Mood:
happyNow Playing: "Cars" - for the Wii
Get this - when we couldn't find Cars for the Wii for Dearest Son locally, we ordered it from Amazon.com. On Saturday. I found it today - and Amazon left a message for me, they'd ship it Thursday at the earliest. Monday at the latest. Then it'd be five to nine working days shipping. I could expect it the first or second week of October. Oh, forget it ! Cancelled the Amazon order, and went back to get the game. Same price.
Got the second pattern scanned, then went to run errands. For once, I got the DVD rentals returned on time, and hit the thrift next to it. Scored a cute little Barbie house - it folds up into what looks like a quilted gift package, complete with big bright bow. Inside, it has a narrow cabinet that opens, and a bench that folds out to a canopy bed, with a nightstand next to it. The bench opens up for storage, but instead of sheets or a thin mattress, I found a pair of Barbie Capri pants inside. The rest is a sink that folds up and a bathtub with stairs leading to it. In case a doll wants to bathe in the sunlight afforded by the four windows surrounding it. Barbie, you exhibitionist ! A nice find for a mere $4.
I'd post photos, but I didn't finish cleaning it, and it's currently the super-secret base of a splinter group of Hot Wheels -sized Transformers. Dearest Son fell in love with it, too. He was so pleased to find the folding bed that he ran to me, exclaiming, "The bed transforms !" ! So I let him play with it for most of the evening. I can probably have it back now that he has the new game.
Also found some small photo frames at the Dollar General in the same strip. Two of ‘em for 50c. Their slight curve made me think ‘Plasma TV set for dolls !'. Found a silver set and made one for Elphie. It's a bit small for her, but I hung it up in her ‘living room' anyway. It's the latest image on her Photo Album page. It'll probably look better for Barbie sized dolls, so it's a good thing there were two in the pack.
Got the third and final pattern cut out while Son bathed. He still prefers baths - heck, so would I, if I had time ! - and I don't wanna leave him alone in there, especially since the seizure. So I save some tasks for the bathroom at 7:30 every night. Hope to iron it tonight and scan it tomorrow. It was completely uncut, but very wrinkled, hence the ironing. Ironing paper on a low setting is a specialty of mine !
It's for Barbie and Jem sized dolls, so it has (are you ready ?) 50 pieces ! But actually, that's fine, all the pieces are quite small. The one I scanned today had a veil pattern that was 22' x 25" . They can't possibly just say ‘cut a rectangle x inches long and y inches wide'. Nope, there has to be an actual paper rectangle, and I'm stupid enough to scan it. Guess I should count my blessings - the Brooke Shields pattern had a veil 18" x 15" - but it was to be placed on a fold, was curved, and required gathering in two places.
Why does an 11.5-inch doll need a veil three times her height and about ten times her width ?
