The Newest Addition

Here we were doing school and having a pretty productive morning (this doesn't happen often). The phone rings and its for me, I always hate phone calls during the morning hours of school. Its Barnes and Noble, huh? thinking to myself *I didn't order anything why are they calling?* So I answer the call and am pleasantly surprised when they tell me that Victoria won the contest she entered the previous month. Most of you know (and attend) the American Girl Club at the Barnes and Noble bookstore...she absolutely loves it and was so excited that they had it here in Michigan too and wouldn't have to miss out because we had moved. Well, last month they entered a contest to win the new 'Julie' doll from American Girl...I had forgot all about it until the phone call (although I am sure that Victoria didn't). I really didn't think that we would win, isn't that how everyone enters a contest? Nice if I won but not counting on it? So I get the call in the morning and of course Tyler and Victoria heard me talking and I had to tell the little white lie because I was just going to take her there and surprise her (also because if she found out then the rest of the day would be "I want to go and get my doll"). So after we have a "birthday lunch" with my Dad and get our school work done we head out...Tyler by then knew that she was getting it (and I guess he handled it ok, because the little green eyed monster likes to pop out sometimes..."I don't win anything" which I am sure he has in the past I just can't remember what right not). So we get to the store and I tell the clerk and they call back to whoever to bring up the doll...Victoria was so surprised by it she was speechless...she just kept looking back and forth from me to the woman who gave her the doll looking somewhat confused...I thought maybe she would have got more excited but I think she was just so shocked that she didn't know what to say...plus that and being shy. It was pretty excited for her and myself. Julie is a really cute doll from the 70's (yup now they are making dolls from the era that I grew up in...scary for me. She is the newest edition to our American Girl Collection, wonder if she will be the doll Victoria picks to go to the American Girl Store in Chicago in a couple of weeks?