This is not the one

As I get older each year, I find myself walking down the halls of memory - flicking through the photo albums of dolls, past and present. I started thinking of the dolls that took the top spot on my wishlist - finally acquiring said doll only to move them on a few years later. What was it about those dolls that made me want them so much only to finally have them and decide, "This is not the one."

Sometimes, as doll collectors, I feel we can be swayed by a photo of said doll done so well by other owners, it makes us fall in love and it's not until we get the doll we realize, it's not the doll sculpt we liked but the way that particular owner styled that doll. It's an expensive lesson to learn but one I have now thankfully learned after many trials. I am happy to admire the dolls of other owners and be content with that, no longer feeling the urge to "have that doll".

So the dolls in question? Let's look back through the sands of time ...

We start with some of the wishlist grails. Some people only have one grail. I have a few - dolls that I doubt I will ever be able to own because of their price point being beyond my budget.

From top left to right: Iplehouse JID Asa | Fairyland Minifee Shushu | Withdoll Fenrir | Limwha Mono | Lumedoll Saiph | Fairyland Minifee Rheia

Just Around The Corner - 2019

As 2018 slowly wraps up and we prepare to welcome in 2019, I find myself strangely sad despite all the upheavals that happened during the year. Every year that ends, is another year older and I can't help but feel time slipping through my fingers. It's hard to imagine this feeling when I was a teenager. Back then, time moved so slowly and all I wanted was for it to speed up. Now that I'm older, all I want is for time to slow down and let me catch my breath.

Going through my post at the beginning of the year, I realised that I did not bother with a goals list this time around so I have nothing to check off. Did I achieve all the things that I set myself privately? Yes and No. I grew up a little more, I experienced the greatest of all sadness in losing a dearly beloved, I learned my body is not as flexible as it used to be and fails me often, I welcomed a nephew into the family and I adore him, I found happiness where I could in those small moments that I will cherish forever.

I don't really know what's in store for the New Year. I'll just take it one day at a time.

And because today was a good day, I decided to take some last 2018 snaps of a few dolls and figures.