My addiction to Barbie

My all-time favorite toy to play with was the Babie doll.  I could play Barbie for hours and usually did, with my sister, Renee.  Mom would buy Barbie clothes for us every time she went downtown.  They cost $2.00 for a whole outfit (including shoes)  and we had all of them.
Our favorite doll was "the white haired Barbie."

We would argue over whose turn it was to play with her.  We had so many variations of Barbies, but only one with the white hair. When Renee would be playing with her,  I would grab Barbie's head and take it off and put it on the Barbie I was playing with.  This happened so many times that she ended up with  a tear in her neck. (Barbie, not Renee.) For some reason we still loved her the best....broken neck and all.

Another thing we argued about were the outfits.  Looking back we may have argued more than we played.  We both loved the black sequined gown with a red rose in the tulle hem. It came with a floor microphone for any nightclub gigs Barbie happened to be playing as she held the pink scarf in her hand.

Of course, we also had all the "hangers on"...Ken, Midge, and Barbie's little sister Skipper.  We always gave these to our friends to play with when they came over.  Barbie was always the star. All was fine until one day Renee decided to cut Skipper's hair. I was so upset!  Of course, it wouldn't be until years later when we learned how much an  original Skipper doll was worth that we realized what an expensive haircut that really was!

My very favorite outfit, without a doubt, was this gold lamee dinner dress and coat with (wait for it) REAL MINK trim.  (PETA wasn't born yet.)  This outfit got so much wear and tear that the gold eventually wore off in most places and the mink became a wisp of a memory.

These photos still bring a smile to my face.  I have never wanted to own a black sequined gown, or sing in a nightclub; never owned a mink trimmed coat ...never even wanted to cut my sister's hair, but maybe that's because I did all these things before I was 10 and got it out of my system. We sure did have fun!