2 posts tagged “daily life”

Went to Rozel bay with husband and mother this morning for a bite to eat, and noticed the old bloke cleaning his garage nearby. Soon there was a pile of old stuff inside a skip in front of the house, in which he sticked a paper sign: HELP YOURSELF.

I got 8 Barbie dolls (some very pretty) and outfits, a cute dress that fits Moyra, some nice books, a Burberry suitcase (with a broken handle, but that's ok) and other toys. All for free. I did my bit for the free circulation of goods - result!

I rarely buy Barbies new in box. There are so many gorgeous ones being sold for cheap at charity shops. I prefer to adopt old, ill treated Barbies in need of some good TLC. Now I'm going to try and save their hair - some of them are very frizzy. Will post pictures later.

Talking about pictures... Here's Emmaleth, my Narae. The jacket is from a My Scene boy doll - I never thought it would fit her. The socks are from Dollmore and I am SO happy that all my MSD sized shoes fitted her so well. No need to buy more shoes, yay! The skirt was made by me and I'm quite pleased with it. I can't put in words the pleasure that it is to see my dolls wearing unique outfits that I have made for them. Ah, the cheap pleasures of life.

This place looks awesome, let's see about the features.

My Narae arrived yesterday morning. I decided to track her via Royal Mail website instead of Korean Post, and it made a world of difference. There was no sign of customs retention and the parcel reached me the next day, completely charge free, as usual.

She's stunningly beautiful but, for a "tanning" doll, she's quite pale. I wasn't expecting a Luts tan skintone, but sometimes I think they sent me the wrong doll. :) Fortunately she came with the green eyes I asked, but the make up is nowhere near as requested. In a certain way, it was a good thing.

I also noticed some discoloration at the places she was sanded. And there is a tiny bubble of dried varnish on the right corner of her mouth that I would love to sand off. A bit careless, I would say. And that's a pity, since the face and body sculpt are absolutely fabulous. The flaws did not spoil her beauty, but anyway.

Amaryllis got her new Obitsu body today. The colour matches beautifully, but it was HELL to replace it. And after all the hard work, now her eye mech refuses to work - she can blink, but can't move her eyes anymore, because the support pin that goes inside her head is too long and gets in the way. Any help on that matter?

Enough of blabbering. Now I have to go back to babysit my whining mommy and wash some clothes. Plus we have guests at home at the moment, and my husband also took the week off. God, I will so need holidays after all this, haha.