Typotastic

Aldi-Lagoona!

I'd been looking for a cheap G3 Lagoona to try giving bangs, and in a walmart clearance isle they had 4 of the Core Refresh 2 (the one with the puffy sleeves and long sporty skirt). For $13. 3 of them had very misprinted faces, the one I picked had a great face but one ear that hadn't molded right. No problem, i was going to hide that with hair anyway (the side I braided) !

I cut the part that was tied up at the top of her hair to make the bangs. Even with a boil wash the bangs didn't want to stay down on their own so they are gelled in place with Got2bGlued and also the shell-sunglasses help hold them down as well.

I didn't like her original outfit but that was fine too because I'd been looking for a doll to put in the Aldi doll clothes. Her cup and camera are from Barbie Dream Besties (pretty sure on that). Necklace from a 5 Below fashion set just able to squeeze over her head and then tied in the back to keep it tight on her neck (her long hair hides the extra beads back there). Headband was from a Steffi doll bought solely for clothes/accessories that was then redressed and donated to a thrift shop (as was the Aldi doll). Sandals from Rainbow High Dawn, with some painted on details. I repainted one bracelet and her armfins.

Her sunglasses (original to the doll) do not want to stay on straight. I might add in some pieces of hair that I cut off to the bangs to fill them out more, but otherwise pleased! The doll as she was in box had way too big of a forehead but the bangs really soften her look.

OoAK "Fearbook" Cleo. There is no official Fearbook Cleo DeNile as of me posting this (July 2026), this is my version. I bought a G3 Ghoul Spirit Cleo off ebay for cheap, as all she had was her jacket and earrings (I liked the jacket!).

Hat is from the tennis Ghoulia (repainted and drips cut off the brim). Top is a pale yellow Bratz shirt. Necklace came from a dollar tree Barbie accessory set, belt and bracelet are from Luv dolls... I think... I painted some details on top. Skirt from Hauntlywood Clawdeen, leggings from G1 Gilda (tight fit and didn't go all the way up, which is why I needed to layer a skirt on top). Boots are.... I forget, G3 and I totally repainted them into stylish hiking boots. Purse is from G3 Nefera. and I painted the sculpted bandages on one leg.

I didn't do much. It either rained or was too hot or I was sick most of the days. On the hot days the beach was either too crowded to find a spot or I was too sick to swim. So I only got to take a quick 10 min dip one day. I have another vacation in August, so hopefully, I'll feel better, the weather will cooperate, and it will be less tourist-y.

I saw maybe.... 6 minutes of fireworks before it poured rain. I did nothing for the 250th.... hard to feel proud of America right now.

I did go to a giant library booksale (many tents on their front lawn) and got a big bag of books for only $9 total! I got most of the way through re-reading The Golden Compass (last read in highschool. I was able to find the whole series). It's scary to hear reports of us being in a "post-literary America". I still like books. I don't know why people prefer smartphones. I have one now, but there's so many annoying ads and AI garbage mixed in. Know where there isn't any of that, and doesn't require electricity? a book printed on paper.

Worked a bit on art. Fixed up some dolls (photos to follow).

Befriended a bald cardinal (the red bird)... he was young and had not yet grown feathers on his head, very funny. He was still begging his dad for food but his dad ignored him, so I would save seeds from my bread for him and leave them out for him. I like the kind of bread that has whole grains and lots of seeds in them. As I said, I was feeling queasy most of my vacation (and still) so I was eating a lot of toast with olive oil butter and French mixed-fruit jam because that;s one thing I can always eat even when ill (why French? well.... they don't put the artificial stuff the American jams do... its worth the extra dollars)

I loved Uniracers as a kid. It's what I miss most from my SuperN*ntendo. It was my comfort game. Never thought I'd get to play it again.

I found it online! and knowing N*ntendo, I hope it doesn't get taken down by my mere mention of it. (queuing this post while on vacay, so it may have)

If the link still works, and you've never played a game from the mid-90s about racing unicycles (there's no characters, just the cycles themselves) please do! It's silly, it's fun, it's quick.

Work was like being a turkey in a thanksgiving oven, but I survived. It was fans, not A/C today. I do no like working in 80 degrees F and up. I do not like it at all.

I might get the collector Lagoona doll afterall. May have room for her in my budget, considering all the new dolls I want will have to wait a while to actually be on store shelves.

New dolls I'm waiting for:

Self-Scare Spectra and Cleo (I'm telling myself to wait for sales on these)

Buried Secrets Concert Looks (all of them, mainly for their accessories/clothes/boxes and because I do like that Spectra. Going to get these as soon as I see them as BS doesn't go on sale, it either sells out in a blink of a eye or stays on the store shelves for most of the year)

Slaycation Cabin Cupid (and the Clawdeen when she's on discount... even though I have too many 'deens. I said I wouldn't! but ... then... *shrug* she's too pretty and her jacket makes her look like her OG doll)

speaking of that Salon Clawdeen (hoping she'll be in TJ Maxx or Marshalls at a reduced price, I got the Cleo with vanity set there last year, should be the same size box)

The Ghoul Spirit 3 pack ( I really online like the Drac and Frankie. That 'deen head and clothes are going on an unarticulated body and donated, and going to rebody one of my BS with the one with joints. Prob getting this online as I doubt stores want to put multipacks on shelves anymore)

Fearbook Ghoulia

Moonspell Claire (and maybe Layla, I need to see her in person)

Mirror Mi Suki and Blaze (I plan on restyling Blaze) (and maybe Kitty, need to see her in person, if i get her I'm putting her in RH Lila clothes and I have use for the paws for another doll that I already have, a NaNaNa kitty-girl),

MH Universal Monsters Mummy (have a feeling this'll be online only)

some of the Dawn of the Dance Creepros that are coming out in the fall (Drac for sure. Lagoona, Cleo, and Clawdeen are maybes. Another online purchase)

WildChildz Ping (The Mart of Wal should have her end of summer? fall?).

Which is a lot! But I'm going to space the purchases out and some I'm waiting for clearance sales. Gotta tell myself to be patient. I'm waiting to see what the Buffy MH doll will look like... I tend not to like their plain humans, so as much I love that show.... that and its $100 pricetag I might have to skip.

My housemate did (he and I are getting along well, but its not the same as it used to be). I dropped him off, he Uber'd back. He said most people called out and that it was brutal in there. Most people that did make it in had to leave halfway into the shift.

I have to go in tomorrow because I'm on vacation next week*. And they have this weird quirk where to get paid for the holiday or vacation (and its both thanks to the 4th!) you have to clock in on your last day before taking off. So even if its brutal (and it will be) I gotta go.