Current Mood : Fantastic !
Spent on doll and doll stuff : $40.75
Spent on cardstock : 75c
Got a late start today - Beloved Hubby was home, waiting for a check. We passed the time chatting, watching Law & Order episodes we'd saved to the DVR, and Greek mythology shows, and later, cleaning up a bit. The last of the hall-cluttering donations went into Molly for Monday's drop, and I tidied my desk up a bit. Check arrived, and we headed out for lunch and a quick trip to the comic shop. Chibi Vampire #7 is the best one so far !
So I didn't get to the Flea Market - last time this month ! - until 2pm. Even though it goes ‘til 5, most sellers were packing up, or had already gone. So I didn't find much, just an ice-cream parlor style table and chairs set for my American Girl Battat clone girls, Debbie and Jenny. I need to redo the seat bottoms and the table top, but it was quite nice for $3. !
It was also ‘free yard sale' weekend here. Our town actually charges $10. for yard sale licenses, but they also do a freebie once a year. Usually just after school starts, ostensibly for back-to-school clothes shopping. Despite my late start and the growing heat, you could barely go a block without a sale or three - and I bet I couldn't pitch a rock from one sale without hitting another. I stopped at a few, but only found some clothes for Dearest Son - three pair of jeans, two pair sweatpants, thermals, a jacket, and six shirts - and a box of card-stock I can embroider, for $6.
Unfortunately, most of the ‘sales' were just people dragging useless, broken stuff out of the garage and out onto the lawn. I soon got tired of it, and headed off to Target. I'd decided to treat m'self to a new doll - the ‘Then and Now' Barbie store exclusive. And I wanted to look at the Liv dolls, too.
But when I got there, the Liv dolls were completely sold out, and the Juku ones just looked too haunted and anorexic. The Barbie exclusive was still on sale - $14.99 down from $16.99 - but I also liked the Liv closet/room playset. So I got both ! There's both in the photo above. The ‘My Room' closet opens to a fold-down Murphy bed, and the drawers in the cabinet work. It's very nice ! There's lots of printed-on-the-wall frames I can change to my own images, and it folds away to nearly nothing.
Big Lots is advertising Adult Collectable Barbies for $15., but my stores only had the same stuff they had last week. When I asked, I was told the stockers would be in Monday, and I was welcome to call after 10am, see if dolls were among the shipments. So, we'll see.
I did get more dolls, of a sort. Since it was our turn to pick up Friend from work, we stopped off at a McD's for a late dinner - and I got a kid's meal. It turned out to be the Julie American Girl book/doll set, and it's really cute. There's a brief story of her era (70s), a craft, stickers, and backdrops for the included paper dolls. I adore Julie's avocado-green kitchen ! To me, it's funny that the miniature paper dolls are about the right size for AG dolls.
A little more TV, and it's bedtime. Tomorrow's another lazy day, but I'm looking forward to it !
