Current Mood : Antici....(say it ! Say it !!) pation. (wild cheering)
Spent on Dolls today : $1.57
Got today off to a running start - I forgot the groceries Dearest Son was supposed to take to school as part of some sort of Stone Soup activity. So as soon as his little butt was on the bus, I was on my way to the IGA down the street. Got the items (a can of Parmesan cheese, bag of frozen corn) and dropped them off, and left the school building in time to see his bus pull away. Darn. Well, I am a distraction for him, so sometimes it's best he not see me there.
Today was Big Shopping day. I had to hit Sam's Club and the usual Mal-Wart run. And the Thrift, but that goes without saying. Didn't get that much beyond our usual snacks and frozen foods at Sam's, but still burned through $114. there. One of the scores was a set of 36 restaurant-grade forks for $7. They're plain, but nice, and while we didn't need so many, the price was unbeatable. Forgot to pick up Kleenex while I was there, so I'll be back next week, darn it. I like Sam's, but it's like a giant time sink for me in there.
I finally got to see the Hanna Montana Malibu Beach House, Sam's had it for $149., including an open model displayed behind Lucite. It was smaller than I thought, and just didn't seem to be worth it, even if it had all of Hannah's TV-portrayed appliances and furnishings. You know me, I hate to pay a premium for licensing, and if this was regular Barbie, it wouldn't more than $100. Probably $75. So that's off the list, not that it was ever really on my list to begin with.
So, I came back home to drop off frozen/cold items, then hit the usual Monday places. The thrift store owner virtually repeated last week's complaints to me today, and I promised to drop off stuff next week. It's about all I could do, my purchases today totaled $2.02 ! Scored a Barbie ‘Favorite Tales' storybook, it's ‘7 in 1 !!'. Well, seven previously published stores collected into today's 99c omnibus. It's about as thick as one of Dearest's Disney storybooks. Ordinarily, I'd leave it for a kid, but I liked the dioramas inside, and I can tell ya, darn few Mattel products besides dolls and clothes were in the photo stories. It's kind of inspiring.
Other purchases were a star-shaped ornament, covered in iridescent silver glitter, and an angel rag doll from the 50c plush bin. Used to be the 25c plush bin, but... anyway. The doll wasn't anything special, a cheaply made dress-is-the-body toy that probably came from a claw machine or carnival (Cuddle Wit frequently stocks both), with a slightly stained face, but something about her dress reminded me of the current ‘Enchanted Tales' versions of Disney Princess merchandise. Basically ‘the girls' are shown in gold and white versions of their signature gowns, heavily jeweled and tiara'd, even if the character's never been shown with a crown before. Even if this doll's dress is cheaply sewn cheap nylon, it still intrigued me. So I invested the two quarters and hope to soon have a gold and white holiday dress for Princess Dorrie.
After Sam's, the grocery funds were limited, so I stuck to just what foods and such we needed. Had $10. left ! Stored the new Christmas ornament in with the DPrincess wrapping paper and the gift tags on the back of some Little Debbie gingerbread men cakes. Silly, I know, but they print ‘em, I may as well use ‘em. Besides, I love those darn gingerbread men, and they're only sold at holiday time.
Sorted through the big sewing notions box a bit more today. If there was a place to sell vintage buttons, I'd probably have a big score in my lap. But I doubt I could sell ‘em, they're fantastic ! I wanna make clothes just so I can use these buttons !
And once I get the ironing board set up for the PDorrie angel dress - there's several little places on it that need to be straightened into a better shape - I can test all these transfers ! They're so cool...
