It was Saturday, which means running club. And that was great! Immediately following was a card class at Archivers. Learned some really cool new water color techniques with stamps. The cards look like they were painted by some Japaneses artist.
And we painted the ribbon. Yep - white cotten ribbon, misted with water and painted (any color you'd like) with ink. You know what that means.... have to have the ribbon. Well they were out of it. So I bought it in purple! I've got 10 wedding cards to do and the brides colors are purple! No inking required on that one.
Then I went to Hobby Lobby. Stickers were 50% off. Yes. I confess. I was going there with a purpose to buy. I needed a sheet of baby stickers ($1) and wedding stickers ($1) and got wedding border stickers. Couple sheets of raspberry card stock. Some bling - pearl and clear for the wedding cards. Some lace. $9 total.
Then I went to Joanns. Yes. I confess. I was going there with a purpose to buy. (Sounds familiar.) K and Company had the cutest fabric flowers. Got some last week and used every single one (6 of them) already on cards and layouts. Had to get more and they were 40% off. And 12x12 paper was 25 cents a sheet. That's really cheap! Got some watermelon color, chocolate brown, a sheet of baby paper, and one wedding glitter paper. 8 sheets - $2 Total out of store was $9.
So, on a Saturday, in three stores, I spent $20. Not bad - but when you aren't suppose to be spending it's not good.
Maybe when I become a designer.... and I get free product.... I'll do better.
I have noticed I'm a little more "controlled" and I'm only buying things that I know for sure that I'll be using. That's a lot better then having things on hand "in case" I'll need them. I could have bought a lot more paper and stickers. A LOT more. But I didn't. (There's justification! LOL!!!)
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