Revisiting the 80's...

Murray and I recently went to Melbourne for his company conference. As part of the evening entertainment one night, we were required to dress up in gear from the 1980's. Since I was busy having babies in that decade, most of the fashion passed me by completely and I was at a loss as to what to wear. I visited the op shops, but with little luck, especially as I had no idea what I wanted to find. Several people made helpful suggestions, including one random stranger in a shoe shop whose advice I asked. She told me I should go as Annie Lennox in a tight one piece trouser suit, with white boots and to colour my hair white white. I had to come home and look Annie Lennox up on the internet. My thanks to that lady; she was spot on! However, where was I going to get a jumpsuit to fit, let alone boots of the right variety - or for that matter bleach my hair??? Veena, one of Karen's friends who I ran into in The Square, told me I should wear a bubble skirt, leggings, fingerless gloves etc. It wasn't until I saw a photo a few days later that I understood that she was also completely right. How? She was probably only 3-4 years old in the 80's!!! Anyway, Murray finally came up with a solution. He found a shirt embroidered with 'Trailer Park Rock Festival 1985' and decided that would do for him, along with jeans and a mullet wig. He suggested that we should both wear the same, and so I bought one as well. A few accessories and we were done. Murray even had his original glasses from the 80's. Check us out. The funniest reaction came from a woman who Murray had sat next to on the bus all that day while out visiting the local company sites. She didn't know who he was! Others who dressed up were more imaginative/adventurous than us; there were two people who went as rubiks cubes, groups of Blues Brothers, a few Magnum PI's, a sprinkling of Miami Vice, a Darth Vada or two, some Ghostbusters, Top Guns and 'Officers and Gentlemen' and any number of random bodies who obviously had no idea when the 80's started or finished... there was King Tut and Cleopatra, a ringmaster, the 3 Amigos to name but a few. Most people dressed up. A few didn't. How sad. We finished the night on a high, going home via the casino. Murray came out with $100 more than he went in with. I came out exactly even. It was a good night, all things considered.