My new Sindy got washed and cleaned . Here she’s at the hairdresser, a small, old-looking salon run by friend of hers. It is not the most glamorous one but Sindy loves it because there she gets the best service in town an also indeed because of the old-fashion style, reminding her of her youth.

Here few pictures from when she was having her hair done:

finally dressed up properly in an original Sindy outfit (removed from the original packaging just for her):

and finally not alone anymore but back with her sisters:

she’s very happy

So, we are back from Hamburg and trust me…I’m happy we managed to be. Normally Hamburg-Düsseldorf takes roughly 4 hours included a bit of traffic (400 km), well…it took us 10 hours yesterday and just because my husband did the last 250 km quite “quickly”.

We were stuck more than 6 hours (more towards 7 actually) in a traffic jam and by it I mean we managed to cover  something like 10 km in this time, it was a nightmare!!! I will never go to Hamburg again!!!! It took me all today to recover and this is why my pictures are dark. I took them late in the afternoon since I couldn’t look at anything reminding me of yesterday

Anyway, enough for rumbling. Before I knew  what terrible afternoon/evening was laying ahead of us I enjoyed the 2 days very much. We met some friends, saw lots of dollies and I bought many things, all small things at bargain prices. So I was still able to spend no more than 45/50 euros and still buy quite few pieces I liked.

I got a red-haired Sindy and a Barbie Beauty secrets. I love them both, they just need cleaning:

By another seller I got the Barbie Beauty Secrets’ original case with all the accessories inside, it was almost more”expensive” than the doll herself but I would like to get also the rest of her clothes somewhere.

Then I got totally smitten by an Hollywood Hair Teresa from beginning of the nineties. I love Teresa with dark blond hair and the makeup is just fabulous:

I also got a “frankenstein” Skipper, the head is on the wrong body but I just wanted the Ginger head:

and then I got lots of clothes The bargain of the day was an original R&D Susie set for 10 euros, the pictures do not show how nice it is:

and it was by far my most expensive purchase. Then 2 Barbie lingerie sets:

another Barbie (I think) outfit with matching umbrella:

In the pictures, because of the rubbish light, it seems to be almost pink but it is really white-white

I also got a very nice vintage Petra’s red skirt and matching blouse but I forgot to take the pictures. The same happened for a small lot of Lady Lovely Locks I bought yesterday as well: doll, dress and a pixie, perhaps I will take pictures next week.

And then I got some small Barbie accessories. I just couldn’t leave there the nice tennis rackets, one for Barbie and one for Skipper. And from the same box I picked up also the superstar bag:

So, this was my shopping at the fair but this month I also got a bit carried away with ebay and bought some cute miniatures, I will show them when they arrive

What do all these things have in common? But Barbie of course! Today was Barbie-fair day and I enjoyed each moment of it. We met lots of friends, had lots of chats and I bought more than planned, like usually

I was just 10 minuted in when I saw this beautiful bride. I normally do not buy dolls dressed as brides and I have no idea who Erika Kane is but I’ve fallen in love the moment I saw her:

Here she’s out of the box:

It was really hard to take pictures of her, too much white and sparkling things around, in “flesh” she’s even better…a real beauty.

Then I bought some lingerie for my girls at home. They were just 5 euros each. They belong to a line from beginning of the nineties: Fancy frills. The will not stay in the boxes of course:

I really couldn’t decide which one to buy so I took all 4 of them. The girls here were delighted.

I bought many other bits and bobs (mmhhh…too many actually) and then shortly before leaving I gave up and got also this Barbie from an old Avon collection. I admit what I really love is the color scheme of the outfit but also the doll itself is quite sweet (even if I’m not a fan of bent-arms dolls). She was 13 euros, I’m sure I would have regretted later on not to have bought her:

So…all together…great day, looking forward to the next fair in may.