Do you have a stash?

[AGmom2AlliTori]

I'm just curious, am I the only one that has a stash? I have several orders that are packed away for holidays and birthdays for the girls... Not to mention a HUGE bag from the (awesome) AG outlet a few weeks ago. What is really sad, is that I am so excited about it (Could they really be gifts for mom and not the girls?), how do I keep my hands out of it for 5 more months?!?

Help... [img]confused.gif[/img]
D~

[Octavias]

Oh yeah.

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I bought the choc cherry stuff, doll and girl for my daughter for xmas. Jess is on her way for my 4 year old... was supposed ot be for his birthday, but I don't think we'll make it till then. lol!

I'm a sucker for a sale. I wish I lived near the outlet, it would be soooo cool!!
I live near a Hanna outlet and that's fun to go to, I can't even imagine myself at a AG outlet though!

[OSusannah]

My stash is embarrassingly large. [img]redface.gif[/img] I guess I went a little overboard at the MCM sale last year, especially with the furniture. I'm still going again this year, and have almost convinced myself not to buy any more furniture. Dolls, however... [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[katherinecusick]

I totally have a stash of stuff for my dtr but, let's face it, quite a bit of it is really for me to enjoy :-) I have very little will-power when it comes to the stash...Christmas, birthdays etc all just seem to fall by the wayside and I give stuff out early since everything I seem to get is much cuter & more fun looking than I thought it would be! I have a small stash of Angelina Ballerina stuff, plus some Hopscotch Hill stuff, plus Jess and her starter collection. As I'm noting all of this I realize it sounds like I'm a total packrat but with AG retiring so many items at random I feel somewhat justified in purchasing now to dispense later. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this kind of thing! :-) Katie

[mandasmom]

Oh, yeah. Sometimes not such a smart idea, since younger dd is 12 and not as into collecting AG as much as she was a few years ago. I still have stuff bought with the code that I haven't even given her, not to mention all the stuff from the outlet. It defintely is more for me than her.

We got our first great niece last summer-Mia-and her baby shower present was a bitty baby, along with the rosy red Christmas outfit, and matching dress, cape, purse and hat for Mia in a size 3. Her parents don't know it yet, but I've already bought her a size 4 Christmas outfit (cherry cheeta, with coat and hat), the stars and stripes outfit, country day, garden fairy and spring blossoms, along with matching sets for Mia. [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]redface.gif[/img] She's 9 months old. I think I need to join a 5 step program. (as soon as the Madison sale is over-I want to get the pram and find a girl-sized butterfly Halloween costume.) All this stuff is hidden from DH-I'm sure he would think I've gone off the deep end. The nice thing is I can give everything to my wonderful MIL for her to give as gifts, so I don't look so loopy. Can you tell I can't wait someday for grandchildren?

[katherinecusick]

Mandasmom, most of my stash is hidden from my DH too! He would also completely think I'd gone off the deep end if he saw it but since our DD enjoys the dolls so much I'm not too worried. Your post about needing the 5 step program made me laugh too! I might need the same help especially since DD is only 3 1/2 right now...Cheers! Katie

[AGmom2AlliTori]

I am so relieved...

My best friend and I drove to OshKosh 2 weeks ago, and got a hotel - the works (it's a 5 hour drive for us)... thankfully she is nearly (ok, so not really) as bad as I am. I talked her into Marisol, last year, for her daughter, so our girls could play. We've been stashing ever since - not to mention combining orders and sharing codes. It really is awful - but i so love it! I just think, if it wasn't the AG dolls - it would be something far worse (can someone say Bratz?)... expensive? Yes. But you can pass it from generation to generation... Can you tell that I'm still trying to justify? [img]redface.gif[/img]

The outlet was the worst... it was so exciting though - so many retired items priced so nicely, and just being able to see things in "real life" rather than the catalog - it was so great!

D~

[AGmom2AlliTori]

Oh, and as of yet, I haven't hidden anything from DH... but I can't say that I won't...

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D~

[Katie from IL]

My stash is everything AG except the books and dolls. Furniture, tons of clothes, accessories, shoes, things like Kailey's boogie board I got at the outlet, AG hangers, catalogs, you name it. They are all in a huge plastic tub in my apartment. I know I'll move to a bigger apartment one day(after I graduate college), and when I do I want to set up a doll corner or doll area. It looks like the tub will have to probably go to storage so I'll only have my dolls and books in the apartment. [img]frown.gif[/img]

[OSusannah]

Katie, I'm with you on doling it out. Good grades, doing extra chores, first day of school, last day of school, I can come up with a lot of "reasons" to reward them with an AG goodie. [img]wink.gif[/img] Having 4 DDs also helps a LOT!

Mandasmom, you are too funny! Your grand-niece has quite a collection already!

As for DH, we have an unspoken "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding The Stash. He was just grateful that when we started unloading the van after last year's MCM sale that it wasn't all mine. [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img] See Kit_Girl's site for pics.