Current Notes : Whoo-hoo ! New doll - and she's awesome ! Out of package, her hair has some brown to it, too.
Ahh…I feel better now. Not
sure if I just needed a break, or if the shopping trip did the trick. I kinda
hate to pin my elevated mood on crass commerce, but . . . shiny new things ! Yaaay
!
I finally made up my mind.
Yes, I still wanted Life in the
Dreamhouse Raquelle. Have since I first saw that quirked smile months ago.
Problem was, I couldn’t find her anywhere. Somehow, though, I never felt that ‘gotta
drive everywhere, check every usual haunt and hole in the wall retail shop in
case they might have it, then go home and scream at scalpers on online stores
and eBay for somehow buying ‘my’ doll, and writhe in jealousy over every person
who said he/she just strolled in to Mal-Wart and got theirs’ paranoid obsession
I’ve had for darn near every Monster High
doll I’ve ever decided to want. I figured Barbies would be around a bit
longer – and I was right. I found that the local Tar-zhay had Raqs listed as ‘in
stock’, and since her product number and stock number were different from Dreamhouse Barbie, it might actually be
accurate. Plus, thanks to the move, I had a “10% off everything” coupon. Oh,
yeah…
So I was disappointed when I
got to the decimated Pink Aisle. They hardly had anything ! A couple of 2-pack Dreamhouse sets, a wedding pack, some
mermaids, buncha princesses, the usual…but some digging and diving revealed one
lonely Racquelle, languishing behind and beneath some other more generic Barbie
dolls. Mine !
Then I rounded the aisle.
Yup. Four more on the endcap. (sigh) Since they all had gorgeous eyes, I went
for the best hairline rooting pattern, and I finally had my Raquelle. And she was on sale for only a dollar
more than she was shown as costing on the website ! Victory !
On the next aisle, I found
the Tapefitti MH Fashion Design kit,
something I’d only seen once on eBay – a Target exclusive. It’s not even on the
website. Basically, you make doll clothes with tape. Right. Despite its ridiculous
price, I bought it, and you‘ll see it soon. It’s about twice that on eBay, and
I really wanted that dress form !
I also had good luck at the
Dollar Spot. Scored the Ghoulia dry erase board and a DracuLaura one (Dearest
Son’s choice), a Ghoulia & Cleo ‘Beauty and Brains’ notepad, and 20 small boxes
of tiny MH water tattoos. There’s
four in a box, and each one will easily fit on your thumbnail. I’ve seen them
for years, mostly on eBay, so I was thrilled to snag my own for just $3.,
instead of $3. a set ! Not sure what I’m gonna do with the other 16 boxes
though… I may actually give some of them out for Halloween !
Dearest Son’s My Little Pony interest rekindled when I
rented Equestria Girls this week from
TRU’s new streaming venture. Worked pretty well, but my discount code didn’t go
through – when I asked about it, they refunded the whole price ! Still feel a
bit guilty about that. Anyway, it’s on Netflix and is airing on the Hub channel
soon, and is actually a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it, and want to watch it
again. So, when confronted with half a gondola of MLP and three weeks of saved allowance, he didn’t stand a chance.
He snagged the deluxe Twilight Sparkle EG
doll, and said I could borrow her for a few photos. I really love the pony
that comes with her, and wish they’d make one of Princess Luna in that style.
The EG Luna doll is a TRU exclusive,
part of a 5-pack, and I’m just not interested. If Hasbro’d done a version of
her like the one they did of Celestia, maybe…but Tween Cheerleader Luna just isn’t
cutting it for me. I’m considering, after a photo shoot with Twilight and some MH ghouls, adding a Rarity to my
collection…
I kinda felt I deserved the
splurge, because I did DM & DFIL’s dishes. DFIL hasn’t been feeling well,
and we were running out of forks – DFIL keeps dishes in the Garpartment ‘til he
can get to them – so I volunteered to wash ‘em up. Yikes. What I thought was
maybe a week’s worth turned into a two and a half hour marathon of scrubbing
and soaking. Whooh. And I hate washing dishes ! But it needed doing, so I did
it. And felt ultimately justified in buying all that stuff.
So there. It’s gonna be
funny to watch me try to justify a trip to McD’s next week for those MH Happy Meal pails…
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