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Okay, so, I promised myself I would stop buying dolls for a while. I even decided I was justified in recently spending a heap of money on a bunch of dolls from the Disney Store (which were on sale!), because it was going to be the 'last' batch of dolls I was going to be buying for a long, long time. (LOL!)
HOWEVER -- (isn't there always a however? ;D) ever since they introduced Monster High Operetta last year, I've been kind of sidling up to the idea of getting one, because, you know, a Phantom of the Opera-related doll is just not something that a person who's both a doll collector and massive Phantom phan can really be without! I resisted for a long time (the rational arguments pop up in your head: they're too expensive; I don't want to start collecting another doll line when I'm trying to downsize; etc.) but I've been taking a closer examination of the Monster High section at the toy stores since then, and well, darned if that sea monster one isn't just adorable, and the Egyptian vanity for Cleo de Nile is all kinds of Art Deco awesomeness, and-! and-! (You get the picture!)
So, since my mom decided she was going to brave the Black Friday madness, I gave her a list of Monster High dolls I was interested in, since every store seemed to have them on sale, and I wouldn't feel so bad about bringing more dolls into the house if they were cheap. Thus, when I awoke that day, there was Dance Class Lagoona Blue and Dead Tired Clawdeen Wolf awaiting me in a shopping bag on the floor, which I tore into like a kid on Christmas morning, deboxed the little monsters, and immediately lost my heart.
( In which I gush about the cuteness, and the further progression of collecting fever. )
So for better or worse, the doll collecting bug has bitten yet again. Maybe it's just something you can't fight once it's got you, but if you shop sales and clip coupons, hopefully you can come out of your latest bout relatively unscathed!
(And if nothing else, you will at least have lots of fun posing them for funny photos of them all doing 'The Monster Mash' and 'Thriller'. Heehee. Oh Monster High, why did I ever think we weren't meant to be?) ;D
HOWEVER -- (isn't there always a however? ;D) ever since they introduced Monster High Operetta last year, I've been kind of sidling up to the idea of getting one, because, you know, a Phantom of the Opera-related doll is just not something that a person who's both a doll collector and massive Phantom phan can really be without! I resisted for a long time (the rational arguments pop up in your head: they're too expensive; I don't want to start collecting another doll line when I'm trying to downsize; etc.) but I've been taking a closer examination of the Monster High section at the toy stores since then, and well, darned if that sea monster one isn't just adorable, and the Egyptian vanity for Cleo de Nile is all kinds of Art Deco awesomeness, and-! and-! (You get the picture!)
So, since my mom decided she was going to brave the Black Friday madness, I gave her a list of Monster High dolls I was interested in, since every store seemed to have them on sale, and I wouldn't feel so bad about bringing more dolls into the house if they were cheap. Thus, when I awoke that day, there was Dance Class Lagoona Blue and Dead Tired Clawdeen Wolf awaiting me in a shopping bag on the floor, which I tore into like a kid on Christmas morning, deboxed the little monsters, and immediately lost my heart.
( In which I gush about the cuteness, and the further progression of collecting fever. )
So for better or worse, the doll collecting bug has bitten yet again. Maybe it's just something you can't fight once it's got you, but if you shop sales and clip coupons, hopefully you can come out of your latest bout relatively unscathed!
(And if nothing else, you will at least have lots of fun posing them for funny photos of them all doing 'The Monster Mash' and 'Thriller'. Heehee. Oh Monster High, why did I ever think we weren't meant to be?) ;D
