuggets.” You can see my dentist smiling already.

Others gone nostalgic:
- Nostalgic Evening: http://followyournose.org/2013/07/05/nostalgic-evening/
- Family album: http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/old-family-photos/
- Yesterday’s fireworks: http://littleyarisphoto.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/weekly-photo-challenge-nostalgic/
- At the beach: http://grandmalin.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/beach-nostalgia/
- Dad: http://runningafterale.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/weekly-photo-challenge-nostalgic/
- Outstanding in her field: http://sherylynoben.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/weekly-photo-challenge-field-of-nostalgia/
- Boat life: http://northumbrianlight.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/weekly-photo-challenge-nostalgic/
And this week’s Way Back Machine: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/nostalgic/
Happy belated birthday! I felt odder when I turned 50, than when I turned 60. LOVE this nostalgia. What a great way to capture the idea. I remember those candy cigarettes!
Sure is a sweet celebration!
Happy Birthday! Had mine this week too.
Happy birthday right back to you! 🙂
Wax lips LOL – WHY did we even buy those?
Ha! Because they were there? 🙂
Happy Birthday. My sister’s 50th will be coming up soon enough. I’m going to have to keep this idea in mind!
He got it from woodstockcandy.com. I’d recommend it to any sweet tooth!
Some sweet memories there for sure! HBD!
Thanks! Can’t wait to dig in! 🙂
Brings back memories of the little news shop with the penny candy and brown paper bags you could fill for a quarter with some of these gems!
Those were the days, right? Need a lot of quarters to do that now!
Love the candy idea! What a clever and thoughtful husband 🙂
He sure is. Also got me another favorite –fresh flowers! Such a treat!