Thrift Store Birthday Trip

 I hope everyone is staying safe and cozy at home as much as possible. Ken isn't working,as I said,since he is a waiter. Ivy and Fuzz are home.Unfortunately Emma,being a district manager, is still required to be out going from store to store. I worry about her. Today is my sister's birthday. Ken and I were planning to take her out to dinner and give her her gifts. But she lives a couple of hours away,so we decided not to travel,even if we weren't eating out. We'll have to delay her birthday party for now.
  As we are all limited in where we can (or should) go, and who we can see,I thought I'd send some reading material your way.
  I told you that the day before my birthday I went to a couple of antique stores and a thrift store. It was an independent thrift store,not Goodwill or Salvation Army.  It was manned,or rather, 'womened' by a couple of very old ladies. I was checking out the shelves and getting pretty discouraged when I spotted this girl.

I recognized her right away as an Ideal Shirley Temple.

You may have seen my post on my other Ideal Shirley's from the 50's. If not you can see it HERE. This girl is the same as my larger one.
She was pretty dirty,with a nick in her nose, and,I noticed later,missing her teeth. But look at her price.

The date is March 3rd. She'd been there for 6 days! And the thrift store is right next door to one antique store and just down the road from another one.

  Otherwise she seemed to be in good shape. A few days later I gave her face a quick wipe and already I could see quite a difference. 

This really was just a quick wipe with a baby toothbrush and Dial soap.  Still, you can see the clean next to the dirt around, (and in), her ears

Her ear has been chewed too,and she has marks or dirt filled scratches on her arm.

  Eventually I gave her a good bath and shampoo,and a scrub with a baby tooth rush and baking soda. I think she looks much better!

She does still have a problem with her hair standing up after being in that hairdo for who knows how long.

But when it is held down she looks good. Now how do I make it stay down?!

She does have one cloudy eye. And of course, she is still missing those teeth!

  I got a pile of cool records for me, Ivy,and Emma at that store too, for 35 cents each.
  I still have a couple of gifts to show you. I can't promise it will be every day, but while we're all in lock down I will try to post as often as possible to keep us all occupied and in a more cheerful state of mind. It's Women's History Month too,and I haven't done a post on that yet. See you soon!