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| The older my kids get, the more difficult it is to buy Christmas gifts. College Daughter usually asks for one big ticket item, which is fine, but then I feel like I should get her a few fill-in items so that she has something to open. Shower gel is usually a no brainer for me to go get. What I wasn't expecting were scents fashioned after alcoholic beverages! I guess someone in marketing knows that we women enjoy a strong whiff of tequila in the morning! |
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| As I've mentioned before, Middle Child has interests that are immature for her age. That's why she still asks for an American Girl outfit every year. She enjoys staging her dolls in holiday displays (Halloween, Easter, etc.). This year, she wanted a Valentine's Day outfit for her doll. She's not really keen on the period pieces that American Girl sells, so I have to visit 'fake' (LOL.....I know!) American Girl doll clothes sites to find what she wants. Usually, it seems as though these sites are run from the basement of someone's grandma's house or a conservative homeschooler who sews on the side. It cracked me up to find these outfits on a site featuring mostly drab calico or denim prints! So ghetto! |
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| Yes, that's a corset worn over that dolly's shirt! |
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| My son loves absurdity and sarcasm as much as I do. I will often search amazon to find him a book or two that I know he will enjoy......books like 'Cake Wrecks' or 'Parents Who Text Too Much.' I came upon this book in my search. Despite the cover, it's not really a book for little kids, unless you want to damage their psyche for years to come. But I think the cover is a hoot! |
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| Too bad my kids are too old for this! It's the #1 Toy in Germany! For the kid who has everything, or maybe for the kid who's constantly hounding you for a dog and you want to give him a lesson in reality. You've got to love German ingenuity! |
Both daughters here are in their 20's and not really in want of anything, at least not that they'll admit to. Low demands makes for high anxiety for Queenie, she's just agonizing over what to do.
ReplyDeleteDoggy doo? Seriously? We saw that commercial and decided that's pure kid's stuff ..... we've already got plenty dog doo!
Does it mean something bad that the dinosaur book strikes me as funny?
ReplyDelete1F had an American Girl doll when she was a pre-teen. Even visited the AG mother-ship in Chicago once. . .
And the play-poop just makes me wince. . .
LOVE these gifts!
ReplyDeleteOMG...the dolls are FLAWLESS! LOVE the outfits!!!!
And that book is HILARIOUSLY brilliant! In fact, I wanna get one for myself!
Hope you had a grrrrrreat Tuesday, my friend!
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X - You have plenty of doggy doo already? Better you than me!
ReplyDeleteCraig - It's supposed to be funny; it's a book for adults!
Ron - The doll outfits ARE hilarious, esp. if you saw the type of sites they come from. AND the fact that most real AG doll clothes are copied from styles of decades past.
I kind of miss the old toy-buying days. We're into more big ticket items, too, but now the kids get a budget and they can opt for money to save toward something or request things. But I always buy a few extras to put under the tree. Like a leather blacksmithing apron, this year!
ReplyDeletebwahahaha! some wacky gifts there. i actually ran across that book too and it cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteAgent - I miss those days too.
ReplyDeleteLime - The entire book is about things that die, like house plants, etc. Too funny.
This is the first time I've ever heard of, never mind seen, an American Girl Doll - sweet! I find myself out-manouvred this year, my eldest daughter's wonderous boyfriend offered to gift her a micro-pig this Christmas - which thankfully she ran by me, first (the idea, not the pig)! I gave it a resounding thumbs-down. He's spending Christmas in Austria, so gave her her Christmas pressie early, before leaving. A bloomin' hampster (which has both the cat and the dog drooling). She innocently told me she was only doing what I said, refusing the micro-pig.
ReplyDeleteThe hampster escaped the boyfriend before even being delivered here, we are already on "Chewy 2"!
Shrinky - I guess the American Girl thing is just in America! LOL. The micro pig sounds awful! Isn't there some movie star who has one? George Clooney maybe?
ReplyDeleteOur son has guitars and wanted a ukulele too so we did get him that but since he got an expensive computer last year we got smaller items this time around... puzzles, books, gift card, etc. Our daughter is older and has a hubby and kids so she only asked for an iTunes g.c., which we got, and a few other fun things.
ReplyDeleteThe dino book looks pretty funny!