at a point during my childhood, we were poor as hell

Therefore, I really loved being able to afford a new book of paper dolls at the drug store. They usually sold for $1, and I could sprig that much every once in a while. Now, they don't have those at CVS anymore. Am I giving away too much by telling you that I was once poor? (I hope you don't feel that I am romanticizing poverty for sympathy...)

Whatever it is, I still absolutely love paper dolls.