Sunday, August 30, 2009

Why I Love Discount Stores

Toy-a-Palooza 2009 is not yet over. Today we stumbled across this baby in the local Kid-to-Kid:

Yes, it's a door toy similar to the one Iain enjoyed at the Pink House. There are fewer bells and whistles, but it's got a working mail slot, a Dutch door, a mouse hole, shutters, a peephole, and a working doorbell. Iain loves it.

As you can see, we set it up by his tent, so he can properly regulate people entering his office.

The doctor is: IN. Consultations 5 cents.

Please note, above, that he is ringing the doorbell and using his hand-held phone at the same time.

So why do we love discount stores? Because for $58, we bought this toy, plus four pairs of pajamas, plus four pairs of trousers. Yes, 8 pieces of clothing and a large toy (that sells for about $70 new), for a skosh under $60. When you consider that a common price for a set of new pajamas is about $15, that's a steal, steal, steal.

We need help coming up with a front-door sign for Iain.
The first idea was "Iain's House: NO GIRLS."
Charles added: "Except Callie."
But then I thought perhaps Iain would prefer to go for more of a Miami club vibe:
"Ladies Free, Gentlemen $50 cover charge. Proper ID required."

2 comments:

SarahHub said...

Cute!

And he's such a boy. Notice the phone in the little house is just flung on the floor... No girl would ever do that!

Fiona said...

Here's the thing: he has 3 phones. The one you see discarded in the tent is a real phone, disconnected, that we gave him to play with. The second phone is a desktop model that plays songs and has a cord-connected earpiece. The third is his hand-held cell phone type phone, which he is holding.

So he's like one of those Wall Street types with multiple phones ringing off the hook. Don't be so sure he's just tossed that black phone down. Could be he's got Kofi Annan on hold or something.

But if your point was: he's a boy and thus a mess, I can't deny. He's a mess. Of course, *I'm* a mess, and I'm a girl.