A Surprise Gift From A Friend! Citi Pals New York Neena Arrives At The Doll House!

Doll Friends!

I have the most fabulous friends! I have a friend who is not 'in' to dolls in any way other than to listen to my mindless ramblings about them when I do go on... Teehee. Anyway, I mentioned to her when I found the Citi Pals on deep clearance at Sam's that I now had every single one of them, two of one of them even, except New York Neena. I'd passed her up when the first round of clearance because I already had a blonde hair blue eyed Citi Pal and I was trying to be reasonable. Teehee. 

So my friend went to Sam's within days of the conversation and saw a New York Neena on clearance and bought one for me! Wasn't that the sweetest thing? I was so stoked! I unboxed her at my friends house and didn't think to take photos first but you've seen the boxes before I guess... Here she is after she came home to the Doll House with Salome who came to welcome her home. 

I just think these dolls are so sweet! Now I have every single one of them. Which I am glad for because I went to Sam's the other day and naturally they had zero toys. I wonder if they'll pick up the line at Walmart? Bring them back next year? One lovely thing about the internet is that they are available for purchase from secondary market by vendors who buy toys to resell. Some people malign such folks but I figure everyone has to make a living and I am personally glad to have hard to find dolls available even if they are inflated in price. Everyone's gotta eat. Eh? 

I better run!

XXOO
Heather

Citi Pal's Dolls Just Kept Dropping Price! Introducing Selma And Salome!

Doll Friends,

What's a girl to do? I go to Sam's Club to return a shirt my daughter didn't care for and naturally I just check by the last aisle they have of the toys (Sam's only carries toys around Christmas I think...). You know, to see what's left., for research and all... Low and behold there are Citi Pal's left and they are only $4.71 each!! What?! The problem was that I'd already bought one of the two little girls they had left, from Chicago, when they moved them to $9.71 (I can't recall her factory given name just now, I am not keeping it and so I didn't really have it stick in my brain. LOL) 

So... I bought one with the idea of changing her hair so she'd have a whole new look but I'd also have twins. Twins often wear their hair differently because it's pretty much the only alteration they can make to their appearance that will set them apart from their twin. So... Perfect!

I asked my Facebook (or maybe it was Instagram) connections for name ideas and my lovely friend Karrie suggested Selma and Simone. Which I loved! However, I already have a Simone, named after Nina Simone, one of the best singers of all time... Since I have my other Sekiguchi Salome doll in storage (I know... I know... So sad to keep dolls in boxes but... I never used them in scenes but couldnt make myself part with them because they were are so cute!) I have decided to name them Selma and Salome! I think Selma will be the one with the rainbow wig because it's the bit more 'sassy' of the two names, I think. Salome's name comes from the Bible.  She's one of the women who traveled with Jesus (after He healed her) when He was going from town to town telling about the Kingdom of God. So, naturally I think it's a swell name. 

Aren't they fabulous!? I sure think so... 

I know I know... 

I love all the dolls...!

But I do though! 

Hahaha.

Well, believe it or not, school break is over and I have to go herd the cats wake up the teenagers for school... Pray for me. *giggles* But seriously, pray.  

Have a great week Doll Friends!

XXOO
Heather

PS You know as I was writing out this blog I needed to do a search of my blog to find the appropriate links and as I was typing in 'Citi' so all the Citi Pal postings would come up I was all annoyed "Why do people have to go and change the appropriate spelling of words?" Until, duh! I realized they likely called them Citi Pals because they are made by Cititoy! Clever! 

Ok, going...! 

Doll Photo's At The Park Last Week!

Hello Doll Friends!

Here are some doll photo's I took last week at the park. It's been a crazy few weeks! As per usual I have many a blog post planned in my brain/imagination but just less and less time to come here and get them posted. I am determined I will find a better 'balance' in my life and get back to more regular blog posts but I am certainly not there yet. Goals!

Here are some photo's I took of some dolls last week. I am absolutely enamored with Maricela and wanted to take her along with me when I went out for work during a sunny day... I decided to grab a couple of other dolls too... 

I really like the photos and how they came out! 

You can see I had them stood up on picnic table. 

Maricela's 'necklace' is a bracelet (I recently found at a thrift store) like I talk about in this post. 

This is just a lot of different perspectives of the same pose. 

This is an as-of-yet-unnamed Our Generation Doll that I got recently at a thrift store and spruced up... 

And this is a little Citi Pals Doll I got late last year at Sam's Club. 

I mostly took photo's of Maricela because it's so much easier to pose one doll than it is to pose three! 

I even stopped by a different park and got some photos there...

And then to even a third park... I think she's such a gorgeous doll! 

I love the pretty highlights in her hair! I haven't taken her hair out of their original ponytails yet... I bet it'll be even prettier!

I better run!
XXOO
Heather