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Some people ride motorcycles. Others scuba dive. Still others jump out of planes. Most people have some sort of dangerous excitement that entices them… I go shopping. It’s kind of weird where the chief dangers for me lie. Malls(with the exception of toy stores with massive sales) no longer seem to be danger zones. I can even pass up a ten dollar tiara now without a twinge and see a gorgeous two hundred dollar dress on a rack and merely smile, admire for a minute, and move on. But some places… And some times… My frugal plans get shot to pieces! For instance, today I was looking at Ebay. Ebay is indeed a danger zone because it has such good deals on it that one can find. My weak point is good deals. And lovely items or, as today’s weakness, lovely dolls.

While I was at the Doll Market I preordered a doll sight unseen who was supposed to arrive in May. Today I just learned that she may not arrive in may and has been delayed. This is moderately upsetting because I wanted a doll of that size, but it doesn’t have to be that particular doll. You see she had raven hair and blue eyes. The doll in the store that I fell in love with had brown hair and brown eyes. However she was $225.00 and that is way to expensive. BUT Ebay… An older doll of the same size is currently at auction (ending within the next twenty-four hours) and I might be able to get her for $125.00 or so. She has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes and looks very much like one of my story heroines. Since I want her for movies… Well, I’m extremely tempted to get her. She looks gorgeous and the seller has possitive feed back…

So I think tomorrow morning I may mention to my mother that I’m about to graduate from the twelfth grade and wouldn’t a graduation present be appropriate? If that doesn’t work I may start eyeing my emergency one hundred in its insecure little envelope that is sooooo easy to open. But I really shouldn’t… At least I already have about fifty dollars in spending cash right now due to cashing my tax refund and not going shopping much last week.

Really, I ought to wait until I’ve saved up enough spending money to buy the doll before buying her but she is one out of 300 and already retired and very, very, very few of that sort of doll(only two that I know of) have BROWN eyes! Besides her typical retail price is around $275.00 so she is a good buy… I think I may let my mother aid me to make up my mind in the morning. Right now I’d better go to bed.

And I am planning on making a new movie for up here soon. Today I got sidetracked using my computer and I didn’t even progress much on the cleaning of my room which was what I meant to be doing today. I want to get my whole room cleaned up and that’s going to be quite a job… OH I just had an idea! Maybe if I can’t get the doll for a graduation present I’ll allow myself to pilfer my emergency fund only if I completely get my room cleaned up… Actually… Considering the state of my room that means I probably wouldn’t be getting that particular doll but… We’ll see what will happen.