Told y'all I was gonna get a Bandai Strawberry Shortcake doll! This isn't the specific doll that goes with Vanilla Icing, but Angel doesn't act like she cares much.
Fall feels like it's a million years away right now, and yet July is mosying right along at a good clip so September will be here before I know it. Angel is very clearly ready, scarf and all.
I wish she had a hat. Hats weren't ubiquitous among Bandai Strawberry Shortcake dolls, not like they were with the Kenner bunch, but...well, I still think it would look cute. Whatevs, I can always knit one. If Angel's hair is as nasty as Blueberry Muffin's was, she'll need one!
Yeah, not loving the looks of that. Neither of my Kenner dolls have a ton of hair either, but at least Orange Blossom and Lime Chiffon don't have a ton of frizz.
On the other hand, the original style is mostly intact. I had to replace the rubber band, but that's all.
Miss Emily's Bandai Blueberry also triggered her allergies a bit, so I wasn't looking forward to how Angel might smell. Luckily the smell has faded for the most part, and the little whiff I did get was like coconut. Didn't make my nose tickle at all, and that's saying some because my allergies have been giving it large this week.
I can't say that I like these Bandai dolls as much as I like the Playmates bunch, but I do like Angel. Her face is all her own, and she's part of the lineup that I remember from my teenage years. She'll fit in fine with my group of Strawberry clones, friends, and real-deals. Maybe she can wear Moondreamer clothes???
Quick update on my health: something very unusual came up on the ninth. Apparently my MRI showed nothing screwy with my hip, but it DID find uterine fibroids. I did a little reading and learned that said fibroids can cause hip pain if they're located just so and press on a nerve. It's not common, but it does happen. That would explain why my left leg is weaker than my right, why I have a very difficult time moving my toes on my left foot, and why this whole mess started with weakness in that leg. However, fibroids do NOT explain that X-ray. I saw it with my own eyes, the cartilage that should've been there and wasn't.
Sooooo...my doctor is setting me up with a gynecologist, and at my age I need one anyway. But get this: I don't get to see them until SEPTEMBER 17TH!!!!!!!! Don't worry, I won't go into nitty gritties about my visit to them, LOL! But I just don't think that fibroids are the whole story. Maybe I'm wrong, but with that X-ray I'm doubting it. We'll see.
Sweet love,
RagingMoon1987
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