I'm fucking flipping out. They're discontinuing American Girls "Samantha" which is by far, the best character... (Sorry to all the Kirsten, Felicity, and Molly fans)
I used to get the catalogue every few months and drool over her accessories that I never got from Santa. Never got the plush white bed with pink ribbons, or the winter coat with white furry hat and muff, or her very delicious christmas outfit.
I am so tempted to order her again, or dig her out of the attic. Or maybe just buy some accessories to solve some unfinished business from my childhood.
I can remember when there were four original American girls, all with a tragic story set in a different historical time. Every outfit had a story, and went along with a book. I can still remember the smell of the shiny, smooth pages of each paperback. Shortly thereafter, the American Girl Company came out with "Bitty baby" which was really just a stupid looking doll that could be matched to your skin tone. Then they came out with that "create your own doll" bullshit. It was all downhill from there. Now there's a store in midtown by Rockefeller Center where you can have your doll's hair and your hair done for a million bucks. My cousins have all taken their girls there.
To think, that they had a day of pampering in the city with their DOLL, where their mother PAID money to have a DOLL's HAIR DONE...all I ever wanted was a fucking muff for my Samantha doll. I thought that was so cool. Boy, my issues were clear even at 7, huh?
You better believe Mama is gettin' an e-mail about this ish.
