A few weeks ago, I had about 30 minutes to kill before I picked up the Geej at school, and I was downtown, so decided to stop into Tesoros, a funky folk art store. I looked around for a while, but ended up only purchasing one thing, and it definitely wasn't folk art. It was a 6 in. tall Kewpie doll that squeaked. Geej LOVED the thing at first sight. She'd grab that Kewpie and crawl around with it, squeaking the whole time. Adorable.
We went to a birthday party a few weeks ago, and Kewpie came with us. However, she didn't make it back home in my bag. I called the party's hostess the following day to inquire about it, but no, she hadn't seen Kewpie anywhere. I went back to Tesoros, and they were sold out. (Apparently, this is a very popular item.) Went to Toy Joy. No go. Went to Terra Toys, and the dimwit 19 year old behind the counter looked at me like I was speaking Esperanto when I asked if they had Kewpie dolls. She had no idea what I was talking about. So we're still Kewpie-less, which is sad.
I guess I'm going to have to continue my quest online, and this time I'll order one and another one as back up.
2 comments:
How could someone not know what a Kewpie doll is? Much less someone who works in a toy store.
If I see one anywhere, I'll let you know.
I want to say I've seen them at the Paper Bear in San Marcos, but that was ages ago. Might be worth calling them, though.
(Oh, hi there, by the way! Fellow Austin blogger here; found you by way of Bookhart and Karla the Texpatriate.)
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