Friday, March 9, 2012

Happy Birthday, Barbie!

I did give a warning hint that I would be celebrating Barbie's birthday, remember? She's 53 today and still looking great. I gathered up a bunch of dolls yesterday and took their picture, since they're the reason we're having this party.

We can also celebrate Middle Name Pride Day today. Never heard of it? Well, I hadn't either. Barbie's middle name is Millicent, just in case you needed a little bit of trivia to share with some poor, unsuspecting soul. They'll shake their head - just like you're shaking your head at me right now. There's a reason for all this, though.


Because anyone who knows anything about dressing and playing with Barbies knows just how important it is to accessorize. :) Right? Oh, and if you place an order at stampeaz.com today, mention Barbie's birthday and you'll get the LTC I made a couple years ago for her 50th birthday - I still have a few. She was originally sent out for a Pin-ups swap, but I've opened her up to everybody, so you don't have to be a member of that group on AQ any more to see her listing.

8 comments:

Dizzy said...

I got it! I finally got it!!!!!

Webfoot said...

Woo hoo! Congratulations! Um... you did forget to mention Barbie when you placed your order though.... Do you want the LTC? :)

Dizzy said...

I was just so excited, I forgot to mention Barbie. I sent you an AQ mail about 10 seconds later. I'm a dope! Yes, please, I'd love to have a Barbie LTC!!!

Marmalade said...

BIG hugs to you (and Barbie too) ;)

Webfoot said...

Yes! Congratulations, Marmalade! :) Wow! So, since you were both so incredibly fast, I'm thinking that this clue was way too easy! Either that, or you guys just totally understand the Barbie thing! LOL!

Dizzy said...

Congrats, Marmalade!

Dizzy said...

I think I just happened to look at just the right time this time. Every other time, I was about 10 minutes too late.

Webfoot said...

Thank you so much! I enjoyed the party. We had one other successful puzzle solver that didn't post her success story, but she had a bit of Barbie trivia to add when she placed her order. She said that, according to one of her daughter's Barbie books, Barbie had an Aunt Millicent who lived in Paris and that's probably the back story of her middle name's origin.

So, we got to celebrate Barbie's birthday *and* Middle Name Pride Day all at the same time. LOL! Thanks for playing - I get a big charge out of seeing puzzle solvers find their prize!! I just took the prize down, but we had three out of five claimed (one for each of Barbie's decades). That's pretty good. :)