Current Mood : Content
Spent on dolls : $3.
Spent on doll-based stationery : $5.61
Got to hit the Flea Market today, and I found an amazing deal at Kohl's. And I pretty much have photos for next week ! So it was a fun morning, and a quiet afternoon.
At the Flea, one of my favorite dealers was in - she was packing when I came in last week. I poked through her trunk of dolls and picked out three, mostly for their clothes. I got an older wide-eyed SuperStar for her yellow-top and turquoise pants jumpsuit - the hot pink tie belt just made it so 80s ! The more modern open-smile blonde had on a pretty pink bodysuit with a white pearly, glittery design on the front. The ribbon straps were decorated with matching torn tulle, but that's easy to fix. Yet another blonde made it to Chez Insanity - 1990's Costume Ball Ken in Dream Glow Ken's all-in-one shirt, vest, and pants. He even had shoes ! I could hardly wait to clean them up.
But first... while going through mail last night, Beloved Hubby nearly tossed one of those ‘$10. off any purchase at all' cards I occasionally get from Kohl's. I usually get one in Spring, so a holiday one was a great find. Only one problem - it expires today. No problem - long as it didn't expire the day before, I could use it. So I did. Their toy section was beyond wiped out, so my next stop was the boyswear department. Dearest Son really needs pajamas, and I'd not found any at all at either Mal-Wart or Target. If it was a design he'd like, it wasn't in his size. If it was in his size, it was for some video game or cartoon he hated.
I soon found a similar situation at Kohl's. I first looked at characters and found little. Evidently, after a kid grows out of 8-10, he either sleeps in his school clothes, or his underwear. So I looked strictly at size. Found one set in a 12 - a bit big for him, but workable...and it was Clone Wars ! Bonus. Only one problem. It was a set of two. Yes, two different Clone patterns, same size, same style PJs. Hmf. I found the tag. $38. Yikes. Well, there was a half-off sale, which brought it down to $19., minus the card, $9. Still kinda up there, since I found generic pajamas for less at Mal-wart with no gift card.
Still, I kept ‘em in my claws while I looked around a bit more. I was thinking about that Barbie pink shoe Hallmark ornament - Kohl's carries about half their ornaments - when I noted a price scanner in that department. Swiped the pajamas tag - $15.20 ! Guess there was another sale going on, yaaay ! Minus the card, five bucks, heck yeah !
The manager had every register going, and even though I was about ten people back in line, I was in the line for less than five minutes. I had to thank the manager - he was directing register traffic - for the great experience. He was glad to hear it, and suggested I let Corporate know by completing the survey mentioned on my receipt. Done and done ! Best shopping experience I've had all holiday, and not just because of the great score. Beloved thought they looked great, and decided they'd get wrapped for a Christmas gift. I was pretty proud of me.
Next stop - library book drop-off. Finally found the last two, and actually turned them in two days before they were due. Yesss ! After that, Walgreen's. My curiosity was piqued when a poster on In The Pink mentioned the Barbie holiday cards she'd found there. I wanted to see ‘em - so off we went. It took a lot of shuffling, but I found them. Shoot, they were the only ones in a black box. If I'd have known that, I would've had ‘em in hand much faster. I had to dig through Disney Mickey and Pooh sets, Dr. Seuss sets, Peanuts sets, and tons of non-licensed ones, but I found ‘em ! You'll see a card a day for the next six days, starting tomorrow.
Goss knows, I got plenty of ‘em. They came 24 to a box, and there was a buy-one-get-one-free sale, and yep, the first one was full price. So I now have 48 Barbie Christmas cards. Oh, well. I'm sure I'll use ‘em up, one year or another ! I also found a packet of Barbie stickers much like the ones I sometimes see at Dollar Tree - 104 for $1.19. Once home, I found that there were eight small sheets of stickers. Four each of two designs. Still, they're cute, and I'll use them - there's even a dress form sticker ! I'll scan those, too. Shoot, my blog images are taken care of for over a week now ! Oh, and they have water-transfer tattoos there, too. So once I get off my round rump and try that experiment, I know where to find more.
Once home, I got to work on the new-to-me dolls. I doubt I'll keep the girls, but I do want them to look their best, so I started brushing hair. The older late-80s-early-90s one had that cotton candy textured hair, and quite a bit of it pulled out. But she soon looked very pretty. Still haven't ID'd her one piece outfit, but it's sure cute ! The ribbon bow tangled in her hair turned out to be three long, thin ribbons sewn to an elastic loop. I thought maybe it was a ‘Rockers' costume accessory, but I still haven't found anything like it. No tags, either.
My other, newer blonde girl has suffered from a bad hair trim right in the very front of her hairline. I may give her a headband. Since half the tulle ‘sleeves' were missing, I cut off the rest -she now has a pink bodysuit or swimsuit with a sparkly white design that'll probably have a pretty skirt paired with it soon. They both still need baths. Costume Ball Ken has some slight peeling around his fingers and biceps, and his costume needs a wash, bad ! But he's in good shape, and has that pivot-neck that I like. So he'll probably stay - I always need guys at Chez Insanity.
And Beloved and I have goofed the rest of the day away. Yup. A near-perfect Saturday !
