OK. Day 81. You would think by now it's easier. It's not. I still have to "put blinders on" when I walk through Archivers.
They have all their new Christmas stuff out and up. Even going to the bathroom there is "dangerous". I walked by one counter - just one - on the way to the bathroom. I stopped at the new "stacked chipboard" 3 dimensional reindeers, and santas smiled back at me from the package saying, "Buy me. Take me home. I'm better then that old crappy Christmas stuff you already own."
I moved along.
Not two steps away was the American Craft ribbon, all spooled up and in a row. All as yummy and enticing as candy. (No wonder kids go insane at the candy rack!) It had different Christmas colors; no longer just red and green - which is old and boring. These were aqua and red, yellow and lime. With "Christmas Cheer" and "Happy Christmas". I picked them up. I touched them. I rolled them over in my hand.
And put them back.
Keep moving.
Next was ScrapBook Trends books... one exclusively Christmas cards and the other holiday ideas. The were beautiful! The card ideas were great and could be converted into any type of card - birthday, get well, just for you. Great use of ribbon and scrapping supplies.
I SO wanted the book. I put it back.. I'll use the internet I guess for ideas. I still haven't finished the 365 cards a day book I bought last year. I only made it to January 5th.
Ahhhh. Not easy. Not easy at all. Even with all the OLD Christmas stuff I have, I SO wanted some new.
After vacation... I need to get back to scrapping. With the Picture Fall class and getting ready for my trip, I really haven't worked on cards or pages. I think one of the keys is, if I'm using my stuff, I don't want to buy any more because I realize how much I have. When I don't use it, I want new items to either inspire me or give me an "easy fix" to get going. (If I buy it new, I just have to grab photos to go with it. I don't have to search through my stuff.) Ahhhhh! There's an "Ah-ha Moment".
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