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Starting your doll family while in college?

Oct 12, 2010

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    1. I'm currently in my first semester, but I started collecting last fall. I have a part-time job, so I'm fairly alright when it comes to making payments. I guess I've been doing well, with 9 dolls and 3 heads, currently XD" *Set to collect!* But I don't live on campus or anything, so I guess that's one cost cut. I guess try to take the less costly route while attending school and hope that you save enough to get a doll (or 5 ;D).
       
      #41 AnimeToken, Oct 21, 2010
    2. I bought my first doll just after my summer job ! ^^ I was happy to go work to have money and to buy my firt SD, a veryyyy cute E-AN from DOD. ^^
      I was 18, It was just after my "A-level" (I'm french so I did not pass the A-level, I'ts the "baccalauréat" !). My parents didn't said me anything, because they did not care... XD
       
      #42 mixou, Oct 21, 2010
    3. I started my doll family when I was 5, just not BJD's! :lol: Seriously though, I wouldn't have been able to afford BJD's when I was in college because I was a single mum.
       
      #43 nid_vide, Oct 22, 2010
    4. I'm in my first semester and just bought my first doll. I have quite a few relatives give my money for graduating so I used some of that money to buy her, calling it my graduation present. ^_^ I planned to get her brother after a little bit but I'm not sure any more.... Even with a meal plan I have to pay for some food and I have no job so I have to save some money for christmas and birthdays coming up. So he might be put off for half a year or so.
       
      #44 alienmouse, Oct 22, 2010
    5. I started in the hobby a year after starting college (CEGEP actually, its a Quebec thing...) and while it is hard to save when I work less while going to classes I still think it is ok and I can get them so why not ?
      I am lucky to still live with my parents so its one thing less to think about ^^
       
      #45 Chibi_Fluffy, Oct 22, 2010
    6. My first 2 dolls were bought last year, as a Senior in High School, but last month I ordered a doll using my refund. ^_^ While I'm waiting for a shipping notice I've found that I'm doing just fine, despite being in a super expensive University. ^^;
       
      #46 Mari-Kitty, Oct 22, 2010
    7. My parents help me with college and I do a lot of odd jobs, as well as doing sewing commissions which gets me quite a bit of money. But it does take time, especially since I do cosplays as well. So it's a bit tight and rough but I try not to make more then just 2 cosplays and now for only those that I already have wigs for. Most likely, though, after my second doll, I'll have to hold off on getting another BJD until I can get a steady income.
       
      #47 gator90, Oct 23, 2010
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