30 Things A 90s Teenager Could/Couldn’t Live Without

If you’re a regular follower of my blog you’ll know that I’ve been sharing weekly and monthly extracts from my teenage diaries. As I was typing up this month’s teenage diary I came across a couple of lists that had been stapled in there that absolutely cracked me up and I thought you’d like to see them too. God only knows what inspired me to write them, I can only think I got the idea from a magazine (I was a bit magazine obsessed!), but clearly I felt the need to jot it down and put the world to rights in my own small 90s teenager way. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.

So here follows my list of the 30 things I couldn’t live without and the 30 things I could live without when I was the grand old age of 14… please don’t judge me 😉

30 Things I Couldn’t Live Without (DON’T LOOK X-RATED)

  1. Take That
  2. Friends
  3. Doughnuts
  4. Stereos
  5. Baked beans on toast
  6. Money
  7. Clothes
  8. The Big Breakfast
  9. Laughter
  10. Family
  11. Males (good looking ones)
  12. Give Good Feeling actions esp. Marks
  13. White Towels
  14. Charts
  15. Posters
  16. New Look
  17. Shoes
  18. Jelly and ice cream (not to eat)
  19. Massage oil
  20. Bed
  21. The Ozone
  22. Mark’s bollocks
  23. 0891 31 30 30
  24. Telephones
  25. Bicycles
  26. Shopkeepers
  27. Lizards
  28. Tattoos
  29. Music
  30. Ears

Wow! The order of this list alone is bad enough, but Ears…. what the actual!?! And may I take this opportunity to apologise to my family – I am so, so sorry for putting you below beans on toast. What a dick!

30 Things I Could Live Without

  1. Brussels sprouts
  2. Football
  3. Models
  4. James Bond Junior
  5. Timothy and Wilfred (you’d have to read my diary extracts to know who they are)
  6. Jokes
  7. Trainers
  8. Kelly Chapman
  9. Bryan the dinosaur
  10. Mrs Chiles
  11. Homework
  12. Alarm clocks with crappy noises
  13. Periods
  14. Headaches
  15. Guns n Roses
  16. Jeremy Beadle
  17. Going to the toilet
  18. Annoying words
  19. Swearing
  20. Arguments
  21. Maths
  22. Magazines (wtf!?!?)
  23. Verucas
  24. Spots
  25. Split Ends
  26. Dandruff
  27. Toe nails
  28. Fat
  29. Mark Owen fans – except me
  30. Chips

Well what a comprehensive list that is…. jeez! Not entirely sure why Jeremy Beadle pissed me off so much that he made the list and if anyone can shed any light on who the hell Bryan the dinosaur is then I’d be very grateful.


Read My 90s Teenager Diary

The August issue of my 1993 diary is coming next week so keep an eye out for that and as usual I’ll be posting my weekly 1994  diary on Friday.

In the meantime why not catch up on the ones you’ve missed by heading on over to my blog.


Author Bio

Becky Stafferton is a full time blogger over on her website The Art of Healthy Living, mum of 2 and certified Queen of the hashtags. She continually strives to promote a realistic, sustainable and positive image of how to lead a healthy life. When she’s not writing or reading her teenage diary she can be found swigging Prosecco from the bottle, running through muddy puddles, making lists of lists, having a good old moan, scoffing flapjacks and squatting like her life depends on it.

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