previously posted:
One thing to keep in mind is she will have a small x on her bottom and you can not send these dolls in to the doll hospital.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is not completely true. You CAN send in a doll to the doll hospital, but at your cost. They will not repair a doll with an "x" for free, with the exception of the silver eye issue. They will repair even the "x" dolls with silver eye for free, I confirmed this with AG last year.

I'd also like to caution you about going with a 7 year old, unless she is strong and can "carry her own weight". It's not fun like it is going to AGP, this is just a big warehouse and there are TONS of people in there. The worst issue is all the bags people are carrying. Some of the furniture you have to carry along as well, so there could be sharp edges aimed at the height of children's eyes. If I were going to take a child, it wouldn't be till the Sunday sale, when it is definitely less crowded.

I can highly recommend the sale to anyone though who thinks the drive is worthwhile. I drove with friends approx 11 hours total to get to the sale myself. The best deals are definitely on the furniture items, I purchased Kit's bed,nightstand, desk and table/chairs, Molly's bed, Josefina's table/chairs, Samantha's bed and nightstand, and also the 3/1 bed. I was also able to get Josefina's and Kit's trunks. It's good knowing that next year, I won't be buying all that stuff! [img]wink.gif[/img]

There are also tremendous deals to be had on girl sized clothes. I spent a lot of time there, buying different sizes for my daughter to grow into and some to wear now.

Already starting on this year's wish list though, including either Addy's or Kirsten's trunks, Addy and Molly dolls.

adding: for instance, the Bitty dress my dd is wearing below was only $10 at the sale. I paid more for the matching doll dress!

Hey, and welcome to the board!

Laurie

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