Friday, October 14 was a very big day at the Convention. This was our shopping day! What the convention organizers do is give you a number based on the timing they got your paid registration in. This puts you in a cue to go shopping. Our numbers were 374 and 375 which made our shopping window start at 9:45 am on Friday. When you pick up your registration package, you get tickets for the IT Convention dolls and showroom specials. I had pre-ordered the Convention dolls and had tickets for 2 more showroom dolls. This was also a good time to see the IT museum, the OOAK raffle dolls and vote on the design competition dolls. Here are the photos I took of those dolls:
Some really great dolls here, don't you think? I will tell you more about the design competition in a future post and show you the winner.
Now I know you all really want to see what dolls I purchased, don't you? Here goes!
Remember, I pre-purchased the convention collection sight unseen and I was not disappointed. There were 7 dolls in the pre-order package. We also had the opportunity to purchase the 2 Showroom dolls. I did purchase one of them.
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| I opened my Convention Collection when we got back to the room. I laid them out on the bed. Don't your think they look impressive? |
Next, I did closeups of each of them:
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Chameleon Vanessa Perrin |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Covergirl Veronique Perrin |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Fashionista Eugenia Perrin-Frost |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Glamazon Adele Makeda |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Editorial Edge Lilith/NUFACE |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Fashion Force Imogen/NUFACE |
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| Convention Collection Exclusive: Model Living Poppy Parker |
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| IT Direct Salesroom Exclusive: Just My Style Poppy Parker |
There was also an opportunity to purchase Grab Bags items for $50 each. You were guaranteed a doll and at least one fashion, so Hannah and I each bought one. Hannah did not like either one of them, so I inherited both of them. I was not extremely thrilled with them either, but I was able to purchase some fashions from the Style Lab on the last day that made these dolls a lot nicer! I will show their photos of the final day's post.
After the Sales Room, we were allowed to go to the Color Infusion Style Lab. You were allowed to purchase one of each doll with an outfit of your choice. This was a tough decision. I wanted to buy all of them, but knew my pocket book would not allow that. So for this go around, I purchased 3 new male dolls and outfits. I still need to take their photos after deciding which outfits each would wear, so I will show them when I post the final day photos. I will also post a photo of the doll I purchased from one of the private seller's room sale too with the final day photos. The doll I purchased was none other than a Unoa doll which I have been wanting to get for quite some time, but her price has always been so high, that I could not justify it. Well, she was for sale from Denise Travers and I got her at what I thought was a fair and reasonable price.
The next event we went to on Friday was the Fashion Royalty Luncheon. Veronica Webb, who was a top model in the 1990's was the guest speaker. She was the first AA Supermodel, we were told. She is now in her early 50's and she is still stunning and in awesome shape! Can you tell I am a little jealous??? Our table was not very close for this luncheon, but I was able to get some photos of her on screen. She is the lady on the right.
Veronica Webb is a very savvy and elegant business woman. She has a lot of things in the works and we enjoyed her very, very much. My daughter, Hannah, found her very inspirational.
Once again, we had a very nice meal for lunch. We were also not disappointed with the Centerpiece doll either. Hannah's number came up this time and she gave her number to me so I could purchase her. Don't you think she is beautiful???!!!
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| Friday Luncheon Table Centerpiece Doll: Legendary Natalia Fatale |
We also received the third look for the Welcome Giftset at our table and our table host gave us a lucite chair her husband made with the WClub logo on it.
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Look 3 for Tulabelle Welcome Giftset
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Once again, we were also gifted with another doll.
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| Friday Luncheon Exclusive Giveaway Doll: Shade Kyori Sato |
I don't know if you're are keeping track, but this adds 16 new dolls to my ever growing collection. That is 15 purchases and 1 gift doll. Added to the 3 dolls (1 purchased and 2 gift dolls) from the first day, that is now a total of 19 new dolls for Hanaly Corners! There are still a few more plus the 6 mentioned in this post that I haven't shown pictures of yet that you have yet to see, so stayed tuned for the final post coming up in a day or two!
