I'm supposed to be blocking it from my mind right now, but I just can't help it. My sweet mother-in-law knows that I collect lunchboxes and usually finds a few good ones each year to help my collection grow. It's kind of a tricky thing to do, since my criteria for which lunchboxes I would like to own is that they have to make me happy to look at, and most trigger some form of nostalgia. My favorite lunchboxes are from the 80s, since that's where I spent most of my childhood. Today she called when she was looking at antiques to ask if I was interested in any of the ones she saw. They will be gifts for my upcoming birthday or Christmas, so I'm supposed to block them from my mind, but I can't help but smile with anticipation for a couple hours before I forget about them. From what she was describing, the lunchboxes we decided on probably look something like this:
Rambo - I'm not sure if it's the metal or plastic version, so here's a picture of both. The metal versions are usually worth more than the plastic, but I do it for the nostalgia not the resell, so it's not too important to me.
Strawberry Shortcake - I already have one strawberry shortcake lunchbox, but not this one. I owned a strawberry shortcake lunchbox as a kid, and I love having them just as much now!
Snoopy - She sent a picture to my phone of this one, but I couldn't tell for sure if it's the metal or plastic version. They both look like this:
Doesn't looking at them just make you feel giddy? Now I just have to wait until we're out in Michigan in a couple of weeks so I can try and convince her to show them to me in person.
Yeah, I'm so happy!
