Look closely. Very closely...
Korea is frequently and lovingly referred to as the "land of not quite right," but this little gem was not a Korean concoction. It is a Kara concoction. "Shave and Skate Barbie" complete with hairy legs, underarms and a brand, spanking new razor! Doesn't this just scream "WHITE ELEPHANT?" Our other white elephant gift was an already completed sudoku book, which by the way, took me HOURS of valuable time to do and an itunes gift card. Wouldn't you just love for us to come to your party?? With sick humored guests like us, who could go wrong? Ha!
As I write this, my house is being cleaned and not by me. This is my favorite day of the week. There is nothing like going home to a clean house and smelling the bleach to know it is germ free as well. This is my second good day in a row! I took the day off yesterday. Claire didn't have school due to Fasching (German equivalent of Halloween--minus the door to door trick or treating), so I gave Mya the option of hanging out with us as well. She took some convincing, but later said she had a great day. I must admit that I was focused on giving my back a much needed break, so my morning consisted of napping and laying on the couch. Not my best parenting in action, but it did wonders for the rest of the day. We met Chris for lunch, then returned home to enjoy the sunshine before the girls' swimming lessons. It was in the 50's yesterday, absolutely gorgeous! It really is hard to believe that we made it through the entire winter with no snow. I think it snowed possibly 2 days, b
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(1) what is a white elephant party?
(2) did you cut her head hair to be able to give her leg hair?
A white elephant is similar to the yankee swap in NE. It is supposed to be a funny gift exchange with a piece of value to it. So, the barbie was funny, the razor had value. The sudoku book was funny, the gift card was value. The humor can be in a variety of forms--nasty t shirt, cookbook with ironic title, etc. They aren't always funny though. This was for the New Year's Party, but we also had one for chris' work party. We brought gift cards as it was a formal event. As always, the audience and setting needs to be taken into consideration. That's the jist.
I did cut the hair on the barbie. I had to make sure to choose one with easily accessible hair (I simply removed the box to do the dirty work then returned her so she'd look untouched).
Disgusting huh?!!