School lockers were meant to house textbooks, pencil cases and packed lunches, but as every self-respecting teenage girl knows, your assigned locker was better used as a treasure trove for every on-trend must-have known to man.
From dog-eared copies of Sugar and Bliss to grimy Livestrong wristbands, our lockers looked more like the bargain basket of a Euro shop than anything else.
If Avril Lavigne was pumping up the stereo when you were preparing for exams and The Osbournes accompanied your homework every weekend, then we KNOW you had at least some of the following items in your school locker.
1. Gap hoodie
Bundled under a pile of discarded notebooks, your Gap hoodie was your go-to guy when you were forced into the school prefabs for a double Geography lesson.
"Have these people never actually heard of heating?"
2. Holiday keyring
Whether it was a teeny-tiny flip-flop or a super-small palm tree, no summer holiday abroad was complete without stocking up on ten or more of these babies.
"OK, who wants the sombrero one?"
3. Body spray
Whether you were a Charlie, Impulse or So…? girl, chances are your locker smelled like a candy floss machine, and you bloody loved it.
"No! I need it! Damo's in the next class!"
4. Magazines
While you may have given them just a cursory flick while waiting for your mam to collect you, the boys in your class were MAD into them.
"Lads! Lads! Go to the problem page!"
5. Random kitchen utensil
Generally left over from an ill-fated Home Ec. session, that spatula, sieve or tupperware lid was never likely to find its way home.
"Ah leave it, I might need it again, sure."
6. Mobile phone cover
When you finally tired of the Hello Kitty cover for your Nokia 3210, you would just snap that bad boy off and pop that slinky pink snakeskin design on, wouldn't you?
"Honestly girls, I just, like, really needed a change?"
7. Avril Lavigne-related paraphernalia
Whether it was a skinny tie that had no relation to your OFFICIAL school tie, a skull necklace or a pair of hot pink tube socks, you had to show your devotion to the anarchic Canadian punkster somehow, right?
"Sk8r Boi is so deep."
8. Lipgloss
The more drippy, glittering and sparkly, the better.
"And then my hair got stuck to my lips, and then my lips got stuck to my teeth and THEN he said 'Hi' to me."
9. Coloured hoop earrings
These babies came in every colour of the rainbow, and no outfit was complete without a pair of these plastic 60s-inspired disco jewels.
"My dad said they look like coloured CDs. Did yours say that?"
10. Bang on the Door frame
This must-have item generally contained a pic of you and your bestie at a sleepover with Lanky Larry bars caught in the traintracks on your teeth.
"We'll NEVER not be friends!"
