All you insiders have known about the Webkinz Lip Gloss & Webkinz Body Spritz for months, and have seen pictures of them since mid-July, when we broke the story with pictures of new Webkinz & Accessories! This morning, if you log in to Webkinz World, you will notice that Ganz has officially announced the availability of the lip gloss in stores!
UPDATED: One of the users in our Webkinz forum, Kaltes has posted a picture of the Webkinz salon theme! Click "read more"
Arte looks up from his paperwork. "Nowhere special. That's the kind of thing I pick up when I see it, usually at yard sales. You'd be amazed what people get rid of when the run out of room. Sometimes I end up with so many that even I run out of space to hold them. That's when they go on sale." He turns back to work.
I am continuing to sort through the Chefs Hats when I come across a couple of deflated balloons. "Hmmm, this is strange. I wonder how these got in here."
Arte looks back up and frowns. "Those must be left over from Krystin's party awhile back. You know, you guys really made a mess in here. I had no idea that Karen was such a party animal. I am glad that everyone stayed to help clean up afterward, but it looks like some stuff got missed."
"Yeah, that was a fun party." I smile. "But coming across these balloons suddenly makes me feel like I have forgotten something, something important." I sit down in a Royal Banquet Chair and try to remember. "Arte, is there something I was supposed to do?"
"Yeah, you're supposed to be taking all of those Chef's Hats up to the front room, not sitting th..."
"Arte, I was wondering if you could think of something that has to do with 25,000?"
"Why 25,000?"
"Well Justin's website Webkinzinsider hit 25,000 members yesterday."
"Wow! That's alot of members Merthyn."
"Yeah I know. The site was launched on March 23, 2007 and not 6 months later, it has that many members."
"That's impressive Merthyn and you can tell him that too. I am grateful that he made it though. My business has picked up 3 fold since I have been giving you the list. I get about 25,000 customers during that hour that I offer the rare and that makes me happy."
"Arte did you hear yourself? You said 25,000 customers during the rare. I can add that to my list."
Our gossip hounds have sniffed out tantalizing evidence that Arte Fact, owner of Arte's Curio Shop, is considering selling his iconic business to pursue a career as a rapper. It seems a person with the screen name "A_Fact" has been frequenting real estate message boards, looking for advice about selling "an unusual business!"
Adding to the intrigue is a demo CD that recently surfaced. The CD matches exotic instrumentation with the vocal stylings of none other than Arte Fact, rapping about his archaeological exploits! On a song called The Arte Effect, he sings:
"When exploring ancient ruins, yo I never get lost, 'Cuz you know I used to roll with Lara Croft. I'm a tomb raider, an antiquities trader. You better buy it now, 'cuz I might not have it later."
Checking the news this morning, we noticed the announcement of a returning "easy" Webkinz Job at the Employment office. It's called the Newz Delivery job, and, according to the news announcement was brought back into Webkinz World due to its popularity! The job is very similar to the old arcade game "Paperboy", but does take a little getting used to, as some of our staff has had trouble with the job in their first tries!
Next, some members in the forum pointed out two new Webkinz recipe books for sale in the W-Shop: The Way of the Blender and One With the Sandwich. Some members of the staff purchased these books from the W Shop, excited to try the new recipes, hoping that they would be some of the "new" recipes that Webkinz.Com had announced over the summer!
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