I just left poor Poppy outside in a different box while I went inside and began sorting through the RH clothes and accessories. I unfortunately still have no idea where the stands are. I only have 2 stands ATM, and I know I had stands for everyone. I had wanted to sell the dolls as complete as possible, though it's actually okay to not include stands. And here we find the next tragedy of the day. Dolls have gone missing. Before we moved I had stuck 4 dolls into a container. I cannot find it. I couldn't find it before we moved, and I still cannot find it. I am hoping it shows up, but at this point, it's a total mystery as to where it could have gone! And now, to add to that, we have dolls missing that were recently accounted for. They had been moved into the To Go stack. Now, where are they? Did they mistakenly get put by the side of the road and picked up with the Critter houses? Or did they get mixed up with trash? I really don't know. I am hoping that they show up, but at this point, once again, it's a total mystery. That's about 16 or so dolls - maybe more - just gone. I've been a little sick over it, but what can you do? There's always stuff that disappears in moves. The good thing here is that I wasn't going to keep them any way.
Even with the missing dolls, I had a LOT of stuff to sort through. The pic here looked far better on my phone - it really doesn't show the extent of the pile whatsoever. The dolls had all been separated from their clothing and shoes, and while it wasn't in the state of the Critter stuff, nothing was put together. So I spent quite a few hours sorting the original outfits and their extra outfits that go with each doll, dressing each doll and sealing her and her extra outfit in a gallon storage bag. The extra clothing that no longer has a doll to wear it all has been sorted and bagged up as well. It was honestly a blast. The smell of RH dolls is scrumptious and sitting there surrounded by piles of dolls was fun, even if towards the end it was feeling extremely tedious.
I have to confess that I did end up keeping some of the dolls. Ha ha, it's what happened the last time that I went through the dolls to sell them. I kept 4 Violets - 2 Cheer, 1 Series 1 and the Jr.; Series 1 Ruby and Jr. Ruby; 2 Cheer Jade and Jr. Jade; Cheryl; Daphne; Margot; Series 1 Poppy, Jr. Poppy and Cheer Poppy. I, of course, had to keep her especially after I maimed her. :'( I got all of them dressed in their original clothing even if I do redress them in my own clothes when I can finally think about sewing doll clothes again. I am so tired of clothesless dolls, there are truly no words.
And now we come to some excellent news! Cheer Poppy ended up having a miraculous recovery. I brought her in to re-inspect the damage and amazingly enough, the smashed head and deep indentions were gone!!! She still has a couple of very light indentions and scrapes, but I'll take it. I'm so relieved that she is okay. I really wish that I had taken a picture of her before she somehow fixed herself - it was truly a sight, I tell you. I guess being out from under all that weight she just naturally recovered her previous shape. Who'd have thought?
Now I just have to figure out where in the bloody blue blazes I am going to store these dolls. That's one reason I was so encouraged to part ways with them. At least the numbers have been dramatically reduced, so there's that. I'll figure something out!
