The story: I was shopping with my mom and grandma for my Halloween costume! We found the fabrics that will hopefully create a costume that I will love instantly and wear it till it's threadbare and I can convince her to make a new one. Or learn how to make one myself. If you want more details on the Halloween costume, go check out the blog post about it.
Anyways, my grandma left after that, and my mom and I continued on to find birthday presents for my little sister. She had many items on her B-Day list, and so it wasn't difficult to find ideas. We went to Target, a classic store, right? I was walking around the toy section, where most of her list resided, and I was surprised at all the items there were!
I am always amazed by all this technological progress in our world today, but has anybody seen the toys these people are thinking up?! It's crazy, and not really in a good way. Barbies used to be the thing everybody was all: what a bad image for little girls, thinking they will have to be blond and skinny and stuff... but now the dolls are worse!
I saw many different brands of dolls, but they were all very much the same. Big eyes surrounding by perfect eyelashes and mascara and eye shadow pasted on there face, with the look of surprise on their faces. I don't think they really looked realistic, or even pretty, and so I can't imagine a little girl wanting to look at that face while she plays!
I remember have Barbies, Polly Pockets, and Bratz. The latter were slightly hilarious, they had huge feet that came off, and you could change them just like their outfits. Looking back I can't really imagine how I thought that was cool.
But don't blame the doll makers! There are also other departments that I question. Like the board games! I don't know about you, but it takes me a little while to understand a board game, but once I do, I either love it or don't enjoy it really. My favorite board game of all time is Monopoly, though I rarely ever win.
The board games there were all very different then the games I own. I guess I haven't bought any recently, because I was caught off guard. They all have bright covers, pictures of people having fun, that kind of thing. There are so many different kinds of board games... new versions of old ones, trivia games, dating games, games for learning, and so many others.
The one thing that bugged me was the electronic board games! The whole point of a board game is a simple game that can entertain a group of people, right? So normally a board of cardboard, some cards, dice, playing pieces, ect. But these games had speakers and plastic and buttons to push! It doesn't seem right to me.
Other things I noticed that were different: The Disney dolls. I remember the princess dolls seeming beautiful to me, but what I saw was the doll problem I listed above. Also, a Belle had flowers on her dress, that when you pressed a button, the blossomed! There was also a Barbie that had a video camera inside of her. Can you say creepy?
Changing the subject, a bit!
While we were shopping for my sisters, I managed to get some items for me, myself, and I! Selfish? A bit. But we don't really go shopping much, and so I had to take the chance I could get. That's my excuse, so hopefully you will except it!
Item One: A Harry Potter calendar for 2011! It's exciting because it's the Deathly Hallows one, and so I got to see a bunch of pictures from the movie I haven't found on the Internet yet!
Item Two: The Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare, prequel to the Mortal Instruments Series. I am at Chapter Five right now, and so far it's been interesting!! I am hoping it will turn out to be as great as the other three books.
Item Three: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I believe that is the correct name? I can't exactly remember. My mom and I were both interested in it, and it was in the small paperback form (romance novel style) and so she decided to buy it for us.
Sadly, the calendar and Clockwork Angel had to be bought by me, myself, and I. A total of 30 dollars! I am horrible at waiting for books to become paperbacks before buying them, which really would save me money. The calendar could have also gone on my Christmas list, but I was impulsively buying today I suppose.
Well, I will end this long blog now! I really ought to have separated the two topics, but oh well. Too late now =)
But don't blame the doll makers! There are also other departments that I question. Like the board games! I don't know about you, but it takes me a little while to understand a board game, but once I do, I either love it or don't enjoy it really. My favorite board game of all time is Monopoly, though I rarely ever win.
The board games there were all very different then the games I own. I guess I haven't bought any recently, because I was caught off guard. They all have bright covers, pictures of people having fun, that kind of thing. There are so many different kinds of board games... new versions of old ones, trivia games, dating games, games for learning, and so many others.
The one thing that bugged me was the electronic board games! The whole point of a board game is a simple game that can entertain a group of people, right? So normally a board of cardboard, some cards, dice, playing pieces, ect. But these games had speakers and plastic and buttons to push! It doesn't seem right to me.
Other things I noticed that were different: The Disney dolls. I remember the princess dolls seeming beautiful to me, but what I saw was the doll problem I listed above. Also, a Belle had flowers on her dress, that when you pressed a button, the blossomed! There was also a Barbie that had a video camera inside of her. Can you say creepy?
Changing the subject, a bit!
While we were shopping for my sisters, I managed to get some items for me, myself, and I! Selfish? A bit. But we don't really go shopping much, and so I had to take the chance I could get. That's my excuse, so hopefully you will except it!
Item One: A Harry Potter calendar for 2011! It's exciting because it's the Deathly Hallows one, and so I got to see a bunch of pictures from the movie I haven't found on the Internet yet!
Item Two: The Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare, prequel to the Mortal Instruments Series. I am at Chapter Five right now, and so far it's been interesting!! I am hoping it will turn out to be as great as the other three books.
Item Three: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I believe that is the correct name? I can't exactly remember. My mom and I were both interested in it, and it was in the small paperback form (romance novel style) and so she decided to buy it for us.
Sadly, the calendar and Clockwork Angel had to be bought by me, myself, and I. A total of 30 dollars! I am horrible at waiting for books to become paperbacks before buying them, which really would save me money. The calendar could have also gone on my Christmas list, but I was impulsively buying today I suppose.
Well, I will end this long blog now! I really ought to have separated the two topics, but oh well. Too late now =)
I know what you mean about the dolls, but I don't really agree with the barbies, partly because that's all my sisters and I ever played with. I don't think I ever, as a kid, thought about how tiny they were and how I wanted to be like them. lol I just wanted a pretty barbie. =D I know, real people in to dolls do not work. I never liked Bratz dolls. I wanna read Clockwork and GIrl with the Dragon Tattoo!! =D
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