Poupee Girl

For those of you that don't know, I'm a user of Poupeegirl. What is this? I hear you ask. Pupe (Japanese spelling) is a Japanese fashion/social networking site. You get an avatar in the form of a doll, and can buy virtual clothing and accessories for her with the currency of ribbons. You earn ribbons by simply signing in, dressing up your doll and posting photos of your real life wardrobe items and accessories. I know that there are girls on this website who struggle to find items to photograph and upload to the site - I feel lucky that I have an excessive collection of jewellery to post (since I make jewellery!). You can post up to five items a day, but to be honest I just can't be bothered :) It's something of an addiction.Here's my Pupe, she's called Miya :) I think that Pupe originally started off entirely free, but of course in the ever growing quest for money, the Pupe staff saw dollar signs (or yen signs) and began to churn out highly desirable exclusive items that could only be bought by exchanging real life money for a new currency, jewels. I've never bought jewels, and refuse to do so, however there are many girls who have spent upwards of $100 in their Pupe life in order to get these items. Crazy stuff.