Now Playing: "Casino Royale" - we rented the DVD again
Current Mood : Fighting it, 'cause I don't wanna waste another day !
Spent on dolls yesterday : $2.
Sorry this is late, everyone. Nothin' like a huge wave of emotional turmoil to swamp your boat several *&^%ing times in a row, huh ? Deep breaths, in and out. In and out...whoooooosh.
Well, anyway. The lovely doll pictured yesterday is Peace Lilly, or Lilly, for short. I fond her at the ever-popular flea market - seems they set up any time there's nothing else going on at the county fairgrounds. They're due back next weekend, too. Some quick research revealed that she's actually 1999's Rose Barbie, commemorating the miniature rose from Jackson and Perkins dubbed ‘The Barbie Rose', which commemorates Barbie's 40th anniversary. I could tell from her non-removeable necklace. She came with this lovely dress, and even white strappy shoes. Hard to believe she was a mere buck ! I love her strawberry blonde hair and serene expression. I can use some serenity around here, that's fer sure. I find it amusing to rename a rose-themed doll ‘Lilly'. I'm kinda weird that way.
Her original dress is pretty, but I like the one she's in now. It came with her ! I was originally gonna buy her for just her dress, it really is pretty, but she grew on me. It's a Fashion Avenue - anybody else miss those ? I rarely bought ‘em, ‘cause $5. for a doll dress when I was spending $5. on big-me blouses seemed kinda expensive, but I got most of the ones I really liked. The one Lilly's wearing is from the 1998 party line. Funny that the dress is older than she is !
Most of my FAs are, of course, second-hand. Now that Fashion Fever seems to be the replacement, FAs are more readily available at yard sales and flea markets. They used fragile tulle and organza a lot, so I repair quite a few I find. If you ever need help to ID a FA, or just wanna browse through your memories, check out http://home.comcast.net/~fashionave/ . I always find one or two I'd have really liked to have, and probably would have bought - but I never saw ‘em in the Mal-Warts or TRUs back when they were out.
The photo shows the other things I bought at the flea market. They were in a box of Christmas ornaments, your usual worth-not-much small satin orbs, hard-plastic flocked Santas, and three-legged reindeer. Not even sure why I looked, but the lure of Hiragana script is undeniable for me. I had to know what was in the little boxes.
Lanterns ! Cute, mini Chinese lanterns ! Metal and inexpensive fabric with red tassels. They collapse for storage, and fit flat in the box, but the box is so old, the glue is gone. It unfolds and trickily opens up for display. Whee ! Still haven't gotten the arms open and just-so parallel, and probably never will, but what a great find ! Got ‘em both for a buck. Could have offered 50c and still got ‘em, but I'm happy with my purchases. That's Elphie's hand, of course, and Alfred's doing what rabbits do - chew on things when no one's looking. It'd work for Barbie scale too, it's maybe two inches tall, five if you count hanger and tassel. I also scored a Lucite star that looks great on my Lab doorknob for just a dime.
Only reason we went to the flea again was because Dearest Son earned five coupons and wanted to get his reward there. He bought two more kid meals Star Wars vehicles and an R5D4 action figure so old, it still bore the Kenner logo. No kidding. It was 12 years old ! Evidently, someone somewhere got tired of holding on to ‘em, because R5 was only $4. His card and bubble, very important to a die-hard collector, was in bad shape, but it's not like Dearest cared. I could have spent an hour happily looking at the Kenner script and remembering. I might still !
Ps to Manda - Wow !! Your PJs are super-fine ! I'm gonna have to ask you about the vinegar treatment soon, I'm nearly ready to reroot with that DTree hair. Yours sure do look great ! Shoot, now I really wanna get going on it !
Ps to Michelle - Thanks ! You and Manda help me so much - I wish I could do something special for you both ! If you ever decide to go for a psych degree, mention my name. Dealing with me should get you at least a few extra credit points !
