{"id":779,"date":"2009-01-21T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=779"},"modified":"2009-01-21T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T19:37:00","slug":"why-i-love-ebay-why-i-really-shoudnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/why-i-love-ebay-why-i-really-shoudnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Love EBay &#038; Why I Really Shoudn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd6Gvj3hRI\/AAAAAAAABHo\/XIRBGWJgV7U\/s1600-h\/IMG_1795.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd6Gvj3hRI\/AAAAAAAABHo\/XIRBGWJgV7U\/s400\/IMG_1795.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293834143262016786\" \/><\/a><br \/>When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a beautiful doll named Crissy. On my 3rd Christmas, Santa gave her to me. I played with her and played with her for many years. She was my all time favorite doll.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd6jaJ7evI\/AAAAAAAABHw\/LBbL7FnChmA\/s1600-h\/IMG_1798.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd6jaJ7evI\/AAAAAAAABHw\/LBbL7FnChmA\/s400\/IMG_1798.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293834635732286194\" \/><\/a><br \/>Eventually she ended up looking like this: a well loved doll. She was still beautiful to me.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd7FL0UvAI\/AAAAAAAABH4\/yNjT6dNLjgc\/s1600-h\/IMG_1801.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd7FL0UvAI\/AAAAAAAABH4\/yNjT6dNLjgc\/s400\/IMG_1801.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293835215999122434\" \/><\/a><br \/>My sister, Catherine got her friend &#8220;Velvet&#8221; one year for her birthday. Crissy and Velvet were best friends and had many exciting adventures over the years. Eventually my sister&#8217;s doll, Velvet, ended up a few fingers short amongst other injuries.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8Hv_RUqI\/AAAAAAAABIA\/IPEJf-po0g8\/s1600-h\/IMG_1803.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8Hv_RUqI\/AAAAAAAABIA\/IPEJf-po0g8\/s400\/IMG_1803.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293836359580078754\" \/><\/a><br \/>When I was a teenager, my family surprised me with a brand new Crissy doll&#8211;found when a business was closing amongst old hidden stock in the store room. No one played with my NEW Crissy&#8230;Well, she was just too beautiful!<\/p>\n<p>And then there was Ebay&#8230;all thanks to my darling daughters. A cherished Barbie&#8217;s arm broke off. In my day, that was that, you played with a one armed Barbie. And, because Barbie&#8217;s friends were always politically correct, no one ever mentioned it again. But fast forward to today. A broken Barbie will not due, never mind that it is a discontinued Barbie&#8230;EBay to the rescue! Within a week a brand new Barbie to replace the old one. And that&#8217;s where I come in. Good old Mom&#8230;helping the girls track down just the right Barbie on Ebay&#8230; I just happened to type in &#8220;1970&#8217;s +Dolls&#8221; and BAM! This is what I found&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IJ7h0OI\/AAAAAAAABII\/X5_Z5p_RMoo\/s1600-h\/IMG_1811.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IJ7h0OI\/AAAAAAAABII\/X5_Z5p_RMoo\/s400\/IMG_1811.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293836366543704290\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IWmOqQI\/AAAAAAAABIQ\/ChOVtCbs8O0\/s1600-h\/IMG_1814.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 372px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IWmOqQI\/AAAAAAAABIQ\/ChOVtCbs8O0\/s400\/IMG_1814.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293836369944029442\" \/><\/a>A Crissy and Friends Fashion Tote circa 1970. It brings back my childhood&#8211;pink and yellow&#8211;those glorious colours always together! Now my Beautiful Crissy can visit her dear friend Velvet (I found one in mint condition at a garage sale about 20 years ago!) in her cool compartment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IzRe9cI\/AAAAAAAABIY\/NS2mldK5vIM\/s1600-h\/IMG_1812.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SXd8IzRe9cI\/AAAAAAAABIY\/NS2mldK5vIM\/s400\/IMG_1812.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293836377641645506\" \/><\/a><br \/>And even more exciting, the New Beautiful Crissy can visit the Old Beautiful Crissy in her new compartment too! There is room for two dolls in this snazzy fashion tote&#8211;how groovy can a Fashion Tote get?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a beautiful doll named Crissy. On my 3rd Christmas, Santa gave her to me. I played with her and played with her for many years. 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