My noble quest.

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.