OMG!!! are you kidding me?

its no secret that i wanted a baby girl. not because i like one sex over the other....its just that i dont really know "boy stuff", like cars and trucks and decorating with the color blue. obviously...i love my kid, and wouldnt have him any other way. i just have to pretend i dont see all of the cute girl clothes and accessories when i go clothing shopping for him. also...i have to keep in mind how much money im saving on all  of those really cute and ridiculously expensive frou frou dresses.

anyway...

the other day i was browsing thru some kids catalogs, trying to figure out holiday gifts.

omg! i passed the barbie section. something im sure ive done a million times before; only this time...i looked at it! i cannot even believe the stuff i saw. i know i sound like an old lady and suuuch a mother...BUT jeez! 

the first thing i noticed was "showgirl" barbie. ok...really? showgirl barbie? what mother wants their little girl to play with a showgirl barbie? all i think about when i see that...is the movie "showgirls". now that is something to aspire to. 

then theres beverly hills "juicy couture" barbie. not awful...i mean...i dont think its the best example to show little girls, but i dont see any serious damage being done here. i suppose its better than "detroit ghetto" barbie. i do like beverly hills, the dolls are wearing clothes, and juicy couture is ok. i used to live there...and yeah...ok....a lot of the people do like like that in beverly hills. extra points for a realistic replica of the dolls. but i wonder, do we want our little kids growing up thinking that were supposed to look like this? to get plastic surgery and move to beverly hills? i guess i shouldnt talk. i did. but i didnt really dress like this. i was more "down and out in beverly hills" barbie.

how bout "vera wang" barbie?  again,..nothing too vile. i tried on lots of vera wang dresses when picking out my wedding dress. but what i found disturbing about vera wang barbie; is that she costs almost as much as a vera wang dress. and...i dont know...something about it just wanted to make me puke. im not even sure why. i just think its ridiculous. i had to wait over 30 years to get a vera wang dress. so maybe i think its weird for a 5 year old to have one. (ok...well...i didnt chose the vera wang...but you get the idea...)

the best one i saw.....which was actually at the store, was "hot tub party bus" barbie. yeah...i know. i felt the same. i think im throwing up again. some hot shot executives at mattel all sat around at a board meeting, and decided that a good role model to present to the future women of america, is "hot tub party bus barbie". they thought that all toddlers needed to play with a bunch of skanky, bikini-clad  barbies in a hot tub.  yeah. try explaining to the girls why ken is more interested in the pool boy than his girlfriend, barbie. and does the set come complete with coors beer cans? 

and how bout "srtripper/slut" barbie. shes expensive, but actually has working "orifices", and comes with a prescription for herpes meds.  ok....no...im kidding. there isnt a stripper/slut barbie...duh! its not out yet. i hear its coming out for holiday 2009. the parents are all clamoring to get on the waiting list so their little angel will have the newest and greatest barbie yet. 

so....as i scoured the barbie pages, i actually felt lucky that i had a boy. i cant even believe that i think guns and "blow em up" toys just may be setting a better example than these barbies. i find it horrifying. and im not prissy, uptight or strict. i look forward to go shopping for my son, and walking right past the "pink" section. at least the boys section doesnt make me vomit!