Thursday, November 29, 2007

THURSDAY 13....MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM MY CHILDHOOD!

1.) Baby Alive....


...she was my favorite doll ever...until I fed her tuna fish, Mom started to smell something rancid, found it was coming from my doll...had to throw her out..I was devestated..my five year old mind could not comprehend that she was not really alive and tuna fish....was not such good thing for her to have.




2.) Donny and Marie Dolls...


The picture posted is not one of the actual dolls, but close...they had on purple chiffon outfits, came with their own sound stage, microphone and everything..I remember,when their t.v. show would come on, I would have everything set up so I could play with them and watch their show at the same time.







3.) Fashion Plates...


I spent hours creating my own "designs"....I think I was about 8 or 9 when I got this for Christmas...I loved it...I just knew someone was going to recognize my talents and want me to design for them in Paris or somewhere....pipe dreams....I tell ya...what hopes we have as kids.



4.) Strawberry Shortcake...

I just loved her..she smelled great...she came with friends...I was a Strawberry Shortcake freak..I had her and several of her friends....I remember taking her to school, like in first grade or something..at recess, some boy stepped on her playing kick-ball or something anD smashed the side of her face in...never got his shoe mark off of her face.





5.) Snow White Mirror Mirror on the Wall....


I think this was one of my creepier presents....it has this button, you pushed, it would show the sorcerer in the mirrors reflection as he said the Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Whose the Fairest of them all..then it would show your reflection....creepy!











6.) Barbie Hair Style Head...geez, I don't know what else to call it..

I also wanted to be a cosmetologist when I grew up...I practiced on this Barbie head so much, her hair started to fall out..I also used magic markers on her face, for make-up...she ended up looking like a body less prostitute..lol...




7.) Barbie Townhouse....

I was a Barbie Freak..aren't most girls? Even today...girls everywhere love them....my cousin had the Barbie Mansion...with pool, camper, everything..times were tough for my Mom, so, this was all she could afford..she picked it up at a yardsale, but it was in great condition...I never knew that, until years later...because she had it all set up on Christmas Morning, I thought Santa had brought it...I loved that thing.








8.) Cabbage Patch Doll


I never had the real thing...I wanted one really bad, but Mom could not afford to buy me one, so one Christmas, she had a lady she knew that made "adoptive dolls", similar to the cabbage patch doll...well, she must of been drinking when she made mine...because it's head was shaped like a football, kind of like that Nickolodeon cartoon, Hey, Arnold! It had enough yellow yarn on it's head to crochet an afghan...lol..It did have the cute little butt though, I loved that doll..until I took it to school one day, two girls beat me up and took her from me, the teacher found her in the trash can...after that, I was never the same about dolls...nor did I ever take one to school again, even though all of the other girls were bringing theirs.

9.) Paper Dolls....



I had quite the collection of these little rainy day gems...shoe boxes full..I could spend an entire afternoon of playing with these...every time Mom went to town, I had to have a new book of them..always got them, along with coloring books, for Christmas.



10.) Easy Bake Oven....



When my Mom would bake...I would have to pull out my little Easy Bake oven and bake too...although, everything "baked" in it always came out tasting like crap!







11.) Little House on the Prairie Books..Boxed set...

Man, I wished I still had these...I got them when I think I was about eight, and I read the entire set over Christmas break....re read them several times over the years. My favorite childhood books ever!









12.) Sweet Valley High Books Boxed Set...



I lived vicariously through these girls....read every single book in the entire series.














13. ) Shrinky Dinks....

Let's just say, Me and this toy...resulted in a lot of burns...but man, they were fun.

Well, I guess that is enough of the childhood memories...Did any of you ladies have any of these toys?

Dixiechick....out!

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