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Today's featured event: A twelve-step program for toy collectors

I have a sad confession to make. I love tiny things, like miniature plastic foods and completely useless blind-box toys. It must have started with a dollhouse when I was five, or perhaps it was some long-gone sugar Easter egg I peered into, with the little chicks and bunnies inside, all dressed up in bonnets with shopping bags under their arms. But if I come across anything plastic and cute and wee, I want it, need it, crave it.

Well, Re-ment miniatures are both miniature and blind-box toys: The tiny, themed boxed kits of itty-bitty bagels and cake slices and strawberry shortcakes sell for about $5 apiece, and you never actually know what you're going to get until you've handed over the dough and looked inside. It's also one of the better-kept secrets about the Uptown gift boutique Talulah Jones, which encourages my habit and that of others by carrying a selection of Re-ment toys (we gave them a Best of Denver award this year for doing just that).

Okay, Re-Ment has a downside, too. What happens when you shell out your five and get the same set you got last week? Here's what: Talulah Jones hosts a Re-ment Trade Hour, where you and me and all the other addicts can both trade duplicates and learn that we're not alone in the cruel trap that is Re-ment fanaticism. My name is Jane Doe, and I collect Re-ment toys.

Trading commences tonight at 5 p.m. at Talulah Jones, 1122 E. 17th Avenue. Visit www.talulahonline.com or call 303-832-1230 to learn more.

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the "Thrills" editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.
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