Do you remember ordering stuff through the mail?

[happywife]

Damn. I can't imagine filling out a piece of paper and mailing it to an address. Then waiting for the item to be mailed to you. Bonus points if you remember the last thing you ordered through the mail.

[Mrs. ChanandlerBong]

CDs from bmg/Columbia house around 1996/1997

[gummybear]

Probably those CD clubs.
Remember the Penny's and Sears catalogues? Huge like the phone book and so much fun to look through. We used to circle what we wanted.

[Alex]

Pearl Jam tickets through the fan club consisted of mailing money orders and waiting to see if you got tickets. Seems so foreign now!

[eb777888]

Yes!!!! I also remember doing it over the phone when I got my first credit card at 18. Victoria Secret and... another more "teenage" catalog that was popular. What was that??? I can't remember. So much crushed velvet, patent leather and chokers.

I think about that every now and then- when I actually filled out the order forms and had to wait several weeks, and when I got to CALL them and get it quicker, it was amazing. Now....so spoiled! So so so spoiled. I get annoyed when it's not here in 2-3 days. I seriously need to evaluate myself.

[tacokick]

Dec 14, 2016 23:40:58 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Yes!!!! I also remember doing it over the phone when I got my first credit card at 18. Victoria Secret and... another more "teenage" catalog that was popular. What was that??? I can't remember. So much crushed velvet, patent leather and chokers.

I think about that every now and then- when I actually filled out the order forms and had to wait several weeks, and when I got to CALL them and get it quicker, it was amazing. Now....so spoiled! So so so spoiled. I get annoyed when it's not here in 2-3 days. I seriously need to evaluate myself.

Delia's?

[eb777888]

Dec 14, 2016 23:44:24 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Dec 14, 2016 23:40:58 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Yes!!!! I also remember doing it over the phone when I got my first credit card at 18. Victoria Secret and... another more "teenage" catalog that was popular. What was that??? I can't remember. So much crushed velvet, patent leather and chokers.

I think about that every now and then- when I actually filled out the order forms and had to wait several weeks, and when I got to CALL them and get it quicker, it was amazing. Now....so spoiled! So so so spoiled. I get annoyed when it's not here in 2-3 days. I seriously need to evaluate myself.

Delia's?

YES!!!!!!!!! That's it. 

[seaward]

Oh yes, Delias was my favorite!

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/leonoraepstein/things-you-desperately-needed-from-the-delias-summer-96-c

[aliciaflorrick]

I remember my Mom would give me the JC Penney catalog to mark what clothes I liked. Damn I feel old now.

[tacokick]

Dec 14, 2016 23:46:05 GMT -5 seaward said:

Oh yes, Delias was my favorite!

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/leonoraepstein/things-you-desperately-needed-from-the-delias-summer-96-c

I still want that Pan Am bag.

[1confused1]

Dec 14, 2016 23:46:12 GMT -5 aliciaflorrick said:

I remember my Mom would give me the JC Penney catalog to mark what clothes I liked. Damn I feel old now.

This! We ordered my 8th grade promotion dance dress through the catalog.

[cinderbella]

Delia's and Peace Frogs......an overview of 1998.

[textbookcase]

Dec 14, 2016 23:46:05 GMT -5 seaward said:

Oh yes, Delias was my favorite!

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/leonoraepstein/things-you-desperately-needed-from-the-delias-summer-96-c

I had a ridiculous amount of the stuff pictured in that article! I was a Delias whore.

[peachy]

Dec 15, 2016 0:10:42 GMT -5 textbookcase said:

Dec 14, 2016 23:46:05 GMT -5 seaward said:

Oh yes, Delias was my favorite!

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/leonoraepstein/things-you-desperately-needed-from-the-delias-summer-96-c

I had a ridiculous amount of the stuff pictured in that article! I was a Delias whore.

#19! I loved that huge pants/small T-shirt look

[killercupcake]

Dec 14, 2016 23:34:51 GMT -5 Mrs. ChanandlerBong said:

CDs from bmg/Columbia house around 1996/1997

This. But it was a Christian version in 1999. Then they billed me for like $100 and my mom called and ripped them a new one for trying to charge a 13 year old $100 for 2 CDs. Lol

[hisno1girl]

Fingerhut

Also, I found some old paperbacks and there were forms at the end of the book you could fill out and mail in to place an order. No option for paying by CC. Checks or money orders only.

[ska]

It was check or money order when I first started using Ebay. Seems crazy now.

[pistolshrimp]

My favorite boots were from Delia's. Black pleather motorcycle boots with metal studs. I felt So.Bad.Ass in those things.

[Queen Mamadala]

Dec 14, 2016 23:44:24 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Dec 14, 2016 23:40:58 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Yes!!!! I also remember doing it over the phone when I got my first credit card at 18. Victoria Secret and... another more "teenage" catalog that was popular. What was that??? I can't remember. So much crushed velvet, patent leather and chokers.

I think about that every now and then- when I actually filled out the order forms and had to wait several weeks, and when I got to CALL them and get it quicker, it was amazing. Now....so spoiled! So so so spoiled. I get annoyed when it's not here in 2-3 days. I seriously need to evaluate myself.

Delia's?

Yes! 

[Mrs.Rad888]

Dec 14, 2016 23:37:46 GMT -5 gummybear said:

Probably those CD clubs.
Remember the Penny's and Sears catalogues? Huge like the phone book and so much fun to look through. We used to circle what we wanted.

And the Sears Catalog Wishbook, with all the toys! That was the best!

[lexxasaurus]

I loved Delia's. When I worked at a mall in Houston we had one and it was like all of my teenage dreams come true.

[friendz4eva]

I had such an awesome outfit from Delia's. Plaid polyester pants, blue suede platform shoes and a creamy white pleather jacket.
When I type that out, I cringe. But I swear at the time it was AWESOME!

[onomatopoeia]

Dec 14, 2016 23:37:46 GMT -5 gummybear said:

Probably those CD clubs.
Remember the Penny's and Sears catalogues? Huge like the phone book and so much fun to look through. We used to circle what we wanted.

I remember poring over the Sears catalog and being so excited when I'd get to order a few things for the start of the school year.  We'd have to do it in early July because it took 4-6 weeks to get delivered.   And you better hope it fit, because there was none of this "order 3 sizes and send the rest back for an instant refund".  If it was too big I wore it, if it was too small it got passed down to my sister.  I think the last time I ordered from Sears I was in high school (I'm 39 now).  We lived in the middle of nowhere and opportunities for mall shopping did not happen often - maybe twice a year.

[Deleted]

Dec 14, 2016 23:44:10 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Delia's?

YEP

ETA: My MIL was still ordering from the Chadwick's catalog about 5 yrs ago before she moved oversees.

[housewife]

CD clubs, Delias and I think it was called Spegial or something? There was a Newport something or other as well for clothes.

ETA: I googled. Spiegel and Newport News. It appears they are still around too. 

[jeaniebueller]

Dec 14, 2016 23:38:04 GMT -5 Alex said:

Pearl Jam tickets through the fan club consisted of mailing money orders and waiting to see if you got tickets. Seems so foreign now!

The NKOTB fan club!

[livinitup]

Victory Secret swim suit. Wow that was a decade ago.

[formerlyak]

I remember ordering things from the Victoria's Secret catalog over the phone when I was in college.

[wambam]

I'm thinking of Ross behind the couch in Mona's apartment calling LL Bean to order a shirt in "winterberry"