the "little mannequin boy"

 "re-post"

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i think i may have mentioned my family's pizza quest--i may not have--i guess i should have looked back over my blogs--too tired --barely able to write--so i guess i will tell you about the pizza quest in case i have not.-



a few years ago we would put the kids in the car -get starbucks- play our favorite music and ride until we were hungry for dinner--we did this for years--we still do it when my husband is off on a weekend night - we used to always go on friday nights--we tried almost every pizza joint in the greater richmond area--we found our very favorite was "zorba's" greek pizza - my husband also really liked "robin inn"--but the story is not about the pizza --that's just how we came to know the little mannequin boy in carytown-



i won't reveal which store he is in- i've been trying to get them to sell it to me ever since we met him --he is probably from the 1940's or 50's --i just love him - although if i did get him , it would take a lot of time for me to look at him close ,or touch him--ya know the "doll thing"--but still i want him--i know part of it is he reminds me of one of my little angels.-



the first time my husband went into the store to inquire if we could buy him, they said no--the owner did not want to sell him at the time, but did tell my husband of a website he could go to-- .it seems there is this site where people that collect baby mannequins go to show each other how they have dressed them up etc.--my husband assured them he had no interest in this rather odd hobby--but he only wanted to rescue the little mannequin boy from a store window that was dressing him in things like"the ramones"t-shirt--we like the ramones but come on -


frank said he had the feeling they thought he was weirder than the dress up mannequin people--i don't think it's strange - the poor thing needed a good home-


every few months my husband calls to check on the situation--they talk to him in slow deliberate words--"no sir we still are not interested in selling you our mannequin"--he still tries--for me-


so if you go riding down in carytown you may start to look for our little mannequin boy----and if you do see him -take a good long look at him and see if you don't think he's the sweetest little mannequin boy you have ever laid eyes on<3