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I can't decide what wig I want to get my new girl. Usually they give you a default wig, but not with Fairlyland for some odd reason - so I'd like to find her one. I ran across these two at Leeke World, and someone happens to be running a group order right now for that company so I can get it for less shipping.

I can't decide which wig, or which color. The white looks nice, but she's going to have the "beautiful white" skin tone and I don't want her to look really bland and washed out. Anyone want to give their thoughts? I'm thinking that I want this girl to be a bit less... girly - as that seems to be what Linnet sweats out of her artificially cute hairless armpits :P

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Color Options!

Last night, Paul & I sat down and talked about creating a budget. We were cleaning most of last night so we couldn't do it then, but I'm hoping tonight we'll have an opportunity. I know he's really going to try for me this time, and so I really have to try as well - meet him half way like the responsible partner should.

Which means I can't get this gorgeous dress that's featured on the DoA forums. It's so modern, colorful, and so unlike most of the clothing for sale on the board right now; Lolita, Gothic, and Kimonos.

Woe is me.

CT001 - Couture No. 1_2

As I've mentioned, she's had a new face up done - to mimic the old one as closely as possible. Her mouth is a bit different in the fact that there are teeth now and more detail in the shadows of her lips. She's also been given new eyes and a new wig. I'm not sure if the new eyes are her - they're so pale - but I know I'm in love with her new wig :) I'm sorry that all the pictures I've been taking recently are boring and portrait-like, but I can't seem to get her ready and out the door into the light before it fades once I get home.

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Old Lips

New lips!

Well, she's in a nearby shipping facility - but that's much better than in Pennsylvania. Who am I talking about?! Linnet! Her face up is complete and the woman sent her express mail yesterday and she's now in the Inland Empire. She'll be delivered today - but since I'm not there to get her I'll have to pick her up tomorrow.

The whole ordeal has been a bit stressful. First, communication was difficult because she wasn't getting my emails from my Yahoo! address. So we were using a combination of Yahoo! and private messages through the DoA board. Then she seemed confused as to what I was looking for, and she suggested I get a completely new face-up rather than a touch-up. I said I'd do whatever she thought was best - but I explained that she misunderstood my request. After that she said she'd work with the original face-up which I took to mean that she was doing a touch-up rather than a completely new face-up.

Flash-forward to a week later and I haven't heard a peep from her. So I finally email her and ask her to just send Linnet back if she still hadn't been able to work on her because I was leaving soon. She responded that night and said she was done, sorry it took so long, and the price for the face-up was $60. I was shocked to hear that because I thought we were only doing a touch-up and I emailed her back, confused as to where our communication had broken down. Long story short - she agreed that she'd told me she'd do a touch-up, let me pay the touch-up price, and apologized for the mis-communication that she said was due to her unorganized system. I ended up paying her more than we'd agreed - because I still felt she'd done the full work - and she expressed her the next day.

So! Here we are, Linnet less than 40 miles away and I'm just so excited!

On Tuesday night, I sat down and tried my hand at restringing her. Half an hour later I was close to tears (partly because I was just so tired), because of how impossible it seemed to be able to restring her. I couldn't even get the elastic through the first part of her arm - let along through all four parts of each arm, each leg and then back to the head. But, I kept trying and I learned a lot and with Paul's help I was able to completely restring both arms through her bust. Tonight I'm going to restring her legs to her torso and then tomorrow (with Linnet's head) I'll connect the torso & legs to the bust & arms. I also went online and ordered a restringing tool for the next time I have to do this - as I know they'll be a next time.

I cant wait to get her back together! She has two complete outfits, a pair of boots, a pair of eyes & a new wig that needs to be tried out. I also need to retrofit the inside of my flight carry-on bag with straps to secure her as we're traveling. I'm just so excited!!! Have I said that yet?! Have I?!

I'm so sad that Linnet's head is gone, getting a touch-up on her face. Since Friday I've gotten:

• Her travel bag
• Her Dollmore order (wig & eyes)
  
• Her Souldoll order
• Her custom made outfit that I commissioned from a seamstress on DoA

Her travel bag is going to be perfect as a carry-on for our flight - its got a bunch of pockets, the strap is comfortable, and the size isn't too big. Her wig is so, so, so soft! I can't wait to try it on her because I'm anxious to see if it fits better than the Luts wig that was too big. Her eyes look pretty - but I wont be able to tell until they're in her head. The Souldoll order looks wonderful and I can't wait to try on all the pieces! Her custom made outfit includes a hat, two scarves, a pair of capri, a skirt, a shirt & a double-breasted jacket - and the seamstress is waiting to hear if it needs to be readjusted.

So as I said... COME BACK ALREADY!!!

I think I've decided which doll I want next - so far as a girl. I kept hearing things about MiniFees - and though I knew they were made by Luts - they were never on the site so I thought they were a discontinued doll. Then the other day I was browsing Linda Gavin's blog and I saw she actually gave the URL and I was able to see the dolls myself. I love the molds, and so I think I'm going to get one of them next. I was considering getting another Souldoll because they have a double-body for kids too (I want my next girl to be a smaller size) but I wasn't hooked yet because the molds are not what I was looking for.

This mold is called Shushu and I think she's very sweet. I don't like the eye color or the hair in this promo picture, but I've seen others and that's the main reason I've been attracted to her. The cool thing is that if I buy from this site I get a package with the doll that includes the "sleeping" head. I've never seen the point in a sleeping head - but to get one with the doll seems interesting. Also, if I get her I'm going to get her skin tone to be "Beautiful White" instead of natural (the white skin tone is shown in the picture below) as I'd like to try new things with each doll. She's shorter than Linnet, but has the same eye & wig size so I could interchange that if nothing else.

Minifee, Shushu

Minifee, Shushu (Sleeping Head)

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I was eating dinner by myself because Paul was wrapped up in WoW. I really wanted to eat with chopsticks so I made the last packet of shimp ramen. I wanted to beef it up though, because I don't feel that noodles alone are very complete dinner so I added large cooked shrimp and last nights mixed veggies. I called it "ULTIMATE RAMEN!"

My Dollmore order was shipped from the group coordinator today, and the person doing Linnet's touch up picked her up today and my Souldoll order would have been dropped off but I was at work so I'm going to pick it up tomorrow during my lunch. I hope that by the end of next week Linnet is in one piece, with her new wig, eyes & outfit - I'm so excited! Now all I need is the boots I ordered from eBay though I still haven't heard from the seller :(

Awhile ago I posted on my Scotland blog about me wanting to purchase a different toiletry kit as the one I have now is just a tad bit too small and it took me ages to pack it so that everything fit - the very thing I was trying to avoid. So I went onto Amazon and bought another bag through one of their merchants. Two weeks later and I'm still waiting for A) The money to be taken out and B) For the item to be shipped. After many emails asking for a status I get an email that says the item is actually out of stock. Nice. However, as an apology they'd like to give me a 25% discount & free shipping to use at their online store (not Amazon). Looking around I've found a few options and I'm having trouble deciding.

MediumKit

GreenTotePattern

PinkTotePattern

Second we have two shoulder bags. The reason I'm considering these is because as everyone knows, I'm taking Linnet with me and I want to have her as my carry-on and in a proper bag that will keep her safe and protected. These bags drew my attention because I can't have her stretched out due to carry-on baggage size limitations so I need something that will allow her to bend at the waist but not have to bend at the knees too. These bags are perfect in size, they have a stiff bottom, and the bottom has those metal numbs that will prevent the bag from resting directly on the floor which I think will protect her even more. The decision to be made here is which color/pattern to choose.