Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase (37 page)

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Authors: Jen Lancaster

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Part One - The Seventies

Sock Lobster - (Navy Knee-Highs)

You Say Extortion Like It’s a Bad Thing - (Green Dotted Swiss Dress)

How About a Nice Hawaiian Punch? - (Girl Scout Uniform)

The Green Badge of Courage - (Kelly Green Speedo Tank Suit)

Miss New Jersey Has Everything - (Brown Tasseled Clogs)

A Series of Unfortunate (Pant) Events - (Bloomingdale’s Underwear)

Part Two - The Eighties

Take a Picture, It Lasts Longer - (Jordache Jeans, Part One)

Plan B - (Jordache Jeans, Part Two)

Gay Paree - (Jordache Jeans, Part Three)

Clipped Wings - (Pfft, Who Cares Because I May as Well Be in Prison Stripes)

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Singing a Billy Ocean Song - (White Satin Gown)

They’re Quite Aware of What They’re Going Through - (Bass Weejun Penny Loafers)

Dying to Belong - (Gucci Bag)

Which Is an Entirely Different Chapter - (Not Even My Yellow Argyle Sweater)

Absolute Power? Absolutely! - (Gold Lavaliere, Part One)

First She Was a Seed and Then She Was Trouble - (Gold Lavaliere, Part Two)

Dénouement - (Gold Lavaliere, Part Three)

Part Three - The Nineties

We Need a Montage - (A Variety of Stained Aprons)

You Sank My Battleship - (Navy Suit, Part One)

Just the Fax, Ma’am - (Navy Suit, Part Two)

Brass Something, Anyway - (Navy Suit, Part Three)

Worst Movie Ever - (Canvas Book Bag)

Pretty (Average) Woman - (Utilitarian Snow Boots)

My Kind of Town - (Cubs Bucket Hat)

Carrie Bradshaw Made Me Do It - (Not Manolos—But Close)

She Gets a Long Letter, Sends Back a Postcard (Times Are Hard) - (Silver ...

The End of the Beginning - (Crocodile-Skin Pumps)

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

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