Monday, I had Teddies on my mind

'twas Monday, I had the day off, and had plotted a little excursion during business hours, hoping to be dolly laden, without being spotted by people I work with, despite them knowing I play with dolls, 

Hey girls, I'm going to the Build A Bear Workshop today, do you want to come?

Mmm, aaaaa

YES please

Can I bring Horsey? I'd like to see if he will fit the Buddies outfits

Sure, no problem

Hey Mercedes we're going Teddy Shopping, do you want to come?

No, but if you see anything Harry Potter let me know

Ok.

I have a friend who's birthday is soon, Pippa, I will see if there is anything there they might like.

Teddy bears are a good choice.

Ooh what's that over there?

Oh no! It's a toy that has been left out, don't look Em, it's very distressing.

Did you do that ?

mmmmmm, chewy

you should be ashamed, oh that one has no legs, quick down the path

Looks like the remains of a bonfire, 

It has been getting cool here

Front seat!

We're coming too

We had to go via the pet food store.  American Girl Emily and Coconut needed supplies

They met Rocky, the Basset Hound on the way out, he was a regular at the pet food store.

Pippa and Emily were eager to get to the Build A Bear Workshop, it had just hit 9am

Ahhhhh

Pippa's expertise in Teddy Bears was being sought by me

Bear skin rugs

You want at least 1 of everything

Horseys

Harleys

The stuffing machine, and Teddy hearts

Pippa was even allowed to help by standing on the stuffing machine pedal

Sunday, I've got Teddies on my mind

I was actually looking for a tea set, so I headed off to Big W (the variety store of our supermarket brand Woolworths, possibly our equivalent of Walmart, or so I've been told) thinking the last time I saw a teaset was there, a few years ago mind you.
Nup
All gone, maybe drinking tea isn't fashionable anymore, there was a coffee machine though
Not to worry, so I had a looksee around anyway

ah!

not quite 18", actually no where near, only 14", phew, no temptation to buy for the outfits

ooh, Teddies, Bear Boutique, maybe Big W's reply to Build a Bear.  There appears to be one bear, a white rabbit and a cream rabbit (cream is what the website is calling it, I was thinking apricot).  They come with an "Australian" passport, which looked like a personality portfolio, and there was a birth certificate.

the outfits are cute, there's a lady bug and a rabbit onesie that caught my eye (presumably the latter is for the bear not the rabbits - old four ears, and then I remembered that bears have ears, but then rabbits wearing rabbit ears, oh stop it you're just embarrassing yourself) 

I forgot to measure them, of course the shoes would be too big for my dolls, but maybe my Ted, the lady bug would be cute on...

the bears/bunnies are $18 each and the outfits $9 (hehehe rabbits in rabbit onesies)

kind of cool, which makes me think more about visiting Build A Bear with purchase in mind..

I guess that is to be continued...

Sylvanian Families

Sylvanian Families look to be on the increase in Australia, I have a house and a cat family from ages ago, will have to see if its still here actually, was in Toys'r'us today (or shall we say frequently - its not my fault they're just a quick walk away during my lunch break) and noticed some of the boxes are changing to a more seaside theme.  Googled Sylvanian Families and found their website - it looks like it is Australian, - cool (you can even turn the music off) http://sylvanianfamilies.com.au/

The Sylvanian Families are on my "One day, maybe" list (along with raising ceilings and putting an extension on my house to fit in my I wants) .

This family caught my eye:  Old version - Kangaroo Family (cute that the mummy carries the new born in her apron pouch) - being an Australian icon/native animal (there's supposed to be a Koala Family too). I wonder what their tales are like

And this is the new version

their noses aren't long enough  - in my opinion

 http://www.animalstown.com/animals/k/kangaroo/wallpapers/kangeroo-wallpaper-03.php

the Family boxes are changing from blue to pink

Look What's coming to Westfield Kotara (Australia)

Do Pumpkin Patch bear clothes fit American Girl dolls?

We went to the Fair and did not come home empty handed.

a stall holder had a basket of little clothes. They were selling for $5 each, The top and pants on the left were being sold as one item.

Pumpkin Patch.

OSFA = one size fits all

These clothes were brand new

Still had their lable

and original shop prices

WOW

but would the OSFA mean a possible One Size Fits American Girls?

Pippa (Be Forever Samantha)

A little tight getting them over her arms, but once on they were perfect, even the pants

Answer

Yes.

You can now take the lables off Pip we are not returning them.

Ah! I stopped at $10, there were a couple of other things in the basket, again a photograph would have helped, but not to worry, 

so we googled...

Pumpkin Patch is a kids clothing store, hmmm, was there one in Charlestown Square - shame I hate going there.  PP sell teddy bears, I finally found it under

http://www.pumpkinpatch.com.au

the 'collections' tab  'teddy fashion and more'

So they sell kids clothes, but some of the items have a matching teddy outfit - that is really cool, and very AG, but there you go

Shipping is usually a draw back for me, but because they have stores in Australia, it would end up not being so bad, yay, I will need to look into this closer.

Looks like there are also overseas sites

Pumpkin Patch also delivers within Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. For delivery to these countries, place an order on the following websites:

• www.pumpkinpatch.ie for delivery to Ireland
• www.pumpkinpatch.co.nz for delivery to New Zealand
• www.pumpkinpatch.co.uk for delivery to the United Kingdom
• www.pumpkinpatchusa.com for delivery to the United States of America