Holiday Dangers

The house has been NOISY this holiday season.  I realize this is a good thing because it means I have family who still wants to be at home. As the kids move out, our lives are changing and sadly this noisiness might not always be the case.  That said, I needed some alone time today!  How do you find alone time when the house is full? I decided to take to the after Christmas sales, because nothing says alone like shopping, am I right?!  I can be in my own little world and look at pretty things.  If I hear someone yelling for Mom, I don't need to respond.  Not my circus, not my monkeys!

However there is a great danger in hitting the after Christmas sales alone.  It's a fine balance because while there is no one there to beg you to buy something, there is also no one there to reign you in!

Now before you start judging - 

It was all on sale at least half off, with most of it 70% off.

It will all be used - some year.

And believe it or not, I did control myself.

I left a LOT at the store!

Perhaps I didn't need three Washi Tape Dispensers, but they looked like they would hold ribbon too and I really need more ribbon organization, especially since I found some great deals on more ribbon.  What I didn't realize was that there is a blade across the front of the Washi tape dispensers, which makes it very easy to tear off the tape, but might get in the way with ribbon.  I might need to buy more Washi tape.

One of the things I was most excited about finding were these alphabet letters:

They are a cute font.

AND even though the stamps themselves look Christmasy. . .

. . . the letters are the only thing that print.

I am a little crazy about letter stamps. . .

. . .So I bought them.

One of the things I was intentionally shopping for was a stamp pad or two, 

but this is what I found:

15 different Cat's Eye® pigment inks from Color Box®.  NOT on sale, BUT I did have a 50% off coupon.  Normally I would research this purchase for hours and make sure it was a great deal with the coupon BUT instead, I threw caution to the wind and made an impulse purchase.  I now have more than enough stamp pads, and I can give one or two to my daughter to use with the stamps I made for her.  Oh the price of spending a few hours alone in a craft store!

It was totally worth it.

I might even go back again later this week.