More Polls for Isabelle and GOTY

We had a couple more ideas for polls for y'alls to fill out.

Can you tell we like polls???

Well, the end of the year is a good time to contemplate whether or not we liked what AG was doing for the past 12 months. ;-)

The story is that Grace will also cost $120 as her base price with paperback book.

Just like Izzy and her pink hair piece.

Supposedly Grace has earrings that are unique to her and will only fit on her.

So that is why she costs more.

But AG just wants your money, in our opinion, 

and is using the earrings as an excuse to up-price the GOTY from now on.

Also, who wants earrings that only fit on one doll?

Ummmm.

And does that mean other AG earrings won't fit her?

This confuses me, but I am sure we will learn more about this.

Still $120 for GOTYs from now is something we should accept as the norm.

But is it worth it???

So this poll came up into our thoughts....
You can select more than one answer.

And of course, any doll discussion is 

incomplete without the "Meet Outfit" commentary. ;-)

You can select more than one answer.

Thank you for filling out our polls!!!

End of the Year Polls: Thoughts on Isabelle, GOTY 2014!

Just a few more days and Isabelle will be officially gone.

Grace is already in the wings, ready to elbow her out of the way.

But before that happens, we wanted to do 

a set of 2014 round-up polls about Isabelle and her collection.

"Air-Swimming Izzy"

We got a lot of her stuff this year, including the doll, and a lot of her clothing.

We gave her painted eye makeup and then thought about getting a 2nd Izzy.
But then, meh. We didn't feel the need.

We also decided not to get the sewing studio.
Though we kinda wanted it. It really didn't work in our space.
Just kinda useless.
Once you take a set of pics of it, then what do you do with it?

But overall, we really liked many parts of her collection,
especially the mix and match clothing.

So here are zee polls!

Let us know yer thoughts!

Thanks for visiting us friends! 

 And thanks for filling out our polls! 

 You are awesomeness. :-)

End of the Year Poll: New-ish Pet Accessories

2014 was the year of 600 pet accessories,

which all cost as much for these fake pets as they do for real pets....

As nicely made as these accessories are, 

they are all a bit too cutesy for our collection. 

 Though they do fill a gap in the American Girl collection, 

especially for those people who spend more money 

on the pets than on the dolls.

Some people just don't have the space or the money for 20+ dolls, 

but they can accommodate 6 pets and their stuff. ;-)

Though we purchased the "new" Coconut, 

we decided not to get him any of these accessories.

We started plotting to get him a different set of accessories 

that suit his doggie-hipster personality instead.

We still have to get those things though--

they may be challenging to acquire.

Plus we find it mentally difficult to buy 

toy collars and carriers and pet bowls and food and treats

when we actually have to spend money on these things in real life.... 

On real, living breathing animals.... 

Hmmmm, priorities, priorities...

Sigh. ;-)

End of the Year Polls Continue: 2014 Pets

2014 saw the changing of the MyAG Pets line.

Who knew that was going to happen?

Well, some people saw it coming.
AG kept changing up the animal offerings so much these
past few years it was time they did something.

Does it really pay off to release a new dog
only to retire the thing half a year later?

Make a decision and stick with it AG.

So now we have six MyAG pets to choose from.

And they have more posable bodies.
And a host of expensive accessories.
(See tomorrow's poll to voice your opinion on those.)

We were planning on buying the Corgi puppy ourselves, 

but then discovered that Coconut was actually more posable. 

So we got one of those instead.

We wanted something that could sit and stand. 

And the Corgi only half-sat, like it was in the middle of taking a poo.

Not exactly what we were going for....

But we will probably buy the Corgi later.

Maybe we will take some comic dog-going-poo pictures...

I never said we aren't classy here at The DW. ;-)

The Big Dreamer Polls

Today's polls are focused on the two most expensive recent releases.... dun, dun, dunnnnnn.

Even if we did have all the money in the world
to buy the carriage, horse, and ice cream parlor, 

we don't have anywhere to put these huge things. 

 They are both really fun and beautiful sets - 

but how much would we use them? 

 How about you guys? 

 Do you want one of these items? 

Both of them? 

Do you own them already?

 Would you put them on display? Actually use them? 

 Any deep thoughts? 

 Feel free to answer the polls above, 

and the second one even allows you to put in an "other" answer, heehee.

The appearance of what is essentially a Central Park carriage and horse
from American Girl is either ironic or poignant.
I am not sure which.

New York City is moving to ban carriage horses in the city, probably by next year:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/nyregion/intentions-of-carriage-horse-proposal-are-good-but-effects-might-not-be.html

One of the main reasons is horse poop.

Manhattanites are tired of smelling it from their $600 billion penthouses...

(^ Yes, this is an actual book.
With Amazon reviews like "Disappointed by the smells.")

So maybe the American Girl carriage and horse
is a small way to own a bit of New York City history for yourself,
but without the horse poopie smell.

You'll just have to use your imagination for that part. ;-)

Yesterday's polls are here for your voting pleasure:
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-ish-myag-outfits-poll.html

Wednesday's polls:
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/12/2014-american-girl-round-up-surveys.html

Reminder: Winter FDC 2014 Entries are due Dec 15th!
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/12/winter-fdc-due-date-now-dec-15th.html

New-ish MyAG Outfits Poll!

We decided to address the latest MyAG outfits in today's poll!

If we made the poll correctly, you should be able to choose more than one answer. ;-)




During one of the free shipping coupons around Halloween we ordered the Happy Holiday Dress and Accessories and the Winter White Outfit.

We loved the fact that a holiday dress was deep blue, so that made it a must-buy. The style and design is just okay, but Hey! It's deep blue!!!

The Winter White Outfit looked like it would have a lot of mix and match potential.
But when our friend saw us take it out of the box, she said and I quoteth: "I'm sorry, but that's ugly." Haha. To each their own!



While I can't say that wearing an all-white outfit is very chic, I think separating the pieces into other outfits may work. Combining white, black and grey is currently very in-style for outfits. As well as combos of navy, deep red, and white.

The furry vest may work over a slim-fit knee-length party dress.

Turn those sweater-shorts into loungewear with
a holiday-themed tee shirt or a oversize drapey top.

The top may look better with a long drapey jersey knit vest,
perhaps with a statement metallic necklace.

The leggings and boots can certainly work with many types of outfits...
but probably ones with more color...

Please vote in the poll above and let us know in the comments if you have purchased any of these outfits, if they are on your holiday wishlists, or if you are avoiding them like the plague!

Yesterday's polls are here for your voting pleasure:
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/12/2014-american-girl-round-up-surveys.html

Reminder: Winter FDC 2014 Entries are due Dec 15th!
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/12/winter-fdc-due-date-now-dec-15th.html

2014 American Girl Round-Up Surveys!!!

It's that time of the year!

Christmas? Nope.

Well, yep.

But it is almost the end of 2014!

This was kind of a bust year for us in the way of AG.

We did not buy a lot of big items from AG. Actually we did not buy a lot of anything from AG. Not much really grabbed our attention like we wanted it to! We didn't even buy the sewing and dance armoire studio for Isabelle! We thought we would love it, but every time we saw it in the store it just looked like a plasticky useless thing. Sigh.

So to end 2014, we thought we would do some polls, mixed in with some other posty-goodness.

While we have not liked much of American Girl's 2014 releases -- that is probably not true for everyone else.

Here are our first 2 survey questions: