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Sit back and laugh at this hilarious gallery of old-school Halloween costumes

This is Wil Wheaton.

As you may already know, this year Bunchland is participating in National Costume Swap Day by hosting a swap of our own in Toronto on October 9. We’re excited to do something good for the environment and facilitate the free exchange of previously loved costumes.

But mostly, we’re excited to see all the old Halloween costumes that people will bring. Can you blame us? Recycling old Halloween costumes rather than tossing them out is a brilliant, brilliant idea. After all, some costumes are timeless, and even if they’re not, retro costumes are in (at least according to us). We’re just really hoping we see some old-school costumes like these at our swap.

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Your most embarrassing school outfits are back to haunt you

Looking back, most of us can lay claim to some horrible first-day-of-school outfits. We at Bunchland are no exception. Bicycle shorts with the neon stripe, magenta high-tops, flowered legging (which are kind of back in now, or something), scrunchies, oversized Roots sweatshirts: the outfits we oh-so-carefully picked out for our first day back at elementary school were indeed totally dorky. So far be it from us to poke fun at others.

Having said that, sit back and laugh at this assortment of retro back to school outfits, bravely submitted to use by our loyal readers, who we love even if they used to dress like big nerds.

Photos by Matt Stratton, wharman, xtinabot, ajschu, The Infatutated, Kristian Golding, calonda, kishrieves, RichardBH, waltersrp, Jim’s Theme 1969, robin_tre, DigiSmile STL, Welfl, budgieJen, judylcrook via Flickr Creative Commons. Into taking pictures? Join our Bunchland Flickr group.

Vintage photos and candid quotes to help you wax nostalgic about the cottage

Photo via y3110w

When you remember your kid self up at the family cottage all those summers ago, what do you picture? Are you sprawled across a hammock in the shade with a Judy Blume book resting on your stomach? Digging for pieces of sea glass in the sand and carefully cleaning them off so they shine like precious jewels? Listening, wide-eyed, as one of your parents tells an old ghost story around the campfire with melted chocolate and marshmallows smeared all over your face?

We’ve rounded up our readers’ favourite memories and retro cottage photos, so if you’re aiming to make this summer the one that your kids remember forever and ever (and tell their own kids about), look no further for inspiration than the halycon days of your own childhood.  Read more...