All I want for Valentine's Day is...Barbie?

Every Christmas, my mother-in-law gives my daughter a holiday Barbie. We keep them in the box to remain in "collector" condition and place them on the shelves around her room like museum pieces. She wants to rip them open and play but we never allow it.

Now, with the release of the Barbie Basics Collection, I can barely suppress the urge to rip open Barbie boxes myself. The collection features 12 different Barbies, each in a different, stylish, little black dress. There are also four accessories kits so you dress up your Barbie in uber fashionable looks. The kits feature belts, heels, boots, magazines, laptops, scarves, sunglasses, and jewelry. Everything a Barbie Diva could want. Each doll is $19.95 and each accessories kit is $14.95.

That is just the tip of the iceberg. Twelve members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America have teamed up with Mattel to create special editions of these stylish Barbie dolls. The special editions will be auctioned off on ebay starting January 28th and ending February 7th. Bids start at $100. Proceeds from the sales benefit CFDA’s educational initiatives and scholarship program. Check out some of the designer dolls to be auctioned on ebay above.

So honey, sweetheart, lover, if you are reading this, all I want for Valentine's day is a CFDA designer Barbie doll from Ebay or all of the Barbie Basics dolls and accessories kits and I promise I won't ask for anything else ever, ever again! If not, I guess I'll settle for jewelry.