Mulling over consumerism, yet again
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mmymoonGreetings, friends!
I had fits of woe last night over IKEA discontinuing this awesome frame I've totally been wanting for months (IKEA doesn't do online ordering for most things, or I would've bought it like woah ages ago) and I WILL NEVER OWN IT NOW AND THAT MAKES ME SAD. If anyone goes to an IKEA and sees them still for sale, I would pay for shipping and your trouble..!
Thus, I've been re-examining the items I wish to purchase lately.
Item: Anna Sui brush holder and Anna Sui vanity tray. I LOVE BLACK PLASTICS. I might try to get, I don't know, a comb or mirror or something to go with them, but I really just want those... there are cute rose-shaped Anna Sui makeup brushes, but as I'm convinced Aromaleigh's Brown Faux brushes are the BEST EVER, I won't be wasting money on crappier, more expensive brushes.
... seriously, the Brown Faux brushes are DIVINE. That's another item, actually; I'd like to snag a few more to replace my MAC brushes, which I never want to use anymore. (They're that good!) But it's not much of a splurge, since they're so affordable!
Item: Black BTSSB hanky. This is so ridiculously stupid and wasteful and furthermore, stupid. I... I can't yet talk myself out of wanting it, though. Because it's got a little chess print! So cute! I use hankies all the time! (And yes, I'm the sort who would blow her nose right into the expensive bit of fabric. That's what they're FOR.) Someone please beat me until I stop wanting it.
Item: I need a new everyday purse -- my Dollhouse purse is adorable, but I'm wearing it out by using it everyday, and that I would like to keep nice for fancy meetups and such. And the design isn't really wonderful for an everyday purse. (It's just fine if one is fancy and aware of oneself, but grocery shopping? Not so much.) I considered something like this Tokidoki bag, but ehhhhhhhhhh. I just want a black bag, really. Maybe I can make something suitably cute -- or go dig out one of my old messenger bags and modify it a bit. Hmm.
Item: Laduree doggie/kitty bag - scroll down a bit!![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vivcore got me the most gorgeous black-with-chandeliers bag from Laduree, and it's the most perfect useful thing... just the right size! So I think I'll have another! (Luckily, there are lots of shops on eBay who specialize in going and getting Laduree goodies!)
Item: Winter Coat. Kind of a gamble as to what it will actually look like, considering the sort of shop it is, but they have good feedback (paying it wasn't like the pictures, but cute) and hey, it's $60.
Have you ever tried to obtain an actually cute, WOMAN'S coat that would fit someone who is 5'10" and built like a linebacker? Not so easy...
I'd still like a cape, but I don't feel like sewing one yet, and I cannot entrust anyone to commission one, because I want it lined with flannel, and that's apparently some kind of textile sin that most people cannot fathom. (Yes, I know it sticks to one's clothes -- however, it's a cape. It's not a big deal. I used to have one, in a ridiculous shade of electric royal blue.)
Item: Mama Told Me Momoko... you know I'm going to get her eventually. I suppose I should start trolling Y!J to keep my eye out. (Less oblivious people! Rinkya or Celga? Or other?)
I really should've gotten her from Junkyspot when she was cheap and easy to find, but... hum. Maybe I will sell some Pullips I ignore to finance her; anyone selling big-headed dolls lately? Is it awful?
I had fits of woe last night over IKEA discontinuing this awesome frame I've totally been wanting for months (IKEA doesn't do online ordering for most things, or I would've bought it like woah ages ago) and I WILL NEVER OWN IT NOW AND THAT MAKES ME SAD. If anyone goes to an IKEA and sees them still for sale, I would pay for shipping and your trouble..!
Thus, I've been re-examining the items I wish to purchase lately.
Item: Anna Sui brush holder and Anna Sui vanity tray. I LOVE BLACK PLASTICS. I might try to get, I don't know, a comb or mirror or something to go with them, but I really just want those... there are cute rose-shaped Anna Sui makeup brushes, but as I'm convinced Aromaleigh's Brown Faux brushes are the BEST EVER, I won't be wasting money on crappier, more expensive brushes.
... seriously, the Brown Faux brushes are DIVINE. That's another item, actually; I'd like to snag a few more to replace my MAC brushes, which I never want to use anymore. (They're that good!) But it's not much of a splurge, since they're so affordable!
Item: Black BTSSB hanky. This is so ridiculously stupid and wasteful and furthermore, stupid. I... I can't yet talk myself out of wanting it, though. Because it's got a little chess print! So cute! I use hankies all the time! (And yes, I'm the sort who would blow her nose right into the expensive bit of fabric. That's what they're FOR.) Someone please beat me until I stop wanting it.
Item: I need a new everyday purse -- my Dollhouse purse is adorable, but I'm wearing it out by using it everyday, and that I would like to keep nice for fancy meetups and such. And the design isn't really wonderful for an everyday purse. (It's just fine if one is fancy and aware of oneself, but grocery shopping? Not so much.) I considered something like this Tokidoki bag, but ehhhhhhhhhh. I just want a black bag, really. Maybe I can make something suitably cute -- or go dig out one of my old messenger bags and modify it a bit. Hmm.
Item: Laduree doggie/kitty bag - scroll down a bit!
vivcore got me the most gorgeous black-with-chandeliers bag from Laduree, and it's the most perfect useful thing... just the right size! So I think I'll have another! (Luckily, there are lots of shops on eBay who specialize in going and getting Laduree goodies!)Item: Winter Coat. Kind of a gamble as to what it will actually look like, considering the sort of shop it is, but they have good feedback (paying it wasn't like the pictures, but cute) and hey, it's $60.
Have you ever tried to obtain an actually cute, WOMAN'S coat that would fit someone who is 5'10" and built like a linebacker? Not so easy...
I'd still like a cape, but I don't feel like sewing one yet, and I cannot entrust anyone to commission one, because I want it lined with flannel, and that's apparently some kind of textile sin that most people cannot fathom. (Yes, I know it sticks to one's clothes -- however, it's a cape. It's not a big deal. I used to have one, in a ridiculous shade of electric royal blue.)
Item: Mama Told Me Momoko... you know I'm going to get her eventually. I suppose I should start trolling Y!J to keep my eye out. (Less oblivious people! Rinkya or Celga? Or other?)
I really should've gotten her from Junkyspot when she was cheap and easy to find, but... hum. Maybe I will sell some Pullips I ignore to finance her; anyone selling big-headed dolls lately? Is it awful?
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Date: 2009-06-25 06:53 am (UTC)Dude, totally. Actually, my cousin and brother and I were debating going out for a Wii game he wants earlier tonight. (I simply find it funny that people think Target is somehow magically better... no, no, the stuff is trendier, but it's not like they treat their employees any better!) We don't have K-mart around here, so I've never really gotten to scope them out... which is sad, since I think Martha Stewart used to do stuff for them? Not sure... but yeah, W-M doesn't have the best styles, but if there's something you actually want (particularly utilitarian things) the site-to-store feature is soooooooooooooo convenient.
You might! Although they sold out pretty quickly after they were introduced... hmm, I should just email her and ask if she plans to restock anytime soon. I want brushes! It's not quite that I regret buying my MAC ones, as it was pretty long ago that I did, but these are so much nicer... I still recommend MAC's brush cleaner as the best I've tried so far, though! (Costs more than one of the Brown Faux brushes. HA.) As far as testing goes... Aromaleigh always includes free samples! And she sells samples of all shadows before you commit, which I LOVE. And even my Big Splurges on her site were, honestly, not so bad. I got the ENTIRE Gothic Lolita collection. :3 I want some of the Bete Noir shadows -- I sampled them, and there are some really gorgeous smoky colors.
Aromaleigh can't quite compete with everything (MAC lip products win, hands down) but I wholeheartedly endorse her for ANY powder-based product or related tool. (Her primer/eyeshadow base is better than MAC paint pots or UDPP, in my opinion, too, and the concealers are great.)
Closet Child in Ikebukuro and seeing a secondhand Mama Told Me on the shelf ........ waaaaah! XD;;;;;;;;;;;;;
But yeah, hopefully I can find her! I think the last time I checked Y!J I saw the regular version for not much over retail. I'll have to email the guy tomorrow when I can think! <3 (I've got Paypal, hahah!)
When I first started doll collecting, I had a Celga or somesuch account... and I totally did that, I bought a bunch of cheap, adorable Licca and anime dolls. (Tokyo Mew Mew Licca! Hello Kitty Stormtrooper Licca!) Those were the days... I don't think I have SPACE for too many dolls, but a couple of Momokos wouldn't be so bad. (Cory really adores Momoko, too!) I love the weird Licca -- I should've gotten more of Tikistitch's Liccas when she sold them -- but I got Rough Trade and a few nice generic pink ones, so I'm pretty good. (I might get Gorgeous Gold and Punk Gal eventually, but I'm worried they'd end up in a box.)
I agree about Good Night Cherry looking better in brown. (I'm tempted by the brown one more than the pink, honestly!)
I dyed Kana's hair a few days ago, did you see? http://kingdomofcute.com/2009/Momokana.jpg And actually, I did just what you recommend, not to a Momoko, but to my Unoa Lite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmymoon/2833722349/ Creeeeeeeeeeepy dolls.
I love ME some floofy mohair, too! (Hahaha, the only thing keeping me from wigging ALL of them is that I think they might end up looking redundant. But I'm so tempted to.) Wigging is SO much easier than rerooting, but it... was hard to find them. (I've made most of mine! I think Unola's wig is a Tinybear one.) I wish Soom had been selling mohair wigs when I got my Uyoo! Of course, after Aren came out, I wish I had her, but. I prefer the plastic girls in that scale, anyway.
I still love dolls so hard; I think I've just grown really picky in my, mwahaha, old age. (Collector old age, at least?)
Don't worry, sweetie; it's late and random businesses (who may be run by single people) are hard to conjugate, anyway... I should go to sleep myself, but... but... dolls!