Costume Contest Winner!

Hey, y'all! I'm so excited to present to you... The results from the costume contest (here)!

 

Note- this symbol * means Emma's Jess.

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Over a week after the harvest party, Jessica was sitting on the couch, messing with her brand new iPhone.

 

"So... How does this thing work?" Jessica murmured.

 

She had been attempting to make the phone work for over an hour when Ivy and Jess walked into the living room.

 

"I just don't understand why this is taking so long!" Jess said. "My sister is usually very punctual about things!"

Ivy shrugged, "I know! But I'm sure that she'll contact us with the winners of the costume contest soon."

 

"I hope so," Jess sighed. The two girls stepped closer to Jessica.

"What are you doing, Jessica?" Ivy asked.

Jessica groaned, then said, "I'm trying to figure out how this stupid phone works!"

"WHAT?!? You have a phone?!?" Jess screamed. "I've wanted one of those for FOREVER!!"

"Yeah, well, this one is ridiculous! It doesn't work! It's just a piece of junk!" Jessica exclaimed, throwing the phone to the floor.

 

 

"NOOOO!!!! Not the precious!!!" Jess yelled as she dived to the floor in her attempt to save the phone.

Ivy tried to calm Jessica down, saying, "Don't worry, it probably just needs to be rebooted or something."

 

"You should never throw electronics, Jessica!" Jess cried while Jessica turned towards the side of the couch and started to stuff something into her mouth.

"Well, ziz onf whaf beinh nutsh!" Jessica mumbled.

"What?" Ivy asked.

Jessica spit out a mouthful of popcorn and answered, "I said, this one was being nuts!" 

 

Jess's brow crinkled as she asked, "Where did that popcorn come from?"

Jessica replied,"I keep a secret stash hidden between the couch covers. Now leave me alone-- I'm busy stress eating!!"

 

 

"Put down the popcorn and pick up the phone!" Jess said. "I'm going to help you figure it out. Some of the people down in production that I've worked with for my concerts have iPhones, so I know how to work 'em."

 

"Now," Jess began as she sat down, "what is it that you want to do on the phone?"

"Umm... I would like to download Flappy Bird!" Jessica said.

"Alright, then here is how you do that," Jess started to explain how the app store works. Then something strange started to happen.

 

"Uh, Jess? The phone is doing something," Jessica pointed out.

"Yeah! It's vibrating! What is it doing?" Ivy asked, her curiosity piqued.

 

Jess looked at the screen. "Oh! We're getting a phone call-- from *Jess*!" Then she gasped, "Maybe she's finally got the results for the costume contest!"

 

Jess clicked the "accept" button, then put *Jess* on speaker. "Hey, sis! What's up?"

"Hey! Well, I have the winner from the harvest...contest...thing," *Jess* said.

"Oh, yay! We've been waiting!" Jess said excitedly.

Ivy looked on and listened as the two girls chatted. "Wow, I've never experienced anything like this before!" she thought. (Ivy is a 70s child)

"Yeah, I know, sorry about that. Saige has been using the...GET OUT OF MY FACE! Sorry. Molly is so excited to see who's gonna win, we're basically nose-to-nose." *Jess* said. "What was I saying? Right, Saige has been using the computer nonstop! I've hardly seen the screen, but now I've FINALLY gotten onto the computer and I have counted up the votes!"

"OK, so who won on your side?" Jess asked.

"It was a tie between Julie and Molly, Isabelle, and Cecile!" *Jess* replied.

"Oh, wow! That's a lot of people in a tie!" Jess exclaimed. "And who won on our side?"

*Jess* laughed, "Jessica won."

 

Jess and Ivy looked over at their friend.

"Jessica! You won!" Ivy laughed with glee.

Jessica's face slowly spread into a grin.

 

Then she sprang up from her seat and started to dance around the room, singing out, "Yay!!! I AM A CROQUET CHAMPION COWGIRL!!! I'm a winna, woo hoo!!!"

 

As Jessica continued to perform her victory dance, Jess wrapped up the phone call with her sister.

"As you can probably hear, Jessica is very excited about winning the contest," she explained.

*Jess* laughed again, "I would think so!"

Jess smiled, then said, "Well, I should probably get going. But it was nice to hear from you. We should get together again sometime!"

"Yeah! Totally! I'll talk to you later! Bye!" *Jess* hung up.

 

"Man, I really thought that I had a chance!" Ivy said. "My lion costume was so original!"

"I thought it was cute," Jess agreed. "But I think that I can honestly say that Jessica's costume was just a bit more, um... Original."

Ivy giggled, "Yeah, I guess that's true! We'll have to let Samantha and Emily know the results once they get back from grocery shopping."

 

 

Jess looked to her right, then with a chucle, said, "Something makes me think that Jessica will be sure to let them know."

"WOOHOO!!!" Jessica yelled.

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I hope that you enjoyed the reveal! I was really amused (in a good way) when I found out that Jessica won the contest. Ivy's lion costume came in second place. The votes that you cast will now be published, but I'm not going to be able to post the comment that I accidentally deleted. That vote was for Ivy, just so you know. Have a great night!

 

XOXO Ginger Spice

The Harvest Party- Part 2

Note- the little asterisk (*) means Emma's Jess. And this story is told through the views of my dolls, so that's why the pictures are a bit different at times.

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The girls quickly arrived at the Harvest Party. Jessica was the first to make a splash.

 

 

"FOUR!!!" Jessica yelled as she slammed her croquet ball with the stick. Then she ran off to retrieve the ball.

 

 

"Hi everybody!" Jess waved. She loved going to parties.

 

"Hey, you guys!" *Jess* exclaimed back.

Then the four guests noticed what Jessica was doing.

 

"Can I PLEEEASE have this popcorn?!?!?" Jessica begged. She had set aside her croquet and had practically gone face-down in the bowl of popcorn.

"Umm... Sure?" Saige said, pushing the bowl towards Jessica.

"THANK YOU!!!" Jessica yelled, then she sat down to enjoy her snack.

 

 

Meanwhile, Jess wandered around, saying "Hello!" to everyone, and floating around the room like the social butterfly she was.

 

"Oh, *Jess*! It's so good to see you!" Jess said while giving her a hug.

"You too! We haven't seen each other since---well, FOREVER!" *Jess* responded.

The two sisters settled in for a nice chat.

 

Samantha walked over to Cecile and Isabelle. "Hi! Cool costumes you two!"

"Oh thanks, Samantha!" Cecile replied. Isabelle blushed.

 

Ivy joined a small group consisting of Sloan, Nikki, Adam, and Julie.

"So... Can you guess what I am??" Ivy asked her best friend Julie.

"OOH! OOH! A....LION!!!" Julie guessed.

"YES!!! I can't believe you actually got it on your first try!" Ivy was delighted.

"Well...It must be the special BFF powers!" Julie laughed.

 

"Hello, Molly!" Emily greeted her friend. "What are you for the party?"

"I'm a 30's girl! And you are??" Molly asked.

"Well, I guess you could say I'm a 1700s girl!" Emily giggled.

 

The party was in full swing. All of the girls (and the one boy) were having a great time.

 

"Soooooooooooo, who are you?" Nikki frowned and looked at Jessica's hat.

"I. Am a Croquet Champion Cowgirl!" Jessica answered, looking over Nikki's outfit.

"Well, I'm a regular cowgirl...I even had a horse..." Nikki frowned deeper and looked away.

 

Jessica frowned and decided to top Nikki. "WELL. I have a croquet stick and a croquet ball!!"

Then she flung her hands up while holding onto her croquet tools, but she wasn't holding on to the ball tightly enough.

 

PHEW! Jessica accidentally threw the ball backwards.

 

"Whoops..." Jessica said.

 

The ball landed in the punch bowl! The girls around the snack table all screamed and jumped back when the ball came whizzing through the air to plop in front of them.

 

Emily reached down and handed the wet ball to Jessica.

"Here you go, Jessica," she said.

 

Jessica dried the ball off on her shirt. "Thanks, Emily!"

 

After the punch bowl incident, the party continued. Cheery voices coursed through the room, yummy popcorn smelled wafted in the air, and the girls (and one guy) complimented one another on their fun costumes.

 

 "It's time for the costume contest!" *Jess* yelled.

 

 

Isabelle pushed back a table and cleared it off so that it could be the "stage".

 

Emily went first. "I'm a colonial girl, ready for tea time."

 

Jess stepped up and said, "I'm an Irish dancer! Not in real life, but that's my costume anyways!"

 

"I'm an artist. Not Parisian," Samantha explained.

 

"I am a mighty, ferocious lion!! Rawr!" Ivy struck a lion pose, then hopped off the stage.

 

"And I am not a cowgirl. I am a Croquet Champion Cowgirl!" Jessica declared.

 

Once everyone had their picture taken for the contest, it was time for the Spice girls to go home.

"I'm going to post this on our blogs and people can vote for our outfits and see which one they like best!" *Jess* declared.

"Oh fun!" Jess responded.

"I can't wait to see who will win!" Ivy squealed.

"Well, we should get going," Emily said.

"NOOOOO!!!!" Jessica screamed and threw herself to the floor, crying and swimming in the popcorn still on the ground.

Eventually, the girls got Jessica up and out the door. They all waved goodbye to each other, and concluded the party for the evening.

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So, whose costume from my dolls do you like the best? Leave a comment below, and the winner will be announced in another photo story. The comments for this post won't be published until the end of the contest, but I will look at them and count the votes.

 

Also, don't forget to check out Emma's doll's sides of the story at her blog here. Have fun!

 

XOXO Ginger Spice

Samantha's Showcase- Part 4

While Jess, Samantha, and Jessica continued to sit on the floor, discouraged from their lack of success in searching for Samantha's costume, Desiree arrived.

"Oh, Samantha! Why aren't you ready for the show? It starts in just a couple minutes!" Desiree feigned concern.

"Well, Desiree, I can't seem to find my costume," Samantha said, not really feeling like dealing with the bully at the moment.

 

"Oh, well if that just isn't too bad..." Desiree teased.

 



 

 "I guess you are just going to have to drop out of the showcase! What a shame," Desiree grinned like the Cheshire cat and laughed. She then left for the stage, her arms raised, still laughing evilly.

 

 

"OK, call me crazy, but I have this odd feeling like Desiree may have had something to do with this," Samantha stated.

"Ummm... I would call you crazy if you didn't think that Desiree had something to do with this!" Jess exclaimed. "I mean, she basically admitted to it, what with that big display of victory she just did."

Jessica just nodded.

 

"I know that I shouldn't be poking around in other people's stuff, but I think that this is a special case," Samantha said. "Let's look through Desiree's trunk."

"I agree," Jess replied. "Where is it?"

 

"It's right here," Samantha gestured. "Well, here I go."

 



Samantha stooped over and began to unlatch the trunk.

 



"Girls..." Samantha started.

 



 

"It's here!! My costume!" Samantha joyfully exclaimed.

"Oh yay! I'm so glad that Desiree was foolish enough to act so weirdly in front of us, or we never would have found it!" Jess celebrated.

"YEAH!" Jessica shouted. "LET'S EAT POPCORN TO CELEBRATE!!!"

"Maybe later, Jessica. Right now, I need to get changed! I'll be performing soon!" Samantha said.

 



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Hooray! Samantha and her friends found the costume! Stay tuned for the finale!

 

XOXO Ginger Spice