A Doll? Why?

[annuin]

Yesterday evening I was in a Barnes and Noble for a while before heading off to a supermarket, to see what Paperblanks journals are like in the flesh*, and to browse around the magazine rack a bit. A woman came up to me who had seen me through the window as I was walking around with Dashiell in the mei tai carrier. She said she'd thought I was carrying a doll.

Now, this is kind of odd as an isolated incident, but it's not the first time. A few weeks ago at the mall I had it happen, and not long before that too.

While I like to think I don't look my age, I certainly don't look young enough to be carrying a doll around without looking like a right silly prat. Seriously, what adult woman would be carrying a life size baby doll around? In a store/mall? Worn on the body in a carrier?






* Someone on embodiment was showing off their Paperblanks journal, and I fell in love. So I wanted to see what they were like in the flesh and what the sizing was like before I order online, as the local B&N's selection was abysmal, and there are no other stores catering to blank journals nearby.

The above doll story is also part of yesterday's embodiment entry.

Comments

[abigailvr.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are pretty!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

I know, and they're nicely priced too.

In regards to the infrequent journalling, that's why I joined embodiment. The goal is daily journal entries in the paper journal.

I used to paper journal a lot during my teens (and my earliest journal dates to about age 10-11), in my early twenties I ended up writing long 12 sheet letters to my best friend kind of instead of journalling, and in the last few years I haven't written in a journal much. I've wanted to get back into it, and figured that this might be a good way.

Membership is closed though until the end of the year, but the community is friendable/readable (though quite busy at the moment, so it's on a filter for me).

[abigailvr.livejournal.com]

I just don't think now is the time for me to try to make that kind of commitment, or I would have joined as well. I remember your earlier post about it and I was interested.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a pending baby is a good reason not to.

Ah well, maybe after things settle down you might be able to look into it on a more relaxed basis?

I'm thinking of getting another journal for Dashiell, where I write to him about how he's doing, for the future when he's bigger to read it. A more regular thing (not strictly daily though) similar to the monthly newsletters I do online, but in a tangible form, which I like a lot.

When I mentioned getting a Paperblanks address book PreZ was like "why? you can use my old Palmpilot"... geeks, they don't get it :P I like having a tangible paper record.

[abigailvr.livejournal.com]

A journal for Dash is a great idea. I wish I had something like that for Niels. Some day I would like to gather all my posts about him into one place. I don't know when I'll have the time for THAT though.

I still like having a paper addressbook too. I don't know why.