Now Playing: "I Love Your Smile" - Shanice, on MP3
Current Mood : Daydreamy
Spent on dolls today : $2.14
I guess the Happy Meal miniature "My Scene" doll I got last week was a sign or something. Because I bought the Chelsea ‘Roller Girl' doll today. I just couldn't resist ! She was on markdown for $9.99. Then there was a 30% off all Barbie dolls sale. And I had five $1. TRU coupons from the McD's "Monopoly" game. Ya can use five of those coupons on one purchase, so she was only $2.14, when everything was said and done and spent. Sweet !
It's kind of sad the "MS" line is going out on this. The packaging was fairly easy to open, and I only needed scissors to cut threads and plastic. The skates are just adorable, and the outfit, while a bit too skin-baring for my taste, is useable with other pieces and nicely detailed. There was even a second outfit - a cute cartoon character dress - included, that, for some reason, I never noticed before.
Of course, I had to get Chelsea. Between the green outfit and skates, and star-themed jewelry and sunglasses, there was no other choice for me ! I think the brown hair/green eyes thing wasn't even a consideration - but it was nice that it was all there in one package ! Shame the sale ended today. Not like we could eat five more large fries in one day anyway.
Just not sure if I'm keeping her. She looks so different from the other dolls. And she also skirts the edge of having that p*rn-star mouth I don't like. Her eyes are more wide open on the box packaging than the doll's actually are, so she sort of looks as though she's getting a lot more out of skating than I ever did !
They also had the Hillary Duff doll. She was already on markdown for $6.98. Minus the discount, she was less than $5., so with my coupons, she was free. But I could easily make her dress, I already had most of her props, and I didn't like the doll itself. I've seen several Fashion Royalty dolls wearing her dress, with the waist bow removed. It's a simple dress, though. Thought about getting a Fashion Fever outfit - they're $5.95 there - but my dolls just don't need more clothes. Heck, they don't really need the ones I make for ‘em, but I love doing it !
It was a shame the discount was for dolls alone - I'd have probably bought the Island Princess playset instead, since it'd have been less than $10. with the coupons. Mostly for the screen. It has cutesy animals on it as-packaged, but I could fix that right quickly. The shape is unusual and versatile. But $20.99 was a bit much. There's also a version with a doll included, for about $10. more. Here's the one I liked -
I could easily pop out that cardboard, replace it with some plain white paper, and be happy. Or use scrapbooking paper for a decorator touch. Not sure what I'd do with the vanity and monkey, but I'm getting fairly handy with a spray paint can these days...
Planned on touching up the castle today, but never got to it. We had a guest, my Beloved Hubby's brother, today. He's the one who gave me Harley Quinn for Christmas a couple years ago. They played pool, and I agreed to do some sewing for him. Not entirely sure how I'm gonna do this, but it's more a matter of ‘gear down and just do it' than anything else.
Tomorrow, I'm helping Beloved clean out the cargo trailer. That means I get the map chest ! It'll be so great for storing my print-out patterns. I can't wait !
