Present & Correct always has something to love with all their retro fabulousness. I love the idea of using vintage lunch trays as desk organizers — I remember those things so clearly and how we had pink ones at our school. What color were your school lunch trays?
I also remember how insane my classmates were about pizza day. And it’s funny because years later I had this déjà vu moment at work when a colleague came over to my desk and said, “Hey Hols, it’s buffalo chicken wrap day, we’ve gotta get over to the caf before they sell out”. I remember feeling like I was 10 years old again on pizza day. Funny how the more things change the more they stay the same, isn’t it?
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March 15th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
How fun! Really friendly and relateable merch shots.
I want to say in highschool our trays were brown, but then again, I rarely ate lunch in highschool. Such a bad idea, but I think it had more to do with lunch room seating politics than avoiding food.
The grade school I went to had blue plates. So fun to think about!
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March 15th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
That bright yellow tray is awesome! I want one. Hopefully since it’s so bright I’d be able to find it easily when my desk becomes, inevitably taken over by thing I’m going to put away “in a minute”
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March 15th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
How cute and nostalgic! I remember my school lunch trays were light green and light pink. Haha. :)
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March 15th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I love all of this. I have a real soft spot for things that take me back to my own school days in some way.
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March 15th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
we call our daughter ‘Hols’ as a nickname as well!
March 15th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I always had to bring my lunch, so I don’t remember. But I am positive they were not as cool as these ones you are showcasing today ; ).
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March 16th, 2010 at 12:15 am
These are great! I totally want one. Makes me so nostalgic for the good old days!
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March 16th, 2010 at 3:50 am
your lunch tray comments – ha! we had lt blue, lt green, and beige. I was always disappointed when I got a beige tray! and pizza day…ah yes. I also loved BBQ day (pulled pork, yes, i grew up in NC, lol). =)
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March 16th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Dang, I just saw some old lunch trays for sale. Wish I had thought of that idea!
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Fabulous idea! It’s such a great way to gather all those odds and ends on your desk and elsewhere. By the phone, in the bathroom, jewelry. Great!
-Jordana
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March 16th, 2010 at 8:04 am
love its color!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
That is too funny! I remember how crazy people got about pizza day too! My friends would run to the cafeteria and honestly, it was really bad pizza tee hee
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