An Amazing Tuesday...

I still can't belive I had such a wonderful day. Since this isn't my doll blog, but my day was wonderful due to the dolls I found, I'll try to keep it brief.

Got the donations together for my Thrift visit. Ended up taking two 13-gal trash bags, one large Target sack, and a 2.5ft doll (Charmin' Chatty) over. Not bad. Six dressed Barbie-size dolls, a larger Cinderella doll, a buncha outgrown Dearest Son clothes, some books, some craft stuff. The owner immediately put Charmin' aside, saying she knew of a little girl who'd love her for Christmas. That made me happy !

While there, I poked through the toys and books and clothes. Stunningly, I found a #1 brunette-flocked Ken doll in a bag of Barbie props ! He was dressed in Mattel-made clothes, and had a spare shirt, all vintage ! Well worth the $5.99 price on the bag ! Further digging revealed a bend-leg #2 Skipper, with auburn hair, in one of her very first Mattel-made outfits. Yes, that $3.99 bag made it into my cart, too !

I also found a grab-bag of Happy Meal type toys with Star Wars bobblehead figures inside - Dearest Son loves those. So his stocking's pretty well stuffed ! Also found a computer power strip with a surge surpressor for $1.50, and we needed one for his laptop. Much better than the $6. I was gonna spend at Mal-wart for the same thing !

I was so happy with my vintage dolls - anywhere else, Ken would have been about $30. plus shipping, and Skipper would have not been much cheaper. But my happy wasn't over. I found the $5. Black Friday dolls Mal-Wart had on an endcap, and dug through various guys and girls from High School Musical, and blonde and brunette running Hannah Montanas, looking for the Barbie and the Crystal Palace doll I'd seen in the ad. A pretty brunette, she wore a green and blue dress and had very fancy sandals. Found many blonde pink and red ones, and a few AA pink and purple ones, but wasn't having much luck on the one I wanted.

But in the very last box I found her. Pretty ! But still - I just dropped off eight dolls. Did I *really* need another one, even if she was just $5. ? Come to think of it, was she still $5. ? I wasn't sure, and the only difference between her and the $15. one over on the Barbie aisle was a fancier underskirt and more sheer overskirt, plus a huge honkin' plastic necklace on the $15. one. From the hips up, the dolls were identical, and had the same shoes and themed comb.

So I took her to the scanner. And nearly fell over. Yes, she was $5., but...her name is Dori ! I never thought I'd ever see a Mattel-named Barbie with a moniker so close to mine. Well, I had to buy her now !

I also scored new PJs for Dearest - just $5. for a long-sleeved two piece set ! I got the Star Wars print, but they also had SpiderMan, Spongebob, Transformers, etc. for the guys. I bought a size up from what he's wearing now, which is good, because they're quite close-fitting. They had similar sets for girls, and if you wanna add a light-up deep-pile fleece robe to some PJs, they also had three-piece PJ and robe sets for $12., up to size 10 that I saw !

So, I had a value-filled day ! Full of great finds and something I never thought I'd own. A Dori doll that that I didn't name !

For the curious, I'll ad a photo to my Album. I dont seem to have much luck adding 'em to the Blog !

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Here's Dori !

I still can't believe Mattel gave one of its Muse dolls a name so close to mine... Hi, Dori ! I'm Dorrie ! I get all giggly just thinking about it.