Have you heard? GL's turning the big 2-0 this year! Before we bust out the streamers and nom on the triple-decker cake, we're having a major blast-from-the-past moment. Take a walk down memory lane with us each Thursday as we dig through our scrapbook of our throwback issues, starting with our very first cover and leading up to our 20th anniversary issue reveal on July 11 (psst! This is where you mark your calendars). What can we say? We're sentimentals like that.

This week we're kicking off this nostalgia-fest with not one but two year's worth of covers, including with our very issue ever. Aww, come see how much we've grown!

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Want more flashback fun? Thought so. Here are our faves from 1994 and 1995.

GL's Top 5 from 1994

Fave Song: "The Sign" – Ace of Base

Celeb Crush: Jonathan Taylor Thomas (aka JTT)

Fave Cover Line: Clarissa explains it all to us (Aug/Sept 1994)

Honorable Mention Cover Line: In-line skating: How to stop hugging trees (Oct/Nov 1994)

Biggest News Story: US Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked, resulting in a knee injury, a plot presumably orchestrated by rival skater Tonya Harding.

Price of a Snickers Bar: 75 cents

GL's Top 5 from 1995

Fave song: "Waterfalls" – TLC

Celeb Crush: Matthew Lawrence

Fave Cover Line: This bytes. Why there isn't more software for girls (Feb/March 1996)

Biggest News Story: OJ Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman.

Price of a Snickers Bar: 78 cents

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by GL | 2/1/2016

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