Now Playing: crickets and convenience store traffic
Current Mood : Jubilant !
So today was another thunderboomer morning, and Beloved Hubby was home - he even made breakfast ! He encouraged me to visit TRU after Dearest Son came home from school, as a treat. We'd done Beloved stuff all weekend, due to his birthday and Father's Day, so he wanted me to have some time of my own. By then, the rainstorm would be over and he was looking forward to some quality Wii time with Dearest. Plus, I had to go to Sam's Club anyway for a few specialties, and it was right over there. We all know that I was going just to see if they had any Toddler Princess dolls yet, and I've been in a itching lather to go for the last week. Still, I kvetched and tried to discourage m'self from operating in such a selfish frame of mind (dollsdollsdolls!), but it was no use. I hadn't been on a retail doll hunt in months, and really wanted this one.
I had in mind a more circuitous route than just TRU then Sam's. I planned to hit Target first, then the high-side Mal-Wart...after that, I'd visit the other stops. I just had to hit with quick, surgical precision, and not get distracted, so I wouldn't be out all afternoon. Beloved didn't mind how much time I took, but I didn't wanna be out in clouds like these for long. Target was a negative on dolls, but I did find a lovely Ariel hardback locking diary in the Dollar Spot. I sort of liked the Ariel gel pens and the fuzzy mini-poster coloring set, but not enough to snag either. They also had some infant t-shirts in patriotic themes, and I may go back for one or two later. They'd look cute on Gracie and Casey, the My Size Barbie girls. Maybe even Charmin' Chatty. I don't think I should get the ‘Made in the USA' ones, though - most of my dolls were made overseas !
The high-side Mal-Wart is where I lost it. Literally. They actually had Little Alice ! I'd never seen her before...and while Alice in Wonderland is not my favorite book/film/animation/anything, she was a pretty doll. $16.88, huh ? Wellll....she's not a princess. I can exclude her from the collection using that rule, if I wanted. Even the box didn't skitter around that - it had the familiar Diz logo, but not the DPrincess one. And she doesn't show up at all on the www.playmatestoys.com site. Honestly, I'm not even sure why Playmates chose this character. It's not like this line extension is severely lacking in blue-eyed blondes. That's why I didn't buy the Tinkerbell one I now really want...I already had Cinderella. Well, anyway. Decisions, decisions. I said I'd stick to only used dolls, but...
We both know she came home with me today. New rules : she's either a used doll, or she's less than $20. total, shipping and all. Of the ten Playmates Disney Toddlers, I now lack three. And two of them are being re-released this fall. So I predict a merry chase this summer for Little Pocahontas...
I'd also seen some lovely Tinkerbell print fabric used for doll dresses and bedding during my online hunts. So I checked the local Mal-Wart for it yesterday, and this one today. Nope. Found out the high-side Wart's fabric section is closing, which ranks. That one is bigger, with a better selection than the local one, which isn't closing. Still, they've been threatening to close it for two years now, so I shouldn't be surprised. Taking note of the 50% off signage, I picked up a few bolts of starry fabric I've always liked. They kinda cheated, though. The fabric that was $4. was marked down to $3., but ‘half off' meant it was $2. a yard. Yup, they put it back to full price before taking the discount. Oh, well, it was still cheaper than the same fabric at our local store, so I got some variegated pink with silver stars, some variegated lavender with silver stars, more of that DPrincess ‘pearl' print, and an Ariel sundress remnant. Seriously, the sundress piece is already elastic smocked, hemmed and ready to go, all it needs is a back seam. Not bad at all for $1.50 - they charged me the full remnant price for that one, the stinkers. I'm probably going to make Jasmine's costume from the lavender star piece.
Since trim was also half-off, I grabbed packages of silver and gold baby rick-rack, and a gorgeous emerald green pack, too. It'll look great on that Ariel fabric I already have. I was kind of in a rush, and the cutting tables were seriously backed up, so I may go back later this week, after I recycle all these soda cans. But still - I'd spent $35. there already, and that was plenty ! Heck, I should not have even gone to TRU...
But you know I did. They also had Little Alice, but M-W was a buck cheaper. No other dolls in any line I wanted, save for maybe the My Scene Roller Girl Madison. She's still $ 5. on clearance, but I was feeling guilty about spending so much already, and they had six. Maybe next week or two. I did make a minor score, though - a Barbie catalog ! Man, I haven't seen a new Barbie catalog since Fashion Avenue outfits went under. I helped myself to two from the wire rack hanging from the Fashion Fever shelf. Called the ‘Barbie Every Girl's Gotta Have It List', it's sixteen pages of Toy Fair '08, culminating in an actual checklist on the back cover. Oh, heck yeah, I'm gonna scan it ! Hope you don't mind a delay before I start posting the 70s catalog, so I can post this one ! Starts tomorrow !
After that, I was in and out of Sam's so fast, I barely registered on the security cameras. Put off opening Alice's packaging until later tonight, so I could introduce her while it's quiet. Whoo. It'll take me most of tomorrow's entry to describe her outfit...serious sewing errors here...(tsk, tsk)
Seven down, three to go ! Wheeeee !
