Current Mood : Improved
Spent on dolls : $5.38
I got to watch Barbie in A Christmas Carol on YouTube.com this morning. It was actually kind of cute. And surprising, because, while Barbie is Modern Barbie, complete with a Barbie pink Christmas tree in a Mattel-designed bedroom, she's also mean ole Eden. It's a Mattel production, and they hate portraying their golden girl in any sort of bad light. Guess that's why they have two separate voice actresses for Barbie and Eden.
As far as the animation... well, there's Pixar CGI, and Dreamworks CGI, and there's ‘toy ad CGI'. This is quite nice toy ad CGI, but it's still a toy ad. So hair doesn't move, physics are out the window, and everyone's a barely-animated two-by-four. And it's the familiar, yearly trod Christmas Carol, just tweaked for a Victorian diva set in a spotless London. The kind of London that, while it's snowing, people still throw open their windows, if they're not already open. I would have bought Christmas Present and Christmas Future dolls, if they'd been available. Christmas Past is pretty much every Malibu or Skipper doll you've ever owned. Especially the giggly ones.
Dearest Son back-to-school Shirt #4 got embroidered just before a huge, window-rattling thunderstorm opened up. Lucky ! We only lost power for a second, it came right back up. But I'm glad I had Brody turned off and unplugged. Who knows what those kinds of power surges could do to him ? I posted photos of my stitch-outs using Stitch Era Universal in three places now, and have yet to get any feedback from anyone. So it must be really bad. I rather liked it, and didn't think I did that awful a job...Oh, well. Other people's opinions are not really any of my business, unless I choose to make them so.
Took Dearest Son out to Target - and I completely forgot to buy my monthly supply of rice crackers ! Maybe next time. We found his new backpack for school, and looked around a lot. All he needs now are shoes, the reviled Prang watercolors, and maybe a haircut, and he's ready. I found a markdown ‘Camp Rock' guy doll - for $5., I got his outfit and a director's chair. Goss, I love director's chairs. I'd about decided on a Ken ensemble, but this was more for less. True, the pants are rather tight on a Ken, but I can always resew the inseam, and powder his legs. Most Kens don't need to sit down anyway. Heck, the pants don't even allow the ‘Camp Rock' doll to sit, either.
This weekend's gonna be busy. Got Dearest's friend's birthday party, two shirts to embroider, the flea market, a run to TRU, a trip to Hobby Lobby, and I have got to start mucking out Dearest's room. May as well enjoy the week, since the weekend's spoken for !