Scrapbook Saturday

With 2023 being the "year of Barbie," I just had to tell my "Barbie" story. Actually, this came as a challenge from a scrapbook group I follow. I didn't think I had a "Barbie" story. I didn't really play with Barbie's that much. But, the more that I thought about it, I remembered an old picture I had and how I did like playing the Barbie game. So, I decided since I really want my layouts to reflect the times, I would do one. My journaling is below.

2023 was the year of Barbie. The movie came out starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. There were things I liked about the movie—fun bright colors, the clothes and whimsical characters. I didn’t like the storyline/message. I know, it was all about “girl empowerment” which is what Barbie stands for. I just didn’t like how the movie empowered the girls at the expense of the boys by making them look stupid. I think you can send that message without denigrating men. 

As for my story, I didn’t think I had one. But then, the more I started to think about it, I realized I did—of sorts. First of all, pink has always been my favorite color—so there’s that. There’s a lot of pink with everything Barbie. I played Barbie with my friends even though I didn’t really like it. Dressing and undressing the doll was hard. Plus, I never really played with dolls anyway. I thought I would make her some clothes with my little Singer sewing machine, but I never could master that. I had a pink Barbie lunchbox that I really liked and can still remember to this day. It had a picture on the front of Barbie walking a dog carrying a lunchbox with the exact same picture. I kept trying to figure out how many of those little lunchboxes I could make out in the picture. At some point, I got the Barbie game. I loved that! We were a family of game players. I don’t exactly remember much about the game, but it had something to do with getting a boyfriend and going to the prom. Tom was my favorite—lucky for me since everyone else wanted Ken. But too bad for you if you got Pointdexter! Now that I think about it, I guess it wasn’t a very nice game—poor Poindexter. I cannot say that Barbie empowered me or enriched my life, but I do have some fun memories of her.

PS Apparently I also had a Barbie wallet—which I don’t remember. But there’s photographic evidence here!

5-Star Movies of 2023

I have no idea how this layout the Jeanne did wound up on my camera roll. I decided to share it anyway.