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Jan. 2nd, 2012 04:19 pmSo I lied. I said I would edit the previous AG post with pictures but no! No, I am going to curse you to suffer through more ramblings: now with pictures! I am evil. Also, trying to convince my headache to GO AWAY. Also, wondering when we'll be venturing out to Toys R Us today. Widget has money burning a hole in his pocket. I'm unsure of whether or not I have any giftmas money like he does. If I do, I hope it's enough to cover half of the Fearleading MH set and that TRU has a good set in stock.
So. Girl of the Year: 2012. McKenna Brooks.
( Now with pictures! )
To sum things up, I want a lot of her stuff. I even kind of want her. I don't need her and not even in that way where one does not need a doll for the most part. But... I want. I'm hoping this is either a case of new shiny-itis brought about by Not Thinking About Serious Things or a case of "well, buy the starter set and either have Cass return the doll OR gift it to Ozma or littlest Lynn." Since I don't have the money to burn now anyway, it's not really a big thing at this point.
We do have two more new things that cropped up (plus some purses and a pair of sunglasses I think I might like) that may be of interest:
( ... )
In other AG news, when the new year dawned, a) it took them forever to update their site. I know, because to reward myself for not murdering people at 5am when I was done counting cigs (an hour and a half later than I would have been if people had just helped when I asked, dammit!) I checked the site on my phone. And it didn't really work all that well. Which is odd because their mobile site is usually quite nifty.
b) They increased the prices on a lot of things. The dolls themselves went up to $105, which was momentarily alleviated by the fact that they did alter their shipping tiers so that shipping did not also increase. The problem is that while most of us were concerned that the new outfits and accessories would be price hiked to uncomfortable levels, no one really thought to worry loudly about the older stuff. (Hey, AG, the reason your holiday outfits didn't sell out this year? Because for $36, I could buy a little girl a holiday outfit! It's too frickin' much!)
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Hours later, I have returned from my trip round the area. Toys R Us failed me. Horribly. Fantastically. Miserably. They were moving aisles around and the MH section was trashed. The ONLY doll they had was Mad Science Lagoona. They had some of the other stuff, but mostly I'm not interested in the hair accessories or arm warmers or whatever, y'know? I was so disappointed. I seriously thought I was going to cry because I was/am using this to distract myself from the significance of tomorrow... and also, y'know, I cry over stupid stuff, not important stuff. Anyway. I'd figured they might have price jacked the set up again or maybe not have it, but have other stuff... no. Nothing. Literally, the only doll there was a Mad Science Lagoona. (She must be the least popular of that wave of dolls/waves because I see her EVERYWHERE.) It was just... ;_;
So we run down to Target. Yeah, that has... Mad Science Lagoona, Cleo and Deuce, and Frankie Plushies. o_O ...No thank you, Target. Target nearest the house yielded: Frankie 2.0, Holt (the original version) and... drumroll: The Abbey outfit I already own (hey, it was worth a mention), Clawdeen's outfit from that same series (yes!), and ONE Skull Shores Ghoulia. I grabbed her. She's my least favorite of that line, but dammit, Ghoulia is still Ghoulia. I also grabbed the CMC set for my MLP collection. Applebloom is mine! :D Now she just needs a ridiculously oversized hairbow and I am all set to watch the episodes I've missed with her. And Sweetiebelle. I guess Scootaloo can come too. If she doesn't say much. :P
Oh, and no giftmas money... yet? Not sure how that's working, truthfully. Not really important though.
Things I did this morning while productive: attempted to de-clog the shower drain. (Failed. I think I made it worse.) Did some dishes and found one side of the sink. Cleaned a mixing bowl and made brownies. Delicious brownies. (So good.) Fed the animals, took the dog outside, blew out the lightbulb in my room, changed both lightbulbs in my room later, bugged people with my phone... yeah. Good times. Poor phone needs to be charged a lot though.
So. Girl of the Year: 2012. McKenna Brooks.
( Now with pictures! )
To sum things up, I want a lot of her stuff. I even kind of want her. I don't need her and not even in that way where one does not need a doll for the most part. But... I want. I'm hoping this is either a case of new shiny-itis brought about by Not Thinking About Serious Things or a case of "well, buy the starter set and either have Cass return the doll OR gift it to Ozma or littlest Lynn." Since I don't have the money to burn now anyway, it's not really a big thing at this point.
We do have two more new things that cropped up (plus some purses and a pair of sunglasses I think I might like) that may be of interest:
( ... )
In other AG news, when the new year dawned, a) it took them forever to update their site. I know, because to reward myself for not murdering people at 5am when I was done counting cigs (an hour and a half later than I would have been if people had just helped when I asked, dammit!) I checked the site on my phone. And it didn't really work all that well. Which is odd because their mobile site is usually quite nifty.
b) They increased the prices on a lot of things. The dolls themselves went up to $105, which was momentarily alleviated by the fact that they did alter their shipping tiers so that shipping did not also increase. The problem is that while most of us were concerned that the new outfits and accessories would be price hiked to uncomfortable levels, no one really thought to worry loudly about the older stuff. (Hey, AG, the reason your holiday outfits didn't sell out this year? Because for $36, I could buy a little girl a holiday outfit! It's too frickin' much!)
If you're into this sort of thing, have a ( list )
Hours later, I have returned from my trip round the area. Toys R Us failed me. Horribly. Fantastically. Miserably. They were moving aisles around and the MH section was trashed. The ONLY doll they had was Mad Science Lagoona. They had some of the other stuff, but mostly I'm not interested in the hair accessories or arm warmers or whatever, y'know? I was so disappointed. I seriously thought I was going to cry because I was/am using this to distract myself from the significance of tomorrow... and also, y'know, I cry over stupid stuff, not important stuff. Anyway. I'd figured they might have price jacked the set up again or maybe not have it, but have other stuff... no. Nothing. Literally, the only doll there was a Mad Science Lagoona. (She must be the least popular of that wave of dolls/waves because I see her EVERYWHERE.) It was just... ;_;
So we run down to Target. Yeah, that has... Mad Science Lagoona, Cleo and Deuce, and Frankie Plushies. o_O ...No thank you, Target. Target nearest the house yielded: Frankie 2.0, Holt (the original version) and... drumroll: The Abbey outfit I already own (hey, it was worth a mention), Clawdeen's outfit from that same series (yes!), and ONE Skull Shores Ghoulia. I grabbed her. She's my least favorite of that line, but dammit, Ghoulia is still Ghoulia. I also grabbed the CMC set for my MLP collection. Applebloom is mine! :D Now she just needs a ridiculously oversized hairbow and I am all set to watch the episodes I've missed with her. And Sweetiebelle. I guess Scootaloo can come too. If she doesn't say much. :P
Oh, and no giftmas money... yet? Not sure how that's working, truthfully. Not really important though.
Things I did this morning while productive: attempted to de-clog the shower drain. (Failed. I think I made it worse.) Did some dishes and found one side of the sink. Cleaned a mixing bowl and made brownies. Delicious brownies. (So good.) Fed the animals, took the dog outside, blew out the lightbulb in my room, changed both lightbulbs in my room later, bugged people with my phone... yeah. Good times. Poor phone needs to be charged a lot though.