I need this for my yoga room.
Sad, sad Rose Bowl. This weekend totally stunk. A third of the vendors were no shows because it was supposed to rain (but didn't) and most of the vendors who did show were used clothing vendors. My big purchase of the day was habanero smoked beef jerky.
The rest of the pickings were slim, except for:
this record player (not sure if it worked);
this ironing board/bench/thingy (veddy cool but a little useless);
this dog (not for sale);
and these DiD and BBi figures (a bargain at $300 which was $240 more than I'd brought).
I got supercool new (to me) sunglasses too which I can't wear until I get the lenses replaced and which I have been assured are not ridiculous looking even though I wanted them for their comic villainy look. Huh.
Anyway, the vendors there were sadly crack-addicted, judging by their pricing policies and sales techniques. At the first booth I went to, I picked up an Ideal Mia (the dark-haired friend of Velvet). The seller immediately came over, took her out of my hands and told me "Those aren't her original clothes! That's what someone told me. They're not original. They go to some other doll. It's on backwards. That's what someone told me. I don't know what doll it goes on." The outfit looked like a Miss Revlon knockoff. The seller then proceeded to strip the doll entirely and stare at me. I looked at the other dolls in the musty box and picked up a Crissy to see if maybe there were other Mias who were already naked and not so panic-inducing. "That's a Crissy too! That's a Crissy doll!" the seller said, pointing to the doll I was holding. At no point did she give me back the Mia or do anything other than hold it by one hand and yell at me. "Those are collector dolls! Do you know anything about dolls?" I looked at her, "No, I don't" and left. That just sorta set the tone. How much for this hair comb from a recent FF Barbie? $20? American? Does it come with anything else, like ten dolls or an envelope with $19.75 inside? No? I see.... And so on and so on and all these things.
In addition to the jerky and the sunglasses, I also got some Aunt Grace fat quarters, now with added vendor spit. They will be laundered to eBay standards and I will pretend I never saw a thing.
The rest of the pickings were slim, except for:
this record player (not sure if it worked);
this ironing board/bench/thingy (veddy cool but a little useless);
this dog (not for sale);
and these DiD and BBi figures (a bargain at $300 which was $240 more than I'd brought).
I got supercool new (to me) sunglasses too which I can't wear until I get the lenses replaced and which I have been assured are not ridiculous looking even though I wanted them for their comic villainy look. Huh.
Anyway, the vendors there were sadly crack-addicted, judging by their pricing policies and sales techniques. At the first booth I went to, I picked up an Ideal Mia (the dark-haired friend of Velvet). The seller immediately came over, took her out of my hands and told me "Those aren't her original clothes! That's what someone told me. They're not original. They go to some other doll. It's on backwards. That's what someone told me. I don't know what doll it goes on." The outfit looked like a Miss Revlon knockoff. The seller then proceeded to strip the doll entirely and stare at me. I looked at the other dolls in the musty box and picked up a Crissy to see if maybe there were other Mias who were already naked and not so panic-inducing. "That's a Crissy too! That's a Crissy doll!" the seller said, pointing to the doll I was holding. At no point did she give me back the Mia or do anything other than hold it by one hand and yell at me. "Those are collector dolls! Do you know anything about dolls?" I looked at her, "No, I don't" and left. That just sorta set the tone. How much for this hair comb from a recent FF Barbie? $20? American? Does it come with anything else, like ten dolls or an envelope with $19.75 inside? No? I see.... And so on and so on and all these things.
In addition to the jerky and the sunglasses, I also got some Aunt Grace fat quarters, now with added vendor spit. They will be laundered to eBay standards and I will pretend I never saw a thing.
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