Now Playing: another kitty rumble in the hallway...
Current Mood : Happy !
Current Image Notes : This is 'Tiger' - the most aggressive of the bunch. Seriously, whenever I look down after feeling an ankle attack, it's normally this cutie ! Love to keep this one, but I can't take all the attacks and fights.
Got to hit the GoodWill and a couple of yard sales - spent a big, whoppin' $5. Got a buncha goodies, but no dolls. Got some new infant coat hangers for Baby Chrissy's wardrobe from a free box, too. And a new bath-mat for Beloved Hubby's office bathroom. We needed one, and you know me...I'd much rather pay a quarter than $15. !
I've found that if I have nice stationery, I actually use it, so I've been picking up pretty blank cards when I find ‘em cheaply. The large bag I bought today had everything from Christmas cards to Spiderman birthday invitations in it. Also a sealed package of pink rose decorated cards that declared that they were ‘Just a note from Charlene'. Dearest Son is now using the ‘Charlene' and Spiderman cards, for report cards and notes home when he plays school. It's always nice to have good props to play with, I think.
Got two pieces of fabric for me-clothes for just a buck each. One is a tiny rosebud print on lovely white seersucker, the other is pretty, large stars on a field of blue. Once I finish Brother-In-Law's robe, I'm goin' after that star-print !
I also stupidly bought more clothes. The sweatpants for Dearest were a good buy, but the other stuff...oh, it's for doll clothes, and I'm an idiot. But it was so cheap, and those folks clearly loved to dress their daughter in the best from various retail outlets that I'm not comfortable enough to enter. I selected a cat silhouette print blouse that coordinated with cat silhouette embroidered jeans, and blue corduroy pants (just about right for "Friday Night Date' !) that went with a rather stained ice-skater embroidered sweater I snagged for the buttons. I didn't realize the corduroys had the same skater on ‘em until I got it all home. Also scored a rosebud embroidered girls' shirt that'll make nice t-shirts for Elphie and just about any other doll I wanna use it for, and a smocked blouse of blue cotton flower print I'll similarly cut up for projects.
Last score of the day was a great star-shaped clock. It has a few chips in the wood, but once I get those sanded down and the whole thing spray-painted, it'll be great to have in the Lab. Works beautifully, and even has an alarm function.
Hit six sales in an hour and a half, and by the last one, the heat of the day had burned off the last of Friday night's thunderstorm, making the air steamy and sticky. So I was eager to come home...and there was my Snow White doll ! Awesome ! She's absolutely beautiful - hard to believe this wasn't the one I wanted. I lost the bid on another Snow, missing her shoes and such, but had the trademark dress in pastels rather than the standard primary red/blue/yellow of the animated film dress. Very pretty - and the close-up photo of her face was heart-melting. She went kinda high, and once out of my league, I found another ending a few hours later. Of the four of us fighting for pastel Snow, I was the only one who bid on this other gorgeous girl. Wow. You'll laugh, but the only thing she's missing is her headband ! I'm sure I can work up a red bow for her. Playmates has improved their shoe technique since Belle, definitely.
Her hair is just incredible. I'm not sure if Playmates switched to better hair for later issues - my first-year Belle had a nightmare of tangled ends, and I only rarely played with her. I ended up cutting about an inch and a half of dry ends off. Cia (Cinderella) and Ariel had similar issues. Aurora's hair is a bit end-frizzy, but it's not as bad as theirs. It's as if Aurora has two kinds of hair, shiny on top and a bit frizzed underneath. Snow and Jasmine have fantastic, smooth hair throughout, so I wonder...
After watching me carefully brush her hair, fluff out her dress, exclaim over the detachable red velvet cloak, leave glowing feedback for the seller, then dance around the house with Snow for a while, Beloved asked a dangerous question. What was I gonna do when I had all ten dolls ? Hmm. I'd take tea party photos, and playground pictures, and ...well. What would I do ? Gave it about half a minute of thought and decided I'd buy the next yard-sale Belle I found. Reroot her, recolor her eyes, create an original trademark dress, with matching headband and shoes ... and make my very own Little Princess Dorrie doll !
Beloved should really know to not ask these sort of questions...
