Went shopping at AG.com for CM! This is what I ended up with...
1. Frosty Party outfit. I wanted a holiday outfit for Jess that went along with the formal feel of Nicki's Midnight Holly dress, but not quite so frilly so not to conflict *too* much with Jess' personality. When I saw this on sale (down to $18 from $36) I had to snag it. I also loved that it ended up that Nick was in gold and Jess was in silver! "Silver and gold, silver and gold, on every Christmas tree..." Ahem, anyway.
Adorable! Love it love it love it. The outfit included a sweater, skirt, headband, and shoes. There was also a charm. The sweater and skirt have pretty details that add a frosted feel to the outfit - guess that's where it got it's name! The little headband takes a little bit of fuss to fit right, but that may be part due to Jess' glasses, and once I got it settled it stick.
Dolly shoes!
The Breakfast in Bed set. I had actually looked at this just a week or two before CM but ultimately decided I didn't want to pay the $28 price tag for it. But for $13 on sale? Yes please! My only regret is only buying one. SIGH. At midnight, trying to race to send in my order so nothing sold out on me, I forgot one little detail: the set is for ONE! I knew that! Didn't realize until after work that day that, heh, I wanted to set them up to have breakfast together and should have bought two. When I went to place a second order it sold out on me. Drat!
The set includes: serving tray, plate topped with waffles, strawberries and bowl of whipped cream (one piece), a glass of milk, a smoothie, cloth napkin, syrup bottle, and a note tucked inside an envelope. Originally the set also came with a metal fork, but I suppose they ran out of forks. Oh well, I have lots of doll sized forks that will do.
Here's Jess showing the scale of the set.
The smoothie is so cute. Really, the set caught my eye originally because of the smoothie and milk glass!
Blogger uploaded my photo sideways! Blah. Oh well. The note reads, "Violets are blue, roses are red, something for you - breakfast in bed!"
The last doll item I got - Kit's Produce and Preserves! I had noticed in the last catalog this set was noted as low quantities and thought it may appear on CM. I was right! The set was put on sale for $17 (from $34) and I was happy to purchase it.
Jess is modeling everything since Kit is in a box right now with half my other girls! The set includes: Two bunches of peaches and tomatoes, an apron, 2 canning jars, a metal strainer, a mixing bowl and a blue metal pot.
I'll start with the apron, since you can see it fairly well in this shot. It's really cute. I like the print and the little ruffle at the bottom. Kit will probably get a lot of wear out of this apron!
The strainer is made of metal and absolutely fabulous! I love it and is great for cooking for modern girls too. The bowl is so cute, I even ordered a second one as a replacement part. Never know when you'll need two bowls, right? We bake a lot in this house. Only makes sense to make sure my girls can bake too. Sometimes you need a couple bowls at once, you know?
Here are the bunched tomatoes and peaches inside the strainer and bowl. They sized them perfectly to sit in without it looking completely like, well, a plastic blob in a bowl. The tomatoes are shiny and the peaches have more of a matte finish. They are clumped, not single pieces, but really, as single pieces they'd be tiny and wouldn't stand a chance with kids. They'd roll all over the place, end up under the fridge, in the couch, behind a dresser... though it'd be nice to at least start with a couple single pieces. At least the peaches! Dolls eat peaches! Well, children eat peaches at least... Oh well. They're good sturdy pieces of plastic, at least.
The pot and canning jars. I love love love the pot! It's just like a real one - only missing a lid! What's up with that? But, it's so charming and perfect I will forgive that they overlooked the lid. Plus it's metal.
The jars I'm less impressed with. They're plastic, which I understand since they're for kids to play with, but the plastic is cloudy. If I hadn't pulled them right of the box I'd feel like they were used and smudgy. But they're just cloudy. And they don't open. And you don't can food in slices like that. This is pretty much my only disappointment with the set, is these jars. I wish the food inside looked more realistic, I wish the plastic were more clear, and I wish you could open the jars. Maybe they could clump the food so you could pull it out and have empty jars to start with and *then* make the dolls fill them - or even have four jars, two full and two empty (since you still have those bunched fruits to can!).
Overall I wouldn't want to pay $34 for this set. I may have done $26, knowing it was on its way out. The $17 I paid for it, I am perfectly happy with. I do like the set - it's adorable, lots of play value for kids, will provide cute photos. I'm just saying I'm glad I bought it on sale and would have been disappointed to pay the $34 retail price tag for it. Although I will probably be keeping an eye open for different jars, may or may not find anything suitable.
I also got Samantha's mystery that was on sale for $3. No special reason, I just like to pick up the books I don't have whenever I see them on sale or in a thrift store. I'm not very far into it but I've liked the other mystery's I've read so I suspect I'll enjoy this one, too. :)
So that covers it for my AG Cyber Monday! They have some really great sales. I don't go in expecting any of my top list items on sale and just sell what they have and was not disappointed this year! Plus the three doll items I got seem to be sold out and gone for good. Next time I place an order I'll probably call and see if I can snag a few replacement parts though - Breakfast in Bed plate, smoothie, milk, and maybe another clump of peaches from the produce set. Or another bowl. They're just so freaking cute and the replacement was only $2!
