Another FAB bargain to report.

We stopped in at the Salvation army and I found a 1995 AGToday with the 1997 Culote outift and the jelly shoes for $24!

Now that doesn't sound like great deal(hehe actually it does [img]wink.gif[/img] ), but she ALSO scanned HALF PRICE! So she was $12.50!

She is the brown haired/brown eyed(it acutally looks black unless it's in direct sun?) She is perfect in every way and looks to have never even had her hair combed, it is much shinier than even my Marisols!

I decided to name her Katrina, both to honor all the people who are strugging out there and so I never forget when I got her.

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MAN, I NEVER FIND THIS KIND OF STUFF - EVER.

And I don't know how I'm missing it; heck, I go to the thrift store ALL THE TIME.

Great story and congrats on your find!

*goes into corner and mumbles to herself about the injustices in the world...grumble grumble grumble*

Maybe someday I will find something special too!!

Can I rub Katrina for luck??

Wow! You peoples are so lucky! I've never found any American Girl doll at any yard/garage sale, thrift store, or anywhere else where I could get the doll for really cheap! My biggest fantasy (other than winning the lottery [img]wink.gif[/img] ) is to stop at a yard sale and find a good/great/mint condition Kailey doll for under $50! LOL!Now $150 is a bargain for her, and not even a mint condition one, either! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

WOW! That is so great! You find the greatest deals.I am sure she is just beautiful.Congratulations!!

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[QB]MAN, I NEVER FIND THIS KIND OF STUFF - EVER.

And I don't know how I'm missing it; heck, I go to the thrift store ALL THE TIME.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well I go every few days and this is only the second AG doll I have ever found. The first was the infamous $10 Bright Redhead Felicity [img]wink.gif[/img] I find books almost every single time I go, but no one ever seems to get rid of the dolls or thier things. Day before yesterday I got a minty strawberry blonde 1960 open hand Chatty Cathy (mute, but oh well). Yes I know, you hate me [img]smile.gif[/img]

I love Katrina dearly already. I played with her on the way home to many disapproving stares from adults and jealous stares from little girls [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

WOW - lucky you.

GreyMist -

As another one who also has lots of Chatty Cathy family dolls, how much did you pay for that one?

My best chatty thrift store find was a chatty baby for 59 cents on half price toy day, so it made her 29 cents!

Linda

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GreyMist -

As another one who also has lots of Chatty Cathy family dolls, how much did you pay for that one?

My best chatty thrift store find was a chatty baby for 59 cents on half price toy day, so it made her 29 cents!

Linda

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oops I thought I said. [img]redface.gif[/img] She was $2.50. I also found her a dress which was homemade, but very well made and ATLEAST as old as her on another doll for $2. So she was $4 [img]smile.gif[/img]

Yeah I got a bitty baby once for 69 cents. I put that one on ebay to pay for Addy though and totally forgot about it.

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I love Katrina dearly already. I played with her on the way home to many disapproving stares from adults and jealous stares from little girls [img]biggrin.gif[/img] [/QB]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HA!! Love this part especially. Adults who disapprove of grown women who play with dolls should:

(1) lighten up;
(2) get over it;
(3) investigate the ridiculous places they blow their own money/crazy stuff they buy (for example, I have a friend who personally thinks I've lost my mind, but who owns sixty-four pairs of shoes); and my personal favorite
(4) spend more time staring at the blue-haired guy who walks around the mall with no less than fifty-seven piercings and wearing a tank top in the dead of winter.

You tell 'em, AGCrayzee!!
Some people spend a lot more money on videogames to rot their brains with than we do (or so I hope!) on educational historical really CUTE American Girl dolls! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

So, PLAY DOLLS, everybody!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Congrats on Katrina!! glad she found a good home!!

Oh man, oh man! You're lucky! I went to TWO thrift stores today-that's it, TWO-and did not find a single AG thing.

Enjoy Katrina! She sounds lovely! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Congratulations on your Katrina!

WOW! Congratulations!! [img]smile.gif[/img]

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You tell 'em, AGCrayzee!!
Some people spend a lot more money on videogames to rot their brains with than we do (or so I hope!) on educational historical really CUTE American Girl dolls! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

So, PLAY DOLLS, everybody!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Robin, you "know" me well enough to know that if ANYONE is going to read someone their fortune when it comes to our girls, it will assuredly be me. I am the original AG vigilante armed with a doll in her carrier backpack and at least seven riding shotgun, as we tool around the great and corrupt City of Durham, scaring half the residents of Bragtown (which would be our own sort of Ninth Ward). The other half just stare in open-mouth awe at the red Honda blazing past, AG hair blowing in the wind and George Strait blasting on the CD player.

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Ok, so I'm a freak - so what? [img]biggrin.gif[/img] I AM FUN!!

Whoa, this HAS been an incredible day for board member finds... congrats on yours!! Truly a great deal. Good job! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

I never get this kind of stuff! I have never found a doll at a thrift store/garage sale but I look! Congratulations on Katrina

What a great, funny thread. . .congratulations on your fabulous find!

Sandy

Wow, I never find stuff like that. I doubt I'll ever find any AG items in thrift stores here. I think the dolls are too well known. Maybe if I travel to a little town out in the middle of nowhere??? Congrats on your treasure!

Julia

Hey - Julia - you still up? CALL ME, GIRL!

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I am happy someone found a deal today! : ) What does she look like?

After walking the largest flea market between Columbus and Cinicinatti, I found, as The Pirates Who Dont Do Anything would say, I found "Nuthin', Zilch, Nahhhhh DAhhhhhh!" LOL!!!

Yahoo for you! I love to hear about other peoples bargains! Congrats!

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