Current Mood : New doll happy !
Spent on dolls : $6.47
Spent on Lab atmosphere improvement : $5.40
Had to put yesterday behind us, because, like Michelle pointed out, if we make too big a deal out of it, Dearest Son may be the one who suffers most. So, I'm taking the rest of the week to do absolutely nothing about it. Monday I'm going to unemotionally gather facts - what are the regulations concerning field trips ? what is the standard when it comes to excluding potential ‘problem' situations ? - and mention it quietly during Dearest's next IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meeting, a week from today. I'm not gonna shout or demand anything, just seek a clarification of the situation from those involved and not directly so - and an assurance that things will not be handled so ham-handedly if there is a next time.
So. We move on. With a few extra bucks in the family pocket, I got to go shopping ! Dearest has been most patient these last couple of low-to-no funds weeks, so Beloved Hubby and I agreed, and I left early to go get the spaceship he most wants - one we saw at Target Monday. They only had one then, so I was there about ten minutes after they opened. And...now they had three ! Snagged one, and decided to look about the also-restocked figures display...ah ! Of course - on the last row, in the very back, there she is. The Ahsoka figure he really wanted that they didn't have Monday. I'd promised I'd look at Mal-Wart during my next shopping trip, and here she was ! I gave him Ahsoka when he got home from school, and stashed the starship, so Beloved can give it to him later tonight.
Since they had his most-wanted, I thought I'd go ahead and check the Halloween section once more - bingo ! There was now an abundance of Kelly dolls, even the green ones. Scar and all, she was still cute, and there was a chance that I could erase it... so she went into the basket with Ahsoka and a starship.
While in the neighborhood, I checked out Hobby Lobby, since there was a 40% off coupon and 99c McCall's patterns this week. I'd found a neat pattern set for the sewing room - box covers, machine covers, ironing board covers, an apron, etc. - but the McC's site didn't show the backside of the envelope. I knew I didn't really need an ironing board cover, especially now that, while trying to see McC 2723, I found a tutorial for making my own here -> http://roadyjane.blogspot.com/2009/08/out-with-nasty.html . But I still wanted to see it in person, so I did. And politely returned it to the correct slot when I knew I didn't need it. Most of what the pattern covered, you could free-hand yerself, easily.
There was a raft of new ‘dress forms', but I didn't buy. I don't really call it a dress form when it has arms (complete with fingernails) and legs (in shoes and hosiery), even if the head has been replaced with a curly metal rack of hooks. Fell in love with two, but one was three feet high and $35. (only $21. with the coupon, but still...) and the other is also plenty big, and every last one in that style was scraped or damaged. If I bought it, I'd have to paint it. Maybe later.
And I visited Big Lots, like a sucker, because they never have the dolls advertised in their sales papers. Well, they actually did have a few this time - last year's Holiday Barbie, in her tinfoil cupcake dress, and the ‘Happy Birthday Angel' doll, and a few My Scene Candy Glams, but nothing I really wanted. Besides, I already had a new doll, waiting in the car.
I also checked out fans. I had a choice of two, partially marked down, but still rather expensive. Since they were both out of the box, I plugged them in. Nope. Neither worked. Outlet did, fans didn't. That's OK, I wasn't much on the purplish pink color of the cheaper one. So, off to the thrift (washout) and groceries.
Spun around the Halloween section for a bit. Then I remembered - they had a vintage-lookin' fan I liked this Spring. $35. was a bit much for it, but maybe it was on sale. No such luck, but they did have Sunbeam oscillating desk fans for $8. Tossed a green one into the cart, since the Lab is still stifling these days, and double-checked the price at a scanner. Five bucks ? Even better !
Came home and heated up a can of ‘beef and potatoes' soup. Finally, something I can eat without picking through every spoonful. Oh, s#it. Mushrooms. Never liked mushrooms, there's a good chance I'm allergic - the one time I ate one by accident, my throat closed up and I had a severe asthma attack. So now I really avoid ‘em. Oh, well.
Grabbed the can of Goof Off and a cotton swab, and deboxed green Halloween Kelly. Nice packing job, for once. Only a single clear elastic anchored her to the box liner, and it was easy to remove it and her. Flattened the solvent-laden end of the swab, to make it more precise and not likely to drip, and slowly, carefully rubbed the stitches away. Much like erasing them, really. Rinsed the spot several times with water on the other end. So now mine does not have a head injury. And she's all kindsa fun to play with. Here's her issue outfit, for today's image - stay tuned for her Halloween costume, tomorrow. I used the other side of the paint kit I got from Dollar Tree yesterday as her backdrop.
The fan works great, and the green looks nice in the Lab, if kinda plastic-y cheap. Maybe now I'll enjoy being in there again. Once it got hot in there, I couldn't stand it, and I hated to keep borrowing the non-oscillating fan from Dearest's room. He hates fans that move. Kept the box, since I'll probably only use it for a few weeks before I need to store it. May as well use the box it came in ! Or make a bag for it...Hmmmm.....
