{It smells like....}

Don't be scared because of the title of this post is not referring to something nasty as the last post was...Ha! It's just a coincidence that the last post and this post are about smells. But don't worry - these smells are pleasant :)

Smells are very interesting. Smells can take you back in time and all over the world. They are so powerful.

For example:

this gum, Trident Tropical Twist:



I bought a little pack of this last night at Hobby Lobby [cause it's my favorite] and as soon as I opened the package the smell overcame it. It smells just like High School. I'm not much of a gum chewer, no, let me rephrase that, I hardly ever ever ever chew gum, but in high school I did a little bit more than I do now. And I always bought this kind. I LOVE it. The smell took me back to freshman year geography class...oh boy. That was an interesting time. But that was the first time I fell in love with this gum.

Next:
In high school I was doing research paper and I was at the library sifting through some books [books??!?! for a research paper??!?!? Yeah, I think that was like a one time thing] and I opened one and the smell just enveloped me. It smelled like my Grandpa's old barn. He took me on a tour when I was really little, 5ish, through his old barn and showed me the manger that he used to use to feed his cows. I opened that book and I relived that whole memory. It was awesome.

Next:
Dirty laundry mixed with pee smells like Venice. True story. When we went to Venice last summer Sean and I started out our first day there by getting lost in the city. It's the recommended way to get to know the island. It was very fun, but also a little nerve wracking. We ended up in the residential area of Venice with very very narrow dirty alleys and laundry hanging everywhere. It looks just like this.



Next:
Cigarette smoke. This smells like amusement parks. Lagoon, six flags, disney world, you name it. Cigarette smoke brings back all the memories of roller coasters, cartoon characters and tired feet. Why? I'm not quite sure. Maybe it's because I was born in Utah and lived the first early years of my life in Mormonville and was first exposed to cigarette smoke at amusement parks. Either way, I love the smell of cigarette smoke for this reason.



Next:
Churros. Churros also smell like amusement parks. In my family we rarely ever got treats at amusement parks despite the millions of stands set up everywhere. But I remember one specific time we passed a churro stand and Dad bought us some! It was delicious and amazing. Gotta love them churros. So every time husband and I go to Costco and pass the food on the way out I always catch a whiff of their churros and think of that time.



Next:
Bus/semi truck exhaust. I love it - It smells like marching band trips. That's right, friends, I was the biggest marching band nerd you have ever seen. I was even drum major for two years. [marching band is as big as football in Texas and it's a big deal]. Anyways, yes, the exhaust of buses and semi trucks remind me of those marching band days. Lining up, roll call, inspection, getting on the uniforms, digging underneath the bus for your stuff... on it was great. There was some good times on those trips.



Next:
Freshly mowed grass. It smells like my soccer days. I would have games on Saturday mornings right after the high school field was freshly mowed - it smelled wonderful. Love it.



Also - cologne. I'll walk through campus and some guy will be wearing a little bit too much cologne [gag me] and it will remind me of past relationships - that's the weirdest.
Or laundry soap! I caught a whiff of someone's clean sweater in class the other day and it smelled exactly like my friend Abby's house! It was crazy.

Tell me I'm not the only one - what do certain smells make you think of?