Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A Look at AG


Somehow I always manage to get myself on the wrong side of my children. This weekend I took the girls, along with their dolls, to the American Girl store just to check it out. I told them that we wouldn't buy anything and that it was just a trip to look and see. On our way to the mall, Alex asked if we could buy one little thing, and instead of answering with a firm, no, I gave a wimpy, we'll see. Famous last words.


We arrived at the American Girl store and were blown away by the incredible doll displays and overall coolness of it all. This was definitely Jack Pot! central.




After looking and touching and caressing and petting all the lovely items, Alex asked again if we could buy something and I said, no -- to which Alex said, very huffy, "But you said! You said you'd see and now we're here and you said!" I felt a little queasy knot in my tummy because I did say that, and now I was changing my mind. Sammy wasn't quite as vocal but her face said it all.

Look. I don't have to explain to you how outrageously pricey these AG dolls are, so trust me when I say that I really, really wanted to buy them everything their hearts desired, but c'mon. I'd much rather go to Target and buy the knock-off outfits and accessories.


We took our time exploring the store when a friendly AG associate walked up to Alex and said, with raised eyebrows, "Who do you have there? A look alike?" I just had to step in with a, "Eh-hem, it's actually, Molly. Not a look alike." I raised my eyebrows right back at her, I sure did. Alex's doll is the real deal, and I probably would have gotten a little more aggressive with an added, "Oh hells no! She did not just call Molly a 'Look Alike'!!!" Complete with finger wag and eye rolling, but I didn't. I remained calm and moved on -- with a little huff in my step.


It probably wasn't the smartest idea -- taking my girls to the best doll store in the history of ever, only to dangle all sorts of lovliness in their faces and then leave empty handed {wow! That sounded really harsh when I put it that way!} -- in the end, the girls really had a blast and when you're there, you honestly cannot help but fall to pieces over every little detail. Checkout that violin in the image above -- is that not the cutest thing?!?

3 comments:

  1. Anne IstafanousOctober 18, 2011

    Maya, you make me laugh. I think by "look alike" she didn't mean a "knock off", but rather one of the AG dolls that you order to look like yourself (a "look alike" AG doll). Maya has a "look alike" AG doll with the wrong color eyes (thanks grandma). But either way, I'm laughing at your post since I had the very same experience. Ours even had a few tears.

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  2. We were there on Saturday and I wanted to buy anything and everything Lucy's heart desired. In the end Molly and Emily were added to her Christmas list and relatives will be put on alert that accessories would make perfect gifts. Even Charlie was enthralled by the place, although Jon remains skeptical of the whole thing, especially the price tags!

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  3. HA! Anne, how funny!! I thought for sure I was being called out for dressing Molly in Target attire. HA! I also knew about the look alike dolls and at the time didn't put the two and two together. So funny!

    Andrea, we love having Molly in our home. Her glasses are a bit difficult to keep on, but otherwise she keeps to herself and gives us no trouble at all. HA!

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