Well, I was wrong about the Blythe from Ukraine being delivered yesterday. Turns out it was the tracking number for a piece of clothing that I ordered from another seller in Ukraine. The doll that went to Denver is still not here, but my local post office is on it. This has happened to me at least once before –  an item getting shipped  to a different city because of a mistake the USPS made. I think it has to be returned to the location where the mistake was made – in this case, Queens. It takes a few days to sort it out.

But think of this: The doll from Ukraine was customized in Kiev – in a war zone – and traveled through that war zone to the border with Poland, where it was transferred and shipped to the USA. It takes a long time, but the shipping process itself moved smoothly. Then, after all of that, some USPS worker tosses the package in the wrong bin and it ends up in Denver. I mean, come on!

But, one girl did arrive! She has had two previous owners and I had the chance to adopt her. She was customized by Rocket Dolls (Karla) who lives in Mexico. I adopted her from Dolly Escapades on IG. She couldn’t have been nicer.

Here she is. Her former mom named her Holly and I like that name. One of the hallmarks of Rocket Dolls’ style is the beautiful strong eyebrows. I’ve always loved those brows. I especially love dark brows with blond hair. (Most of my girls have very light eyebrows, the exception being Zoe.)

Check out that intense stare.

She is even more beautiful in person – I am so taken by her face.

She was dressed exactly like this when I opened the box.

She’s so pretty! There are lots of light freckles on her face.

The owner included some clothing with Holly – so generous of her – so we have some more outfits for the girls.

I think she’ll spend the day with me. I’m crazy about her.

The heat index yesterday was 102° and it will get worse over the weekend. There’s so much humidity that I have officially entered the brain fog zone.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.