I Just Can't Walk Away

My plans for the day were seriously delayed by...

Ladies things...

However, Grace and I did get to spend some time doing the, "You're so pretty"/ "No, you're so pretty" dance.

Her braid remains intact. For now.

( A couple of outfits to start us off with... )
That's Grace's mini fashion show for now. I shall resume work on the great list of outfits that I'll post in a bit if you want to make requests. :)

Sooooooooo... guess what happened today?

If you guessed, "You made Order of the llama on Playthings!" you would be totally right. And I would assume you're psychic for guessing that. o_O

Grace's stuff finally appeared on the website, but it's not searchable for the most part. I might've pulled a sara and fiddled with the numbers until I found most of her stuff.

My shoulder is killing me so this is going to be an abbrieviated run, I think.

We begin with
( Grace herself. )

Now. If you'll give me a few minutes, I need to walk the dog and then we'll discuss my feelings on the matter.



All right, let's look this over, shall we?

First of all, these are not flattering shots of Grace. :( BUT I have hope that she's going to look better in reality than she does in these shots (or most of them anyway) and in any case, she'll be coming home because this way I don't have to find Chrissa on ebay or something. Plus freckles!
The jury is still out on her eye color, but it sadly looks like regular blue. Which is a shame because she'd be stunning with Kit's blue and it's not like they use that all that often.
So, doll is a yay. I don't care about her charm bracelet and I may let Cass talk me out of it. I think the bow placement on her skirt is weird but really, I don't think most of the Meet outfits are all that fabulous for anyone. There are exceptions (Cecile and Nellie both spring to mind) but in general, it's a thing to keep them from being nekkid. :P

Her PJs are adorable and make her eyes look less ordinary blue so sold on that, too. Plus, I have a doll PJ problem so really, you knew that was likely... except I almost never buy the GOTY pajamas. Oh no, I have Grace fever!

Her Bakery Outfit (what I'm calling it, I dunno what it's actually called) is.. weird. The top has upside down cupcakes but she's got an apron and that's cute. I think if they bundle this in with her potential World collection, I might buy it, otherwise eh, it'll depend on the price.

Pink Fancy Dress:
Those shoes! That dress! The 80's-ness of it all! Want, yes please.

Love Outfit:
I might've stopped to truly appreciate this when I found the links. I think this is fabulous aside from the pink on the shoes. Seriously, this outfit is killing me. Love it. Pun only sorta intended.

Meet Accessories:
Huh. This I'm gonna need a price and tales of how those nummers are packaged. One giant sleeve of them or individual? A girl's gotta know these things.

Her dog:
Adorable.

Travel Set:
Enh. I think it's cute as heck, I do think that pink is a bit jarring with the blue but it's not a combo Mattel doesn't love to pieces. I just don't really have a need for a doll suitcase, y'know? I like the other bits.

Baking Set:
Uhhh, want. But I'm afraid of the price, truly.

La Patisserie Table Set:
See above on the color scheme and also no thank you.

Bakery:
I haven't got anywhere to store it and if it really is $500, I hope it bombs. (Some of the food things though, oooh. Gorgeous.)

Bakery Cart:
I'm pretty sure these are like Monster High's Scaris things scaled up. :P Again, I like the food, but I don't want to spend the money I'm sure they'll be asking.

Purse Set:
Yes, please. Look, they're putting her name on shit, too.

Coat Set:
I loooooooooove this.

So, to sum everything up:
Furniture: No.
Clothing: Mostly yes to HELL YES.
Doll: Want now.

I fear the prices, truthfully, but since I want so very much, my getting of Grace may be delayed depending on her bundling practices.

Today I did absolutely nothing of great importance and I plan on continuing that trend this evening and into tomorrow. Partly because by the time I got home this morning, my head was spinning even after I closed my eyes. Partly because I'm avoiding the big crazy family reunion going down at the hospital. (I'm a little worried I haven't heard a single peep though.)

So to take my mind of worries and rooms spinning, we look at the few pictures of my new AG stuff that I managed to take before the camera told me to eff off.

First we begin with Isabelle's Accessories which retail for $30.

I wasn't sure who to put these on since I don't own anything else from Isabelle's collection (yet) and I don't really think I own anything coral to go with the "arm warmers" (my ass!) but then I wandered into my dolltopia closet and spied Lane. Light bulb!


Remember how I said I was an adult? I can see why people might argue that. *cough*

( Let's get this started. )

Overall? I'm pretty pleased with this purchase. :) There's one story of the jacket staining, so I'm going to attempt to remember to take it off Lane when I go up to watch Flowers in the Attic. It's a shame because the jacket is very soft and slides right on and while the zipper does require a bit of finesse to work properly, that could simply be because I'm zipper challenged. :P

I love the purse (it's holding the metro pass and the school ID which aren't pictured because I'm lazy and it's cardboard, guys.) and I'm happy that it goes reasonably well with Saige's pink dress and pimp boots. :) The hair comb is so sparkly and pretty and these three pieces make this almost worth purchase price.

The hand warmers are cute in theory, and probably work very well with the rest of Isabelle's collection (that weird practice top not included) but since I don't have a ton of things for them to go with, it's just a little odd, colorwise. I like the idea and I wish they were a tad easier to put on and a tad longer but it's nothing that fiddling with won't help.

I can't say I'd encourage you to buy this for $30+ shipping, and definitely not for $30, shipping, and tax. Nope. So wait for free shipping or maybe a code if one comes down the pike? I bought it because I wanted that jacket and I worried that they'd do something stupid (like they revamped Kanani's luau outfit pretty early on) with that one girl going on (and on) about the stains, the stains. It's been a week plus and no one else has said anything, so it sounds more like bad luck/user error. I'll let you know if mine mocks me.

Seriously, I love this jacket. I could write bad poetry about it, I think, if I were so inclined.