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[newlifeinstpaul]

A Sad Goodbye to Dear Old Friends: Stuffed Things

The year I left my ex and former conservative faith, many external elements of my life changed. But all in all, I found inner peace. Sufficient calm to exhale slowly, center myself and--uh, destroy a carnival game of skill? I guess.

This was one of many 'choice' prizes hauled home that year. There was no maximum, you were allowed to trade smaller prizes for larger ones...no way to lose. If you visited my local park with me in '03 or '04, you'd go home with a prize. This was my least favorite. Before B's folks came to town, I let it go.






I like this one much more, but it was also sent to Goodwill. It had a rip on a seam, lost a fair amount of stuffing and Oh RIGHT I've got this in another color.

Still sad to see them go.

Comments

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

That first one is really bright!

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

That may have been the only 'choice' prize I didn't have at the time.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Those look pretty cute - it's always bittersweet to donate things.

[sakkebomb.livejournal.com]

where were you keeping them? ive never gotten attached to objects so much bit i definitely understand the sentiment.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

They were bagged for storage in the laundry. The rest are bagged, too--but we're running short on space.

[cplady.livejournal.com]

I had a lot of them, mostly the medium sized ones I'd get at the guessing game. Actually I once got a set of six tiffany styled drinking glasses, one from each game throughout the park. None of those youngsters could ever guess my age.

Anyway, all of mine had to go when we downsized, so they went to the nursing home as bingo prizes. I still see a couple now and then clutched in the arms of residents. It makes me smile.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

Last time I played the age-guessing game, you were standing next to me. Seriously. The resultant Cedar Point throw pillow decorated Da Babies' room for a while. Can't recall if I got rid of it long ago or Da Babies ran off with it.