We went to the store shortly after 7:00, and sure enough, the crowds had already begun to thin. We were going to wait till 9:00, but being Klamath Falls and not Phoenix, we were glad to see we didn’t need to.

Also because it’s K-Falls and not Phoenix, I ran into one of the waitresses from the Chinese place. Unfortunately, it wasn’t that crazy, hyped-up druggie Jane that I wish had stuck around! A part of me does, anyway.

We not only looked at several things we want to get in the future, but we got the two friends of Barbie I wanted. They are so, so nice. Much better proportioned and more realistic. Both have dark hair and eyes. Even the stands are nicer. They’re shaped differently and are colored. They’re also adjustable which is great, seeing that a lot of the older stands were too tall so that the doll’s feet didn’t touch their little platforms.

Lea’s from the Cali Girl series and wears board shorts and a bikini top. What’s cool is that she’s scented with coconutty tanning lotion. You have to stick her in your face to smell it, though. She also came with a sheer cover shirt that I put on another doll and a paper surfboard which I didn’t care for, but the tiny bottle of tanning lotion she holds in one hand looks so adorable. Her sculpted feet and pink toenails are way cool. She wears a beaded rope necklace; a dark bead on a pink rope, has white hoop earrings, sunglasses on her head, and wears her hair up in a ponytail.

Kayla wears a red tropical shirt and skirt, strappy platform sandals, and a necklace with a red bead between gold circles. She has no earrings, though she has sunglasses and a canvas basket. She’s from the Fashion Fever series. Her long hair is loose, with just a small braid at the side.

Last night I decided to set most of my dolls back up, whether we leave in May or not, and I doubt we will. I missed having them displayed, and if we’re going to be here 435 more days and not 60, then I may as well make the place a bit more livable, homey, comfy, cheery and colorful. And why not? After all, I’m the one who said I didn’t get my dolls just to have to store them in boxes, though due to lack of furniture more than lack of space, I don’t have all my porcelains out.

I also decided it may be best not to burn my bridges with Bob, so I emailed him to let him know he was right about the incense oil being what it’s supposed to be, and that I realize it’s not his fault that the manufacturers sometimes alter the scents. He replied saying he may be able to get the original Angel oil I always loved, and said he agreed that the Patchouli smells like moldy dirt. He said he’s got two different kinds and doesn’t like either one. Says they smell like a graveyard.