So here is another from the “do you remember?” category….plastic cups that came in boxes of oatmeal. For years upon years, I never knew this was a thing. Mainly because I was never around when my Mom opened the new boxes of oatmeal, and also probably because we didn’t buy the brands of oatmeal that was still doing this in the 80’s.
But even though I was totally unaware of this being a thing, I knew all about the cups, and they were favorites of mine. How is this possible you may be asking, but sit tight and I’ll tell you how I could be at both ends of the spectrum at the same time.
My grandmother on my Mom’s side had a lot of grandkids. 18 of us to be exact, and more times than not, there would be at least 5 or 6 at her house at any given time. As kids do, one would get thirsty, and so that meant all of us were thirsty, because Lord forbid if one of us was getting something the others weren’t. So off the kitchen we would go, and we all knew which glasses were for us grandkids to use. The plastic tumblers in shades of blue, green, yellow, pink, and clear.
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