I got an American Girl doll when I was eight, pretty soon after they first started selling them, and I loved her. There was nowhere near as much American Girl stuff as there is now, but I had most of what was available. There was a cookbook, which had a menu and recipes for a meal that each character would have had, along with a lot of historical information about why they ate the foods they ate and what sorts of tools they'd have in their kitchens, and I made a bunch of those, with my mom's help. (Most of the recipes were really not designed for a kid to cook alone.) There were also reproductions of board games from the different eras, which were kind of fun, though the early ones were really preachy. I'm trying to remember what else. They sold patterns for a bunch of the doll dresses, and I tried making one, but they were a little too complicated. You could get a doll-size set of school books, which were miniature reproductions of actual school books used during that time, and I squinted a lot to read those.
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That sounds amazing, Hil. And much more educationally oriented.
Wow. I'm tired. Feet hurt.
That sounds amazing, Hil. And much more educationally oriented.
Yeah, when it first started, they only had the historical dolls. The ones that are just dolls with no story attached came much later.
I looked at the calendar and just realized that today is the 30th anniversary of my first marriage. I am now married to a much better person and happier because of it, so the date is not sad in any way. Well, except in the way that I AM REALLY OLD WTF.
The walk through went ok, except for the fact that the seller took all the curtain rods, when our contract specifically states that he is to leave them.
You're not old, Scrappy!
I'm about 300 behind, but I'm jumping ahead to post this:
I had an idea driving to work the other day, and I have brought to life what I'd like on the back of my minivan...
K already has a bitty baby from American Girl compliments of her cousin, who thought she needed one. All her girl cousins have been American Girl cult members, and none of them have given away their dolls, yet, including the 22 year old.
Fact: Things on sale online are not on sale at the stores, but if you ask in the store for the online price they will give it to you.
My sister had one of the original AG dolls, Felicity I think? But never got that far into the cult.
The walk through went ok, except for the fact that the seller took all the curtain rods, when our contract specifically states that he is to leave them.
Well, that's a bit odd.
Nora, sounds like a good time, and productive, too.
Happy anniversary, Scrappy!
Okay, we're gonna try this productivity thing again.
Sox - a woman at work has a daughter even deeper into the American Girl doll cult - HER doll goes for spa treatments. When they opened a store near us, they stood in line to get in and worship. And pay.