1990s Everyday Life

----	1990s Everyday Life
	Health & Appearance Trends At Home At Work Holidays

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Health & Appearance cosmetically speaking Lasik eye surgery breast implants soft disposable contacts liposuction skin laser resurfacing chemical peels collagen lip injections Rogaine colored contact lenses fitness home fitness equipment rowing machines treadmills exercise bikes Nordic Track working out, keeping fit fitness club memberships Thighmaster power walking videos Sweatin' To The Oldies Tony Little Buns Of Steel Abs Of Steel meal plans Deal-A-Meal Susan Powter Metabolife Slim-Fast		Susan Powter: Stop The Insanity!

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Trends spending money All the cards! Debit cards, credit cards, preferred cards, gift cards....doesn't anyone use cash anymore? Before the 1990s, gift certificates were just small slips of paper indicating how much money the bearer was entitled to spend at the issuing store. Modern debit card technology entered the industry in 1994 when Blockbuster Entertainment issued the first magnetized gift cards. They came into wider usage in 1998, and have since revolutionized the retail industry. "Is that real money?" That's what my eight-year-old niece said when she saw one of the new $20 bills. The $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills were all redesigned between 1996 and 1999. Not only did they look like Monopoly money, but now all the laundromat change machines had to be reprogrammed! The 50 State Quarters Program was launched by the United States Mint in 1999. Over the next ten years, quarters celebrating each state would be released in the order they were admitted to the Union. shopping craft fairs computerized gift registries home shopping networks infomercials online shopping electronic funds debit cards check cards gift cards "maxing out" your credit card Visit my Products & Technology section to learn about home shopping!		phone numbers The 800 area code was first used for toll-free phone numbers in 1967. By 1996, all available numbers had been assigned, and new toll-free area codes were established. We began using the 888 area code in 1996, the 877 area code in 1998 and the 866 area code in 2000. relationships prenuptual agreements safe sex gay & lesbian commitment ceremonies celebrities "coming out" slang & fun phrases Kick him to the curb! Wazzup? She's all that and a bag of chips. 24/7 N'um sayin'? As if! Whatever.... I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. the not-so-good Hang up and drive! --gabbing on your cell phone while driving...a sure cause for road rage! ...and let's not forget the customer who sued McDonalds because she was burned when her coffee spilled while she was driving. road rage drive-by shootings gangs metal detectors in school CDs with "parental advisory" warning labels school shootings child abductions lawsuit-mania ecstasy drug use car-jackings

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At Home George Foreman grill Yankee Candles Ronco Showtime Rotisserie bread machines espresso machines shepherd's hooks outdoor accent lighting paving stones colorful flags a ceramic goose on the front porch seasonal outfits for the goose stenciling scented pillar & votive candles wrought-iron canopy beds

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At Work in the office workstations PCs connected to servers fax machines smoke-free offices cubicles communication conference calling putting calls on speakerphone the working world the downtown commuter look: skirt, briefcase & sneakers carpal-tunnel syndrome automatic deposit of paychecks		At work, the old-fashioned metal and wooden desks were gone....now we had workstations. The average office became a maze of cubicles

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Holidays In the 1990s, it became popular to decorate your house for holidays other than Christmas. Many people decorated trees with tiny Easter ornaments and set up elaborate Halloween scenes in their front yards. Christmas icicle lights pre-lit trees Hallmark Christmas villages Hallmark keepsake ornaments fiber-optic trees Halloween elaborate Halloween decorations daylight trick-or-treating hours no unwrapped candy other holidays Easter trees Kwanzaa It's A Wonderful Life was released in 1946. After the copyright expired in 1973, TV stations could show the movie without paying royalties. And boy, did they show it! By the mid 1980s, you couldn't turn on the TV during the Christmas season without seeing George Bailey, Clarence or little Zu Zu and her flower petals. In 1993, the film's owner regained copyright control and began charging royalties. Gradually, the number of showings decreased to just two per season. In the 1990s, cable TV and video rental gave new life to a modest little film from 1983 known as A Christmas Story. TNT aired the first 24-hour marathon in 1997, making the movie a certified holiday classic. "Turkey for me, turkey for you...." In 1992, Saturday Night Live songmeister Adam Sandler first performed The Thanksgiving Song. It was followed two years later by the immensely popular Hanukkah Song. Among other things, the song references the hottest topic of 1994.....O.J. Simpson, not a Jew! Thanksgiving Song Hanukkah Song		Pre-lit trees and fiber-optic trees were introduced in the late 1990s We loved to collect Hallmark keepsake ornaments in the 1990s. Hallmark introduced their first series in 1973. Icicle lights

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