Two weeks ago I sent my BW Minifee DES head off for a faceup. I bought her in December from Talithax and I've been biding my time until I could clear some of the financial decks and send her off. I've sent her to Mingyi in Hong Kong - I love her faceups and I'm really excited about what my DES might be like. Mingyi asked all the usual questions, what colouring, natural or dark etc. and I suddenly realised that I didn't actually know what I wanted!

Mingyi received her a few days ago, so I'm now waiting to see what she comes up with :-)

So yes, I am very nervous but also very excited about my new dolly. Course it will take me another 2 payments to get her body from Denver Doll Emporium, not to mention eyes and wig etc. Sheesh.

My before shot:



Now we'll have to wait for the after...

Out of the pile of goodies that we collected from Talithax, Mina scored some beautiful things.
Mina has now got a new Luts wig (DW 170 for Delf in Lavender), a beautiful rose choker from Dollmore, and a gorgeous bra and panties set also from Dollmore. Thanks Talithax!!!!



 

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Ok. Well it's like this.

Tonto and I were a wee bit naughty. Then I was REALLY naughty.

Well actually I blame Talithax for her damn enabling! I don't know how far I can legitimately offload blame for this, but I will try :-)

We collected our portion of various group orders yesterday and have begun playing with the VAST quantity of goodies we received.
Over the next little while I'll post pics of the various bits and pieces - don't want to do them all at once! 

After visiting Talithax I stopped by the post office on the way home to post my Minifee Dark Elf Soo head off for her faceup. I'm getting her faceup done by Mingyi in Hong Kong, I love some of the faces that I've seen her do. I'm nervous because I've never sent a head off for a faceup before, I've tried to explain to Mingyi what I'd like her to look like, but I also don't really have much of a picture in mind so it's all a bit of a schmozzle really.

Anywho, this simple trip to the post office was the undoing of me. The thoughts percolated away for quite a few hours - and then I did a layway with Denver Dolls for a BW B-line Minifee body. Crap.

I've always taken the view that I would assemble my MNF DES slowly and carefully, a bit at a time, but I also know that she won't really be a person to me until I've got her body. So, by starting my layway now I'll have her not too long after I get her head back. It's going to take a while until I can afford to get her proper eyes and a wig though.

All this has now led to a financial crisis of mammoth proportions. Go me! Idiot.

Back in January, I went to the Information Online conference in Sydney and took heaps of piccies of the things I saw and did. I thought I might add a few of my favourite pics here because I don't think I even posted about it at the time.


Restaurant in the Opera House - vendor dinner. Amazing food, the Strawberry Souffle was like nothing I had ever experienced. A memorable evening for me.

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I've been very busy with work stuff and haven't been posting lately. Have been trying to keep up with you all though!
At the moment I'm finding it hard to clear my head of all the work pressures, I haven't felt any pull towards my dolls at all, I've just been too busy stressing. So stupid. Pretty much been home in body but not in spirit.

I'm currently acting in both Acquisition Librarian positions, and keep getting that extended. It's supposed to be until a replacement is found for a colleague who has moved to a different part of the Library, but the time frames keep moving - and now I've been asked to do some teaching as well. Apparently I had that bored look on my face again, naughty me. Hmph.

Got a few days off though, I usually take the day of Tonto's birthday (12 May) off from work so that we can do fun stuff together. This year his birthday is on a Tuesday, so damn, had to take Monday off too. Seriously. Have weekend, work one day, then day off - I don't think so :-)

Besides this gives me a nice little break away from things and hopefully means I'll deal with everything so much better when I do go back to work on Wednesday.

At the moment, I'm really looking forward to incoming dolly bits and pieces. Have things from Luts and Dollmore on the way - with much thanks to Talithax. Damn enabler that she is.

I'm thinking hard about what to do about my next doll. I started with Delf, then Rainydoll, then Dollzone Tiny, then Lati Blue, then Bobobie MSD. So I've done MSD a bit lately and I'm thinking about a return to SD focus for a little. I have my Minifee DES head to get faceupped and buy a body - I'm looking forward to that - but I am debating another large doll.

Being the incredibly detail-focussed, big on plans, Librarian that I am... I created a spreadsheet. It's naff, believe me, I know.
I added to it all the dolls that I am really drawn to at the moment, created formulae that adjust the budgeting to specific exchange rates... deep sigh. God it was fun though.

Anyhow, despite my SD focus, I still managed to accidentally slip a Honey Delf and a Kid Delf into my planning. Don't exactly know how that happened... but still. All is dependent on getting some decent tax back this year, if I don't then I'll be making a more long term plan - how very dull. We've been good the last little while, any extra cash has gone towards practical needs. I think we're due a small splurge :-)

I realised today that I've never taken a photo of Jemima outside. Most of the pics I have of her are indoors and with crappy lighting. So I think she deserved to hop outside for a bit.

Feels like forever ago that I did her faceup - the first and only faceup I've ever done on a resin. I think she is such a sweetie.



 
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It's ages since I've felt the urge to take any photos of my dollies. Haven't been much in the mood for it lately - everything has been so busy. Thank god for a public holiday!!

I thought I'd take some pics of Lucy in the new dress that she got from Dollmore. It's a great dress actually, and fits a mature Bobobie Sprite body really well. No adjustment required whatsoever. I'm feeling so happy that I have Lucy.





 

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tonto65 gave me one of these as a gift a couple of years ago, I think it was Sasaki Makie. Since then, every time I've been in Shin Tokyo or AvCon I've accidentally managed to scoop one up. Getting a bit hard to find now though. Few weeks ago I bought the two School Sets on special from Shin Tokyo, two for the price of one ($27.00). They're so small and so much fun to have around. Each one is about 7cm (2.8 inches). The School Sets are the only way to buy specific characters, the rest are gashopon.

Starting with my two favourite: Sasaki Makie and Chachamaru Karakuri





 

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I've always wanted to get Little Red Riding Hood Pullip. Recently I had the opportunity to buy her and I couldn't believe my luck.
She had been removed from her box to display, but that was about it.
When I came home from work on Friday she was waiting for me.
There are a couple of others that I'd like from around the same era, but I am just so glad to finally have her.

Well today was the day to return to work. Good theory anyway.
My teeth are really great now, still having to do the salty water rinse but everything is really good.
Then this morning I got up to go to work and found that... I was covered in red spots from head to toe.
Literally everywhere. More and more each hour.
It is horrific. I've never experienced anything like it!
Apparently I've had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics that I finished a couple of days ago.
All I can do is take some antihistamines, and wait. The doctor was horrified at how many spots there were :-(
So I get to go back to work on Thursday now. Sheesh.

Oh how depressing...

Well I did it.
On Monday morning I went to the oral surgeon and had all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth out.
Did it in the chair with IV sedation. I've been fairly miserable since. Can't sit up for long, get tired so quickly.
Didn't react well to the painkillers so have delightful flashes of nausea.

Tonto is looking after me really well though :-)

Good vibes requested!!!!

Tonto and I decided to try and find somewhere new to take some nice piccies of the girls today. We ended up on Gorge Road and got some lovely pics. Tonto particularly got some lovely ones of Harriet and her lovely new eyes, while I ran out of battery a little early :-)



 
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I'm enjoying taking pictures of Imogen - can you tell?

Here's some from yesterday's efforts.



 
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Lucy has also changed a little. New wig and a new eye experiment is underway. My problem is that I really love her previous eyes but I wanted to see what she'd look like with slightly darker eyes.



 
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Feels like ages since I'd taken any pics of Percy so consider yourselves spammed! She's such a sweet girl - and I've never felt any urge to alter her eyes :-)



 
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Yesterday afternoon tonto65and I continued our dolly fun. We sat out on the back patio and redressed our girls then went and attempted to get some nice photos of them. They were cooperative enough - mostly!

I decided that Lucy, Imogen and Percy deserved the outing most - I think Tonto and I are going to have to spend a lot of holiday time doing this!!

There's going to be quite a few pics so I'm going to split this up a bit.



and then mere seconds later...



I guess it's just the point and click nature of my camera, but how different is the lighting!!!! Lucy actually looks properly blue in the second pic but only a little grey in the first pic. I think having a blue doll has increased my awareness of how temperamental lighting can be! Normally I'd fiddle the pic in Photoshop a bit - but I think it's quite interesting.

More to follow...

From the first day that Imogen arrived, I was never completely happy with her eyes. I've never been very comfortable with the thought of just swapping them out and putting in something different, but after doing that for Lucy I'm now feeling a little more confident. So I thought I'd give Imogen a change...

So here is a before shot - Imogen at Christmas this year



And here is Imogen now -

 
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Some of you may be unaware of this fact, but I have a distinct weakness for cupcakes.
Yesterday Tonto and I were walking down Norwood Parade and we saw....a cupcake shop.
After the poor boy peeled me off the pavement, he had to peel me off the shop's front window :-)
It's called the Cupcake Cafe. I haven't actually been in to try a cupcake yet, but OMG the window alone!!!!!!
They have so many wonderful...want to eat....ooh so much drool....

Oh god, I've spent so much money on doll stuff today. I'm working Christmas Eve then I'm off until 13 January, which will be nice, and so Tonto and I have gone slightly mental buying stuff in preparation for WEEKS of dolly fun!!!! I am also about to begin another dolly project...

Can someone please explain to me why I am neither rich nor thin?!?!?!?!