Barbie Stories

This post is about Barbie Stories, specifically the story about how I got my first Barbie doll ever. It was back in 1987, when my mother took me to a very nice store in a city we were visiting. The store had a big aerostatic balloon on the roof and very colorful. I remember the unlimited options I had to choose a Barbie Doll, and suddenly I chose a nice box with the picture of a fancy Barbie Doll, dress in pink and serving food. I was sure I wanted that one, so my mommy paid for it and we walked out of the store. When we made it to the hotel room, I opened my new "Barbie" box and as shown in the picture I got very nice table and set of chairs to complete the Dining set, but not a  Barbie Doll. My mom had not paid attention in that very tiny detail written in the box, that stated Barbie not included... So we went back to the store and after my mom tried to negotiate an exchange, finally she got it and quickly I chose my very first Barbie Doll: The Tropical Barbie.  I saw her and she had everything I ever wanted: long-blond hair that over the time I had brushed and brushed  until the hair became matted, and eventually she lost her nice head and she became a fat-headed Barbie Doll, as before not many people and less a 4 year-old kid would not now how to fix the head-off the body of the Barbie dolls at that time, so I just put it back where it suppose to belong... insert it on the neck :)

But even after many Barbie Dolls in my possession, I still remember that Doll as the best thing ever and I keep it in my mind like it was yesterday :)