I remember buying tax stamps in school.
Having to use (and refill) fountain pens in school. The school desk had a hole to hold the ink bottle.
Using white shoe polish on my $2 canvas gym shoes whenever the gym teacher said they needed to be washed. (no Nikes etc back then).
Getting dressed up with my mother (hat, gloves, good shoes, etc) and getting on a bus to go shopping downtown (no malls back then and mothers didn't drive or work outside the home).
Changing the ribbon in my typewriter at my first office job.
When the first blow dryer for hair came out. (Not the type of dryer with a hood).
Getting dishes, silverware, glasses, or towels inside detergent boxes or as bonuses for buying gas at certain gas stations PLUS they gave us Green or Yellow stamps with it.