Glass jars and fond TV shows...

 

Current Mood : Silly, but content

Current Image Notes : Here's Perfume Pretty Whitney, her hair braided for body, with a bunch of Madame Alexander books I scored. While the only MA dolls around here came from Happy Meals (or yard saled Happy Meal toys), cheap books are always fun to look through ! Can always sell 'em later. Tomorrow's 'Miss Sassy' and the pattern book ! 

Kept waking up last night, so I didn't sleep well. Ended up taking a two hour nap after everyone left for work and school. Lazy me !

 

Started watching the 15 or so episodes of Beauty and the Beast recorded for me. The ‘Chiller' channel runs several a week. It's the late-80s live-action series that aired on CBS, with Vincent and Catherine in the NYC tunnels. When Linda Hamilton left the show, I pretty much quit watching, and it ended shortly after. Guess I wasn't the only one not too impressed with the ‘new' Catherine. I only saw parts of it, since I was serving overseas when it debuted. But I saw some of it on AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) and had cash for fanzines, both graphic novels, and Starlog issues. And I often saw several episodes while on leave at Christmas. I was relegated to the kitchen TV, since Mother actively hated the show. Mystery Science Theater 3000, too, now that I think of it. I had to buy my own VCR to record MST3K  when I was home for the summer from school. It was too late to tape Beauty and the Beast.

 

I have a few special memories of the series. By the third season, my Army term was over, and I was in college at Home State. Unfortunately, the long-awaited debut halted unceremoniously when our local CBS affiliate had both antenna problems and previous obligations to basketball games, so those episodes (the ‘Though Lovers Be Lost' ones) didn't air. They sent formal invitations to everyone who'd written about the series or the ‘lost' airings to come to their Capital City studio, to watch the unaired two-part episode in its entirety, commercial free. I went, feeling shy and silly, expecting to be nearly alone there to find a coffee and cookie reception, an eight-foot-high screen and a throng of excited fans. Shortly, I was in a cavernous studio with rows of weeping romantics, but I learned a lot. Primarily, not to be ashamed or apologetic of who I was or what I liked. Even if others, like my mother, couldn't understand them and had no problems criticizing them and me, what I liked was still valid and important. I was already in college when this event occurred, and was still kinda young and finding me. Doing something I wanted, just for myself, was still kind of alien to me, and rather uncomfortable - but I did it !

 

So, while it might end up like watching Speed Racer as an adult - OMG, was I an idiot as a child ? This is awful ! -  it still has a small corner of my heart. Always will. But like visiting Beloved Hubby's grandmother, I put off ‘visiting', mostly out of fear of things not going well. Time for me to not fear so much. 

 

Otherwise, it was a pretty busy afternoon. DFIL had asked to take Dearest Son shopping this afternoon, but ended up having to work. So I took him ! We went to Target, where he got a new Clone Wars action figure and a good look at the next $20. spaceship on his ‘want' list - and I got a jar of my favorite rice crackers ! Haven't had any since July, I think. On the way out, we went through the Dollar Spot - well, actually, I dragged a reluctant Dearest through it - and it bored him until he saw the Clone Wars bounty I'd found. Magnets, three kinds of stickers, dry-erase boards, coloring books, pens, pencils, notepads, you name it. I let him choose three, so he snagged his choice of two coloring books, the magnets, and the large single sheet of stickers. I think he was happiest with that stuff than he was with his figure !

 

Doll and Halloween sections were washouts. Nothing new. They don't have the Fashionistas or anything new, and still haven't gotten the Kelly Halloween dolls yet. They had tons of other holiday themed toys out, and even some of yer larger ‘yard' type Christmas decorations and light sets, but nothing else. Oh, well. They've restocked the Liv dolls, but the ship has pretty much sailed on ‘em for me. At the time they appealed, I just wanted something new, and the ‘Then and Now' Barbie pretty much took care of that. And I've added several more dolls since her ! So, aside from their clothes, which really aren't that difficult to make anyway, I'm just not interested anymore.

 

Came home and did an hour and a half's worth of dishes. We go through ‘em on weekends. I tend to wash up when we're out of either plates or glasses. Cleaned a buncha empty glass jars, too. While I've seen numerous crafts converting jars to vases using shoe polish and masking tape (that elusive ‘leather wrapped' look) or glue and twine (something I did in my brief time with Girl Scouts), I'm thinking of using the embroidery machine to make a sort of label that'll slide on and off, and masking the jar lid's threading with ribbon or lace. I especially like the Pace salsa / picante sauce jars, for their hourglass shape. With the threading covered, they already look like a vase without me doing anything. So, in essence, I just created six new vases !

 

Had to go back to the huge industrial-size pickle jars, Dearest'll eat a smaller jar a week ! Now if I could just find some use for those. We only need so much pasta storage. Maybe I can paint a couple orange on the inside, and use black paint or tape on the outside, add a candle, and have decorative glass pumpkins on the porch !

Don't 'cha just love vintage ?

 

Current Mood : Peaceful

Current Image Notes : Here's Steffie, former Miss America, with some of the other yard sale finds from the weekend. Tomorrow, it's Whitney's turn to model ! 

 

Got down to it and prepared sixteen dolls for next month's hopeful trade. They're all dressed and brushed, and I tossed in a few Kelly clones, too. It's kind of hard to go through stuff and decide to let some of it go. Especially doll clothes. Nearly all of what I have, I want to keep, even though I have tons ! Still, it's good for me, and encourages me to redefine my tastes and preferences. Several dolls were too badly damaged, so I put them in the ‘Experimentation' drawer. It's been a while since I did anything experimental, so the drawer's nearly at capacity.

 

While I had shoeboxes out, I made sure all my dolls are shod. While it doesn't bug me to distraction, it's kind of annoying for me to have thousands of pieces of matched plastic, and still have barefoot dolls. But with costume changes and photos, it happens. About every two or three months, I need to play Fairy Godmother to a herd of potential Cinderella dolls. Not that it's a bad thing, ya know...

 

I had the three Midge dolls still out, and decided to do a bit of customizing on California Dreams (‘Cali'). Her bangs were too reminiscent of a rooster's comb, so I brushed them all down and forward, rubber-banded them into place, and got a pot of water going. I'd tried to use really hot tap water, but it didn't work. Guess it's gotta be boiling. After a few minutes, I turned off the burner and let the pot cool - I was very lucky that I remembered the water before it boiled completely dry ! When the pot was cool enough, I added more water and began again. Her hair's nearly finished, and if it stays this way, I'll be happy !

 

Also, with all the new stuff and photos, my desk is a mess again. When it got too hot in the Lab - after two weeks of cool, it was 93 degrees outside today ! - I got it cleaned off. I'm gonna have to do the ‘make a notepad' project soon, since Dearest Son fetches home about a ream a year, and I can't use it fast enough ! I'd close up the doors and turn on the air, but the high's only expected to be 77 degrees tomorrow.

 

Made myself a nice ‘Nacho Bell Grande' lunch from the leftovers of Thursday's home-made taco dinner. Beloved Hubby paid me the best complement this weekend - he said my ‘home' tacos are better than Taco Bell's ! I make my own cheapie hamburger seasoning. Take a beef packet of ramen flavoring - or a bouillon cube crumbled - mix with three to five packets of leftover Taco Bell sauce and a leftover packet of soy sauce, and heat together. Add raw hamburger and garlic if you like, and brown. Drain, and it's ready for tacos or other culinary delights. Hamburger seasoning, almost free ! Oh, and ya gotta use the ramen/bouillon. It doesn't taste like anything but hamburger, no matter how many sauce packets you use, without it. Can't tell if the soy sauce does anything besides eliminate one more packet from the pantry, but I haven't omitted it yet.

 

Hope your weekend ended quietly and happily...

All bubbly and happy !

 

Current Mood : Still thrilled...

 

Today, I wondered - my screen-saver goes to bubbles bouncing around before it goes black. Is it possible to screen-grab the bubbles hovering over an image ? Since touching anything makes the bubbles go bye-bye, would the act of getting the grab eliminate ‘em before the image was snagged ?

 

The image is the answer. I just have to set it up to screen-capture before I let it go bubbly. And there's the pretty dolls I got yesterday. Steffie is on your left, Miss Sassy is in the middle, and Whitney's on the right. It's funny that Sassy cost twice as much as the other two dolls combined ! But then again, she didn't take two and a half hours of restoration and cleaning for that photo...

 

Took some photos highlighting this weekend's second-hand haul, and posted ‘em to In The Pink, mostly to counteract New Collector Doll Fever there. Evidently there was a big sale at barbiecollectors.com, and since most are members of the Barbie fan club, there's first grabs, discounts, free shipping and such. When yer broke, it's often difficult to read ‘I only spent $200., but I got eight dolls I love !'. Sheesh, I felt rich buying that $10.43 Fashionistas doll Thursday, and the two lovely older dolls yesterday. Still do. So I wouldn't feel poor or excluded, like I have before, I did the photo shoot, and posted the images. Anyone who has it can spend $200., and that's fine - but I got beautiful dolls for pennies, and they're more "mine" because I spent time cleaning and restoring them. At least, that's my opinion. I'll post the photos here, too.

 

With so many new dolls, the Lab's getting crowded again. So I spent some time in there, studying and deciding, culling dolls I didn't want anymore. Many were bought for their costumes from the dollar doll seller, or obtained in a lot with a doll I really wanted. I'd hoped to get them dressed and return to the Flea Market this afternoon, maybe arrange a trade with Brenda. Instead, I ended up watching cable with Beloved Hubby. S'okay. Flea'll be back 09 October, and I can meet up with Brenda then. Since I got the two dolls I really wanted from her, and wasn't preoccupied with any of her other dolls, I figured it was best to wait, maybe she'll have something neat when next we meet. 

 

Besides, with all the running around - and the church sale was waaaaay out there ! - Molly-car's on fumes anyway. 

Lucky me !

Current Mood : Very happy !

Spent on dolls : $13. (gotta love 'no sales tax' yard sales !)

 

 

Today started early - there was a church yard sale opening up at 7am ! So, shortly after putting Dearest Son on his bus, I was on the way. It was further out than I expected. Gotta start paying attention to the Google maps beyond just the directions ! I like church sales, since they're usually inside, and it's like going to a five to fifteen family sale. Lots of stuff, and it ranges from vintage to bought last week at Mal-Wart.

 

No dolls, unfortunately. Well, no dolls I liked. There were a few very tired baby dolls, nothing exceptional, most nude. However, I did spend $7. there, on a stack of ten doll books so heavy, I had to ask them to hold ‘em for me. Most were about Madame Alexander dolls, which is funny - I don't own any MAs that didn't come with a Happy Meal at one point. But the books were sooo cheap, it'd still be fun to look at the pictures and use some of ‘em as clothes ideas.

 

Among the treasures are a copy of Oh, You Beautiful Doll, a pattern book that's long been on my ‘snag' list, but it tended to run a bit high even used, so finding it for 50c was a score ! I also grabbed a vintage red PonyTail scrapbook, made by the same company who made Barbie's first cases, for a buck - blank paper was still inside, and the original cording held it in place. Later leafing revealed that several of the MA books are signed by the authors - cool !

 

Grabbed breakfast for me and Beloved Hubby and came home. An hour later, I was headed for the flea market, where I had another score - this one also doll related. Dolls ! My friend Brenda, of the car sets, had two real beauties, and they were both Steffies ! I knew the 80s girl was probably one of the Whitney friend-of-Barbie dolls, and I thought the vintage one was a Walk Lively Steffie. Nope, she has painted eyelashes. Hmmm...

 

Had plenty of time to research. Steffie was filthy ! It took me two hours to scrub the surface dirt from her soft vinyl legs, and get the wad of gum (or whatever sticky stuff that was !) out of the very center front of her hair ! No kidding - it was a mess, the size of a squashed pea, right on the part, and there was no way to get it out or off in one piece. It was in there for keeps, I thought. All I could do was break it up, then work it out, and pick it through bit by bit. Took close to two hours to get her all cleaned and prettied, but she was sooo worth it ! I love her ! With the dirt off her face, it doesn't look so yellow, and comes close to matching her body's skin tone. That's about the only thing I don't like about early 70s dolls, they often fade or yellow to the point that even perfect dolls look garish.

 

Turns out, she's a second-year Kellogg's exclusive Miss America ! Known as Miss America Walk Lively, she dates from 1972, and also has Quick Curl hair. I had several QC dolls as a kid - my Father gave me Barbie, and my elderly babysitter, Maimie, gave me Skipper. The hair is rooted with matching tiny wires, so when the hair is curled with the included tools, it stays there. Aside from the gum, Miss Steffie's hair was a flat-out matted mess. The wires also give the dolls' hair an odd texture, and most QC girls end up rerooted. I admit, between the matted wads and the gum, I was tempted. But I didn't know what removing her head would do to her working-perfectly walking mechanism, so I cleaned and brushed it instead. She came out very prettily !

 

With Steffie solved and clean, it was Whitney's time to shine. Given the blondish streaks, vivid lip color, pearly earring remnants, and lack of bangs, I soon had her ID'd too - she's 1987's Perfume Pretty Whitney ! A quick scrub and shampoo and conditioner, and her hair was beautiful again, and so was she. Washed their clothes, too. Steffie was found wearing ‘Picture Me Pretty', also from 1972, and very cute ! Whitney originally wore a puffy purple party dress with a tinsel bodice, but I asked Brenda if I could swap it with a cute pink baseball jacket and blue track-suit pants that another doll was wearing, and she agreed. Washed and line-dried, they were soon as pretty as the dolls, so I redressed them. Wow. There was my ‘creative' that I needed - and I got both dolls for only $5. !

 

You'll see their photo tomorrow. I am so thrilled with my new dolls ! So I'm going through mine again, and pulling a few. Since Miss Sassy, the Fashionista, looks so much like Raquelle, I'll probably donate her. Never liked her glittery lipstick, and the only way to get it off is to remove her lips completely and repaint ‘em.

 

Brenda also had a de-winged, uncrowned Fairytopia Enchantress, a $48. doll, but I don't really like her. She's so white, she looks like a blonde Kabuki dancer. And the purple and yellow gown-dress just seems... is ‘clashy' a word ? The colors were too vivid to really go together. Even on a Jem doll, it'd look less like a fairy gown and more like a confrontation. The colors together put me less in mind of flowers and more in mind of a healing bruise. I have a bag of dolls I could trade her... but I didn't wanna take the chance that the two I saw today would be gone by the time I returned with the bag. Can always trade later. Maybe tomorrow ! I gotta sort through everyone in the Lab anyway.

 

I also scored three Happy Meal Barbies - a My Scene Roller Girls Nolee (forgot I already had her, but she was free), a Malibu and a Totally Hair, both with stands, for a buck. I already have one HM Malibu, I use her as a Christmas tree ornament. Since my first Barbie was a Malibu, and a holiday gift, it seemed so perfect. Had to glue her back together last year, so I'm happy to have a second one. Especially one with a stand !

 

I got a new doll - a brand new one ! - today !

 

Current Mood : Thrilled ! 

Spent on dolls : $ 11.26

 

Dearest Son's feeling much better, if still a bit tired. He barely coughed at all this morning, and I didn't hear him cough at night - it normally wakes me up and necessitates a quick check. I pretty much slept through the night, which was amazing.

 

Saw a great craft on Threadbanger - how to make an 80s inspired duffle bag out of busted umbrellas and two rainbow belts. I may use their idea, but use fabric instead. While we have three semi-busted umbrellas on the loose at Chez Insanity, (uncomfortable blush) we're still using them. It looks pretty simple. Here's the link to it, and if you like Threadbanger (and can stand the ‘theme' weeks), there's lots of ‘em on YouTube.com, and their site. I prefer YouTube, since there's no or fewer ads.

http://www.threadbanger.com/tb-projects/episode/THR_20090918

 

Beloved Hubby came home for lunch, then I made a quick grocery run. And I bought a brand-new doll ! The ‘Fashionistas' line is fun, kind of pink stereotyping ghetto, but I liked two or three of the dolls. And I really liked the bend-wrists, something I'd wanted when I saw it on later Fashion Fever dolls, but never found in stores. There was one of each of the six dolls, mixed in with some similarly boxed FFs, so I studied them all until I knew which one I liked best. ‘Artsy', ‘Glam', and ‘Cute' were true to their titles, but it was ‘Sassy' and her brunette hair, green eyes, and fun outfit who made it into the cart. I may go back for ‘Artsy' or ‘Cute' someday. "Glam" seems to be the favorite at In The Pink. And we got 'em before most other places, which is so unusual - we normally get new dolls last, if we get 'em at all ! 

 

Once deboxed, I found that she has the new ‘shifting torso' body and a 2009 copyright date. Her body's nearly identical to Elphie's, save for the wrist and elbow mechanisms. Surprising to see that on a doll that retailed for less than $11. She's a lot of fun, and I love her happy demeanor.

 

I don't feel guilty one bit about buying her. Especially after helping Beloved empty the trailer so he could haul the next job's refuse. I was glad it was raining, I didn't get hot at all. Wheezed a lot, though. But even if I didn't help much, I helped, so I felt good all afternoon. Will probably sleep good, too !

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Current Mood : Sleepy

 

Busy day. Dearest Son was really sick - even his voice was raspy - so he stayed home and rested today. He slept until nearly 10am. Feeling much better today, ate a whole can of ravioli for lunch. However, he mostly passed on dinner, chicken pasta salad.

 

Went out to tell his busdriver that he wasn't going in, since Transportation doesn't pick up the phone in the morning anymore. Her friend is in the hospital with a bad asthma attack. I'm lucky, mine hasn't been too bad this year. But last year, it was me in the ER.

 

We were out of plates already, so it was dishes instead of laundry today. Last couple times I've had a kitchenload to do, I've gotten all the way from glassware through silverware and completed plates before I had to cook or wait for the bus. So the stuff usually next in line, like plastic-ware, glass jars, and half the pots and pans, had to wait until the next time I did dishes. Which, of course, is when we run out of plates again. Today, I started from the back and finished the pots and pans and plastic, filling the dishwasher I use as a drying rack and the stove and oven. Once dry, I did a load of plates and more silverware. I only have about a half-hour of dishes left, plus what we used for dinner. I figure I'll do laundry around dishes, and put away as may clean clothes as I can in the afternoon. Since tomorrow's dinner is gonna be simple - good ole Hamburger Helper ! - I'm planning on popping in a brownie mix for dessert. It'll be a busy day tomorrow, like today, but I'm fine with it.

 

Because on Friday, I'm gonna sew something ! Tired of being an exhausted zombie sitting around when I'm not bustin' butt on housework. Not sure what I'll do yet, but if I don't create soon, I'm gonna go nuts.

Hmm...when's my - I mean, Dearest Son's, Pink Ticket prize supposed to arrive...?

 

Current Mood : Still down, but perking up a bit. 

 

Got several loads of laundry done, but not put away. I'll get that going tomorrow, as I'm washing the last of it. That way, it'll all get done in one day. I also have to get a few dishes done for dinner sometime tomorrow.

 

I'm also supposed to visit Beloved Hubby's grandmother tomorrow, but I think I'll have to put it off ‘til Thursday. Too much work to do. And I'll probably be out anyway, for groceries, so it'll be easier to stop by then.

 

Oh, and the doll I mailed to Australia arrived ! The winner was most appreciative, and loved the goodies I tossed in - shoes, purses, the second Princess Erika doll, and a Ken keychain I'd picked up a few years ago at a yard sale, but never touched. So I'm happy.

 

Out of boredom, I cleaned off my desk, and found the ‘Barbie Pink Ticket' contest form I got with that doll. Dearest Son won a doll or furniture piece, and according to the eyestrain-o-vision rules, it'll mail eight to ten weeks after an adult verifies the win. Which I did in mid-August. So I should have a surprise in the mail to look forward to, around October or November !

 

I also found the reel I also snagged from Hancock Fabrics - I snap those up whenever I can find ‘em. They're used for sold-by-the-yard ribbons, trims, and lace lengths, and discarded when they're emptied. I like their trellis-like look, and they come in numerous sizes. They stand up on their sides or ends by themselves, the larger ones usually snap apart for storage, and come in handy for photos. The sales info sticker peels up easily, so I'm not sure why they don't get recycled. I can also have as many empty cardboard fabric bolts as I want, but I've only come up with two uses - a surface to spray paint small props on, and fabric covered bulletin boards - for them.

 

Sometimes free stuff is more expensive than it's worth...

 

Current Mood : A bit down...

 

Busy day. Went to see Beloved Hubby's grandmother, she's not doing well. We've been told that for over a month - it's taken me this long to deal with it, get over it, and go visit. Going over would make it real, and I didn't want that, so in my childish manner, I kept finding reasons to not go. This weekend, I sighed and got a grip, and I'm glad I did. I don't like saying early goodbyes, but I'd rather have a bit more time now than regrets later.

 

Helped Beloved Hubby a bit, but ended up taking a mid-morning nap. My insomnia is back. Time to drag out the Wii Fit again. Half-hour of sweats and stretches, and I tend to sleep well. I only stopped to give my back a chance to restore itself, but now I think it's occasional hink-ups have nothing to do with yoga or exercise. I think it may be my bombed-out shoes ! Really should throw those poor worn things away.

 

Got tired of endless ‘buy my design' e-mails from machine embroidery consortiums that said they hosted tons of freebies, all I'd have to do is join their Yahoo group. While it's nice to hear of sales, there's nothing I need, and very few usable (and findable !) freebies. There's a lot more  I want that I'm gonna have to design m'self. So I unsubscribed from eight such groups today, and put two others on ‘mail limited to moderator special messages'. So far, I've had less mail, but one group I'm gonna have to unsub from after all. I've received more ‘special moderator messages' today than I used to get all week from that group. And it's all ‘new set from X seller, buy now' messages, nothing important. Embroidery Billboard, which was the worst of the groups anyway, bungled its last chance. Bye-bye.

 

I also got to ‘read' the free fleece brochure I snagged at Hancock Fabrics when I bought my pattern. It really ranks. You'll get a full-page photo of coat hanger covers, but get wordy directions for other creations with no photos at all, or 1" x 1" icon photos, images too small to even see what the finished item looks like. Especially when the tiny photo includes props. One ‘idea' details how to make a small purse out of a buncha zippers. Cute, and been around a while. Too bad the ‘how to's' simply start - no header, no ‘Zipper Purse' title, it just starts. Leaflet is worse than useless, and I feel cheated for having picked it up. I'll shove it into a Donations bag or something. I'm not even gonna give it space with the useful sewing and craft books. It's that lame.

'Bot wars at Chez Insanity !

 

Current Mood : Sort of sorting out mode.

 

Dearest Son's been playing with ‘Goldie', the figure he got in the FedEx/mail yesterday - it's been fun to see him all imaginative with it. He lined up all his Star Wars spaceships on the Lego table, and it looks like a hangar.

 

I've been kind of avoiding the Lab lately, and just realized today it's because I've let it fall into a mess again. Well, we can't have that ! I got the last of the new-to-me fabric bundled up, cut up the latest pair of outgrown Dearest jeans, and put away various other finds and purchases. It soon got hot in there - no ceiling fan in there, though I'd love to have one, and we haven't had the air conditioner on in over a week now - so I borrowed the small ‘turbo fan' from Dearest's room. I keep hoping to find an oscillating one on sale or at a thrift store, but nothin' yet.

 

Got two separate e-mails from crafting sites, warning me that there were only 95 or 96 days ‘til Christmas. Not sure who's right - and I'm too lazy to check - but Gasp ! either way. Guess that means I'd best step on my Halloween project for Dearest's class. And once we have some funds, I need four yards of fleece for my first attempt at the Snuggie-clone. I already know how I want mine embroidered. And how, if it is easy to sew, to embroider more for gifts. Goss knows how I get a 40% off any fabric purchase coupon from Hancock Fabrics every three or four weeks ! And if I use solid colors and embroider ‘em - instead of buying the licensed prints - they'll be pretty inexpensive. Of course, given that friends and relations have had worse financial ‘09s than us, I doubt I'll need to make very many.

 

Oh, and a few days or a week or so ago, I roared up to Target to look for a green Halloween Kelly doll. Our store hasn't set up much beyond costumes, so when they weren't there or in the Pink Aisle, I figured I'd check again later. I still mean to, but unless the ‘stitches' painted on her forehead come off, I'm not as interested as I was. I know it's silly, but the idea of a little girl doll with a head injury kind of bugs me... happens to real kids all the time, but it's not something I really wanna deal with on my doll shelves.

Hi, Michelle and Manda ! I really need to write to you guys !

 

Current Mood : Feelin' pretty !

 

Went to check on the status of Dearest Son's action figure order delivery - and was amazed to learn that FedEx had dropped it off to the Post Office ! What in the world...? Well, I guess they do that when a box can be delivered on Saturday, because they dropped off ‘Goldie' this afternoon. Dearest's gonna be so happy when he sees it tomorrow.

 

Beloved was a bit bored, so we cut my hair this afternoon. Much better ! I hate it when my bangs get in my face, and with Molly-car's window still stuck down, it drove me nuts every time I went out. It's nice and short now, and I love it. Beloved insists I need to find an orange turtleneck sweater and pleated skirt, because I now look like Velma.

 

It's funny, though. I watched the cut locks fall down my front - and felt them down my back ! - and grabbed up a handful of it. So pretty, I thought. The color is still the chocolate brown I wanted so much during my Princess Leia-worshipping days. Sure, there's white strands in it here and there, but it's the color I wanted when I was a kid. I was actually born blonde, it began to darken when I was six. By the time I was a pre-teen, it was a ‘mousy' sandy brown. It struck me as amusing though, that I never think it's pretty until it's cut off of me. I can't appreciate it when it's still part of my head - but I always admire the shorn sections during a trim. 

 

After a quick shower, we ducked out for lunch - and I got my second Barbie Mighty Kids' meal toy. It was one I wanted, #4. a small heart-shaped plastic box with a new-logo decoration on the lid and printed on the fabric part of the ring inside. It's in the picture I used for yesterday - sometimes delaying posting makes for time-slip photos !  The ring now decorates my desk lamp, with the other cupcake decorations. I removed the heart-printed ribbon bow on the box's hinge. Used a seam ripper to unsew the bow, so I now have two strips of ribbon that are about right as suspenders for a doll's skirt. I may stitch that up soon.