Wondering about wild grapes

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Wondering - Finding an old friend.








This last weekend at the flea market, my wife found an old friend.  They hadn't talked or seen each other since my wife was a young girl.

Well, actually, it was not a person but a doll.  It was a doll that she had long, long ago.  Oops! I shouldn't have said that.  No, it wasn't that long ago. . .

It was like meeting a new friend that had fallen on hard times.  She was a mess.  She was really dirty and her clothes were filthy.  So far my wife has washed the doll's clothes three times.  She says that she now has to order some special shampoo and some new clothes and some new shoes and some. . . well, you get the idea.  This bargain doll is not going to be such a bargain after all.

I guess I will show you the doll's picture.  This was after she was given a bath:
 

 Her nail polish is wearing off and will need redone:


But her toenails seem to OK.

My wife is now on the Internet shopping for doll clothes and accessories.  This IS going to be expensive.  She says that just the underwear will cost eighteen dollars and of course all well dress Miss Revlon dolls have to wear a lot more than that.  There are lots and lots of accessories, too.

My wife also brought home this little fellow.  The first thing was to give him a bath, too:

My wife is still looking at the accessory catalog on line and she is naming off all she needs to get.  Glory be, this is going to cost me an arm and a leg for sure.  Any of you want to donate? (grin)

At one time, my wife was into doll collecting big time.  She had over a thousand.  She about gave them away by selling a whole car load of them to another collector that was drooling from the mouth.  Hey, we all have to have our fun and my beautiful wife deserves dolls if she wants them.  Now, you all have a doll-ichious day, you hear?
 

29 comments:

  1. I know lots of women who still have every doll they ever owned. I got one once a year at Christmas, but with little brothers around the dolls didn't last long. That was probably the only mean thing they ever did when we were young. That is a beautiful doll your wife bought though.

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    1. I like the Wishnik troll better. I guess now I will have to build a bridge for him to live under.

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  2. Donate? No thanks I will keep my arms and legs.

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    1. I guess it only cost an arm and half a leg. . .

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  3. I remember my first dolls... one was a "cupie doll"... probably spelled wrong, but it had a curl of hair over its forehead. Q-pee? Heck I don't know. Two other dolls I had were the "Campbell Twins"... yeah... from Campbell's Soup. I wonder if my Mom saved can labels to get those for me? I was more an outdoors kid, so don't remember a Revlon Doll... and I don't recognize that little troll either. Looks like your wife's hobby is going to get resurrected.....

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    1. Cupie dolls came in all sorts of styles, one for every need. Since my Dad worked for Heinz, the Campbell Twins were a no, no. But my one Aunt married a guy named Campbell, so I guess they would be OK.

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  4. Kewpie doll, Sharon ... ;) my first doll was named Betty ... she had a cotton body and a hard head? what were they made of then ... ceramic? she opened and closed her eyes and said mama... WHAT a wonder.

    loved Betty very much. My g'mother would make clothes for my cat, Kitsy .... and Betty, Kitsy and my dog, Dusty would go off into the woods to make mudpies.

    I truly mean it when I say I made excellent mud pies. purple berries off the whatever bushes they were ... great mud but dainty

    I don't understand the trolls... my nieces were into trolls and I don't understand zombies either ... and I sure as hell don't understand the allure of a vampire ... kids today love this stuff... a hunky vampire???

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    1. There are all sorts of dolls to please all sorts of people, I guess.

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  5. After her bath she looks quite pretty. I too believe her old hobby has been resurrected!

    Hide the credit cards!!! :D

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    1. Ha, Ha, I sure will MsB, but the problem is she has her own card. . .

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  6. Getting a thing which we have been waited for long time will give a wonderful happiness in us which can't be expressed. I have expressed this in buying a dress for me.

    Doll looks pretty good after having a wash.

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    1. It also pleases me when my wife finds something that pleases her. And this doll brings back a lot of memories for her, most good, some not so good.

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  7. Dizzy - I remember my middle sister had a Revlon doll. She always like the "dress-ups", whereas I liked the babies. Except for my Madame Alexander "Littlest Angel". She was jointed at the elbows and knees so she could kneel and pray. With 3 girls, we always had lots of dolls around. Still have my "Toodles" and one with a cellulose head, Carolyn, that was made the year I was born, over 60 years ago. No grandaughters to pass them on to, though, only boys....

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    1. Same thing here, no girls in the family, sons and grandsons,, and maybe great grandsons soon?? Who knows.

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  8. Tell you wife that it is now the 'in thing' to go commando; the Revlon Doll does not need $18 worth of underwear.

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