Current Mood : Joy in my guys' joy...
While cleaning the living room yesterday, I found a coupon glued to a Toys R Us ad, good for 20% off any one item. Hmm... Talked to Beloved Hubby this afternoon, told him about it, and we decided to do something special for Dearest Son this evening. Whatever he wants, he gets.
Dearest just knew we were going somewhere, but didn't know where until we pulled into the TRU lot. And he was so excited. They had many, many new Lego sets to choose from, and he studied them all. Finally he chose the City Police Mobile Command Center, and we saved a quick $10. with the coupon. He had so much fun putting it all together. Did nearly the whole 524 piece assembly by himself, only the hinges on the truck gave him pause, so Beloved helped with that. We're both glad to see him move away from the licensed stuff - which, by definition, is pretty limited - and into the City line, which is more conducive to wide-open play.
I didn't see anything I wanted in dolls, but they had lots of the ‘My Favorite Barbie' repros, with about six Bubblecuts and four Malibus. The March release ones weren't out yet. The Speed Racer set had been cut to $20., which wasn't bad at all. Barbie-sized porcelain Disney Princess dolls, that spin on a musical stand, were down to $20, too - they'd been $49.99 before Christmas. I'd read about Wizard of Oz Peek A Boo Cuties (those Little Kiddle-tiny dolls), but since the set didn't include my fave green girl, I only gave them a glance. They were also well-stocked on the ‘Then and Now' playline Barbie, which, rumor has it, will sell for $3. on March 09, the exact anniversary of Barbie's unveiling at Toy Fair in 1959. For now, she's $12.99. I checked.
Oh, and the MAD stands came in yesterday - I forgot to check my mail, or I'd have had them then. Not bad, considering I ordered them Sunday. They came in such a tiny package, but they were in perfect shape. They fit together well, and work just ‘as seen on the Internet'. I love them, and I'm glad I ordered three. If I ever quit wasting all my days downloading and organizing machine embroidery designs and sew again (heavy irony zone), you'll see them on the site soon. I give these stands a big ole five-star rating, they're fantastic !
So we came home from TRU - and everyone went for his/her own thing. Dearest began assembling, Beloved had a new AirSoft weapon to sight, and I... wasn't quite sure what to do with m'self. Noodled around on line for a while, wrote a thank-you note to MAD stands, and re-found those stars and planets wall stickers Beloved got me from Dollar Tree last month. Hmm. I've already written in the manual to my new machine, directions for uploads that I understand... why not do a bit more customization to my new machine ? It's assuredly mine now ! The plastic-sided case that came with soon had a big, colorful planet sticker attached to it, and the machine itself - I have got to find out his/her name already ! - soon had a few smaller stars sprinkled around. Much better. If you're gonna have a sewing machine to make custom stuff, why not make the machine itself one-of-a-kind, I always say.
Oh, and this is silly but noteable. Back when I didn't quite understand how to get more than one design stored on the machine via the USB connection, I was pretty darn ticked that I'd paid $100. more for a function that did not work the way I thought it would. I was wrong, it works perfectly, but whoever wrote those directions... anyway. New Hancock Fabrics ad was in this week, and there's sales on machine feet. Turns out, the enhanced accessory package on my upgraded machine included about $120. in extra feet. Wheee !
Tempting as the ad is - 99c patterns will always lure me out of my hermit-hole ! - I'm trying to stay away from Hancock's for a while. I mean, we spent about $70. there this month already ! So I doubt I'll be going there any time soon, but I love to look at the ad.
And the title challenge is from The Empire Strikes Back , from Han to Leia as the Hoth base falls apart, but you already knew that.
