--Previous Message-- : I was around 12 years old and so envious of : all the other girls playing with their : Barbie dolls at school recess. : I wanted one so badly that I saved up all my : pennies for 'ages' (daddy used to give us : three kids the pennies from his pocket : change) A penny was a lot back then : I finally saved $2.99 + tax and had enough : saved in my piggybank to buy a doll. (SO : thrilled & excited) : My grandmother took me to the local store to : pick out my first Barbie, a brunette : Bubblecut. : I thought she was the most special thing I : had ever seen and since it had taken me so : long to get her, she was treated with lots : of care! "very gently : played-with". : I didn't have any other clothes for her but : that was okay. I had HER! : I still have her and cherish her. Her beauty : has truly increased in my eyes : : :
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