Current Mood : Wealthy. With apologies to mutilating Queen lyrics for today's title.
Spent on dolls : $13.
Fun and busy day today. I got to nap with Beloved Hubby, hit the last Flea Market of 2008, recycle a month's worth of cardboard, pay some bills, and be home in time for my Lindsay Lohan doll to arrive. I also found the ‘Traveler in Thyme' pattern CD that was missing, so now all my patterns on disc are stored together.
I'm still not sure why I bought the ‘Thyme' patterns. Guess I wanted to try some more elaborate outfits at the time, but... looking at the images and patterns now, I don't see anything I want. Maybe I still have to grow into it some more.
The Flea Market, at first sweep, didn't seem to have much. The Barbie Car Set seller was there, and she had some new things, just nothing I wanted. Ready for a laugh ? She had an admittedly very nice dollhouse for sale, with a fireplace that lit up and sounds and lights - big, too. But it wasn't scaled for Barbie. More like a Fisher-Price "Loving Family" house, and they're about half the size of Playscale. Just perfect for a really elaborate Kelly house, or for the Breyer / Dawn / Musical Disney Princess girls. She compensated by having very little furniture in there, and all the dolls were seated, so at first glance, it really wasn't apparent. I admired her creativity, but knew if I'd gotten it home (no way, she wanted $50. fer it) and then noticed, I'd have been ticked. Mostly at myself.
It was on my second sweep that I noticed the Sears exclusive Gymnast set under the table of another booth - I've purchased small things like Barbie wicker furniture from him before. The beautiful Malibu Barbie on the box made my inner girl squeee in delight, and she nearly took over. I was already eyeing a bag of Happy Meal Barbies, because it included the Wedding Day Midge one, the first HMB I ever got, still in the packaging. And the HM Barbie boxes ! A bit more than I wanted to shell out at $5., but I was giving it thought.
It was then that I saw a familiar shade of yellow. No way ! I carefully pulled it out a bit - yes ! The 1973 Barbie ten-speed bicycle ! In great shape ! Most of the stickers were there, so was the seat and basket and kickstand. Wow. I'd been wanting one for a while. Guess it's no surprise, had it as a kid. Back in '01, I walked past a car with one in the back window while going into another flea market, and I hung around for nearly a half hour, hoping to snag the owner and ask. Never happened, but I've kept my eyes open for another one. Again, a bit high at $7.50, but maybe I could make a deal... A quick dig through the 50c Happy Meal box netted me a Little Mermaid wind-up Sebastian for LDP and Baby Ariel, and a Rapunzel Barbie, who'd make a great Christmas tree ornament.
Well, when the dust settled, I was legging it back to the car with the Gymnast set in one bag, the Happy Meal set, the bike, and Rapunzie and Sebastian in the other. The booth owner accepted just $13. from me for all these treasures. Whoo-hoo ! He'd only brought the Gymnast stuff to show to the Barbie Car Set seller, but she didn't want it. He knew it was missing the rings and string, but the rest looked intact, so when he offered it to me for $2., I knew if I only scanned the box lid, it'd be worth it ! Plus, I had rings - knitting spacers I normally use as doll bracelets - and could find string !
As it turns out, the balance beam is cracked and it's missing the waist and leg support, but it's still fun to set up and use. So I'm not disappointed. The bike is only missing part of the headlight, but I'll make a sticker to cover up the spot, it'll be fine. The Happy Meal set is actually all of the HMBs from 1991, which is cool. I feel like I came out way ahead !
Dumped off the cardboard while I was over there, and found a great Tree Top Ornament box that'll make a great doll shopping window. So I snagged it. I love freebies !
Allowed m'self an hour to debox Lindsay from her packaging. It very nearly took that long. But I got a ton of stuff for my $5. ! Gold stanchions, a popcorn box, a director's chair that the doll can barely get her butt into, a makeup case with tiny makeup pieces, a soda bottle, two complete outfits, including coats and shoes, and a t-shirt, a purse, earrings, a necklace, and pink sunglasses, two doll-size DVDs with cases, a doll size laptop, digital camera, and cell phone, several tickets and ‘magazines', and a My Scene Goes Hollywood keychain that looks as though I can repurpose it as a small photo frame. And numerous star-shaped cutouts, a couple of cardboard tabletops, and at least a few salvageable bits from the backing and the plastic sides - they're all star-decorated ! I count that $5. well spent !
