Scrolling Saturday: Oodles of Caboodles
- February 2nd, 2008 1:56 pm
Scrolling Saturdays is the brainchild of Melissa and Coleen. The idea is to bring back a post from your archives and repost it. This place hasn’t been around for too long so it wasn’t very difficult. 
Here it is:
When I was just a tiny little amanda, I saw my cousins with these plastic over-glorified make-up holders which they called, “caboodles”. As if the hot pink chest that held the key to a grown-up face (and Glamour Shots too) was not interesting enough, it had such a cute, little snazzy name. Caboodle. It’s fun to say.
Way to go Caboodle marketers! You won over my young heart.
I begged like a jonesin’ junky for a caboodle. Begged and begged and begged. I harassed my mother daily. Probably, nightly too. I was crazy for one. The appeal was endless. They came in snazzy colors, some had heart-shaped snaps that closed them.
So, I groveled.
Lo and behold, my mother eventually gave in and purchased a caboodle for me. After all, it was a tiny organization system. If you involve the word ‘organization’ in a product, my mother is sold. She is all about organizaiton.
After picking out a hot pink caboodle, I filled it with old make-up my mother had discarded. The classic Cover Girl pressed powder in the deep brown compact was a major component of the caboodle. It was accompanied by the reigning dried up Great Lash mascara in the flamingo pink tube with the green lid. I was cool.
Yet, there was one component responsible for holding my caboodle items together, the major item that made them seemingly more 80’s as a whole–-an empty can of Aqua Net. That’s right. Aqua Net. The tragic 88-cent answer to all your hair problems. You could tease that unibang as high as you wanted. At least.. I could because my caboodle..also held a pick. Yep, a pick.
Now, I’m not really sure what happened to my caboodle or the assemblage of crap held inside. I’m sure I discarded it in the manor of the average five year old when I was tired of it. I probably left it in my closet, or maybe I gave it away. Who knows?
Probably, my mother. She always knows. (I’m sure it is in her attic.)
Anyway, I saw a picture of a caboodle today and remembered mine. I also remembered how insanely awesome I thought I was toting my hot pink caboodle around by it’s handle. But when the caboodle reminiscing lead to Milli Vanilli reminiscing…I just stopped altogether and decided to do some dishes.
A girl can only handle so much.
February 2nd, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
I did not have a Caboodle, but I wanted one. Badly. I did have a pick (sad story about bad perms on a little girl), and the smell of Aqua Net is forever stuck in my memory.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
I remember the caboodle. I had a pink one just like the one in your picture. It was awesome! I was always sad it wouldn’t hold my hair dryer though. Problem solved when I got a new smaller dryer. Oh the endless entertainment of my caboodle, loved that thing!
February 2nd, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
Mine was three tiered and Bejeweled.
You will tell no one.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Yes, I coveted the caboodle, too. I never got one, though, sadly. Probably the root of all of my insecurities & problems today! lol
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
I don’t even remember what I held my makeup in, even now I still use a plastic bag. Maybe I need to get myself a fancy bejeweled caboodle…yeah, well maybe not.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
I think caboodles were a little before my time… but I do remember them. They were a crazy, fun trend for a while.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
Aqua Net…. is still in use today… it still GLUES down hair and not a wisp will be in sight…… go backstage of any dance recital… super moms will be pulling oodles and oodles of the stuff out of caboodles!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
I wasn’t cool enough for a caboodle…plus I hardley wore makeup so it would have been wasted on me. But I did start making jewelry, I guess I could have used it for that.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
OH MY!! I was just talking to some girlfriends the other day at lunch about our caboodles. I had one for my makeup, I’m sure it was peach as I went through a peach and mint green phase as a teenager in the late 80s. I also had one for my jewelry (that I still have actually) that is mint green. I remember toting all my goods around with me on various band trips and sleepovers where we’d watch MTV all night (when they actually played videos).
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
i still have my purple caboodle!!! seriously! my daughter has taken it over!!! and, it held a black pick for my dangerous, flammable, humungous bangs!!!
loved the post!
ps…i still use that mascara! it’s the best!
February 2nd, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
HA! This made me laugh out loud! I actually still have mine. It is under my bed right now as I write, with a bunch of junk inside. That is hilarious!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
Oh, my Lord! I haven’t thought about caboodles in years. I am sure my supply of Units is in mine, somewhere in the great 80s fad in the sky.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
Man, oh man, that brought me back. I totally forgot about the Caboodle!!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
dude! I still have one. It houses a lot of my costume jewelery!!!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
They were after my time, but I still wanted one, even as a grown-up! Caboodles are still cool. And I truly believe Aqua Net is partially responsible for my hair loss. And global warming.
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 9:05 pm
I had one too, also thinking I was the coolest person EVER. But really, once I had it, I had no use for it. I mean, come on, I was like 10 or something. What did I need to carry around makeup for?
February 2nd, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
I can just imagine you with it!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
too funny…Caboodles were after my time..but my daughter has one and loves it!!!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 10:19 pm
I usuallymake it a point to say something pithy or witty or off color whenever I visit a blog. I can honestly say, I am totally at a loss for words. But I do have a question … is that where the expression “The whole kit and caboodle” comes from?
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
My Caboodle was silver with silver glitter!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Oh I had a caboodle. A purple sparkly caboodle. Actually, as far as I know, Target still sells an updated version. And a hair pic for my permed hair! haha, the memories!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
Girl the Caboodle is back and it’s at Target! I just got one for my oldest for Christmas filled with a bunch of harmelss makeup. And all she could do was ask where’s the mascara? Ungrateful.
And you already know my Milli Vanilli story. Not going there again!
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February 2nd, 2008 @ 11:54 pm
Blast for the past! I had one….and it was empty *sigh*…no make-up allowed until I was out of high school…That should explain a lot about my college life
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 12:02 am
LOL! Sometimes it’s best to keep those trips down memory lane short!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 1:02 am
Cabootles were the best! haha I love your blog!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 7:06 am
i never had a caboodle…or maybe i did but it just wasn’t called like that where i come from
i do however, remember my aqua net days…hilarious! i must have consumed at least a dozen of those hehe!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 11:38 am
My mom still has my pink Caboodle in my old bathroom. I may have to take it back.
February 3rd, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
Lol! I remember Caboodles! I used to have a purple or a pink one, I cannot remember.
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
OMG, I loved mine. I had completely forgotten about those! As I recall, I got mine for a Christmas present one year…
Mommie
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
I guess something I can look forward to getting the girlie now that they’re around again.
I just popped in your blog; you’ve got legions of fans and I was curious. Now I know why they’re here; you’re a great blogger. I
haven’t had the courage to blog about sharting, but you are a great AND brave blogger. Good on ya!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Ah Caboodles; mine had Vinal Net Hairspray in it. (oh, I mean Final Net:)
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
I loved my caboodle. It was pink and purple with a heart clasp. Took it to every sleepover I ever went to. Oh, and about Milli Vanilli? That was my very first concert. Am I cool, or what?
February 3rd, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
Hah! Those were way after my time; too bad, I would have loved one too!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
Hey-thanks for visiting. Sadly (or maybe not) the Caboodle never made it to Scotland. I don’t think Aquanet did either, but we had something very similar and of an equally repulsive odour. Yes, I just put a “u” in odour. hahaha.
I’ll bookmark ya!
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February 3rd, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
Oh my gosh! I used to have one of those. They were awesome!
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February 4th, 2008 @ 9:10 am
hilarious; I am a child of the 80s and had one too. I cherished it. Great blog btw; found you as a result of the bloggie awards and I’m stickin’ around.
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February 4th, 2008 @ 11:08 am
your mom needs to teach my mom about being organzied. she keeps EVERYTHING!! she has grocery receipts from 1997…yes 11 years ago!
that was my moms signature mascara though…the pink one with the green top and navy blue eyeliner.
are you gonna get a caboodle for the little one?
btw, that pic of her in the white dress with her hair up is the most adorable pic I’ve ever seen…ever!
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February 4th, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
My daughter has a caboodle! LOL I had to get one for her when I saw them, remembering how much I loved mine (a pale blue one.) And my mom ALWAYS used AquaNet- she had the stiffest hair of anyone I’d ever met!
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February 4th, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
Caboodles and charm necklaces. Oh, the memories. Mine was purple and my sister’s was pink.
The unibang…that’s classic. My hair was taller than my head was long. My sister had 3 layers of bangs, each perfectly separated by 2 inches of space.
Was there ever a decade with such horrible taste and such awesome music?
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February 5th, 2008 @ 12:51 am
OMG!!
we are like kindred spirits or something i SWEAR!! i felt like i was reading something from my own tween years!! FANTASTIC!
oh and i was all about the PINK can of aqua net…seriously!!
this post is AWESOME!!!
i am adding you to my blog roll so i can remember to come back and soak up more of your bloggy goodness!!
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