Lord love a duck, I've been busy with my obsessions. A few months ago, I did a major purge of shoes that had been a long time coming. There was actually floor showing in my closet! I even had empty places in the shoe holder on the back of the door and in the shoe racks in the closet. Hmmm...what is the saying about nature abhorring a vacuum? Plus, there were vacancies in the colors required that absolutely needed fixing. I decided that I only want leather shoes. Ok, first it started with I only wanted leather boots, but it transgressed into shoes too. This one is totally justifiable, your feet don't breathe in faux and then they get colder and or hotter. I hit on the Crocs site when they were clearancing their old YOU line of leather dress shoes, that I had drooled over a couple of years ago when they were in the $200+ range. They are actually quite good looking, the inner Croc footbed is completely hidden and they have not only leather uppers, but are also leather lined. They still have a few over at 6pm.com if you don't believe me how gorgeous they can be. I did get a black leather boot from them while they still had them for $60, but they are low heeled. Very nice, but I no longer have any high heeled boots! Not to fear, two pairs are coming from DSW.com and I may even take one pair back. I hope they show up tomorrow. Booties, shooties, these were a must. I now have brown, black & light grey. Real patent leather shoes are to die for... the list goes on and on.

This was in combo with my overwhelming perfume craze, which morphed into a vintage perfume jag. There are now ones that I loved at the beginning of this, about 9 months ago, that I don't even like any more. Jimmy Choo, anyone? Thank goodness for eBay, of course I wouldn't have to sell so many on eBay if I hadn't bought so many there. I'm cutting it way back now, pretty much to ones that I know are wonderful and are also a wonderful price. But this is only because I now have a new forever kind of love...

.............    Pullips! Pullips! Pullips!

It's official, I've gone middle-aged crazy. Oh, and did I mention my pink hair? No? That's for another time then. I have gone bat shit crazy for Pullips, a spectacularly beautiful doll with eyes that shift from side to side and close or open. They do come in somewhat of a range of sizes and types, but for now, I'm into Pullips (the 12 inch girl doll) and Taeyangs, her official boyfriend. Oh, don't think that I don't know how ridiculous this sounds....

Have you heard of Blythe? 

 The originally by Kenner big head doll that the eyes shifted from side to side, and you could change the color of her eyes? I had found something online about her popularity several years ago and was intrigued. Yes, I wanted one, but not the price tag she carried at the time. (She hasn't gotten any cheaper). Instead I segued into Living Dead Dolls and that has been one of my many obsessions. Part of that was price and it just seemed like horror dolls were less scary than a grown woman playing with dress up dollies. I'm pretty much over the worrying about what people think thing, so I recently wondered again about the Blythe doll. Then I remembered when I had wanted a Blythe doll that there was a similar doll, and I rediscovered Pullips. Only this time, I fell hard. These are my first three beauties. I have some really fun character ideas and the dolls on the way for that. Stay tuned... as my collection grows and I get battier and battier. And, no, I wasn't kidding....