minion pencil case

Saturday: A friend and I went shopping. She gave me my Christmas present, a bunch of blind bags.

A Paw Patrol, a Littlest Pet Shop and three Lost kitties. My favorite is that blue kitty in the middle.
Our first stop was Petco, where I learned you can't hold a guinea pig unless you're planning to buy it. That really bummed me out.
I did take a couple pictures, though:

 Next stop was Target:

 I picked up this fuzzy sweater, it's an XL, but it was cheaper than an L, and since I won't be wearing it out of my apartment, I figured oversize was fine. I should do that with the warmer items, XL is fine if I'm not wearing it outside. I also picked up an Ugly Dolls plus blind bag.
Our last stop was Dollar Tree:

 aloe drink, all the sugar wafers, pastry crisps, cookies and cream Twix, salted caramel Milky Way, and a peanut butter heart.
I picked up the Aloe drink, hoping it would help my grumpy stomach. The sugar wafers are for a friend, she told me the other day, they were her guilty pleasure. I picked up the Pastry Crisps to have something a little more healthy to snack on at home. I picked up the Twix and Milky Way because they were different.

 unicorn stickers, lamb craft kit, gem butterflies, jar stickers, bird stickers, pom pom pen, magnets, tape.
I have no reasons for these.
I didn't have any mail when I got home, so I put together a few tags.
A collectors tag of pocket watches and unique washi.

  a Send me Something magical:

As I was cropping the photo, I noticed the corgi unicorn, totally magical.
And a pocket letter:

I was trying to go flat on these. I was originally going to just send the pocket watch stickers by themselves, but I added the washi, mostly to use the bubble envelope, I wanted to give them a little protection.
Sunday: was reading and laundry.
Monday: was a long day. I had a meeting with my supervisor about something that I had to kill time for between work and the meeting. I went to get my new glasses, picked up some lunch and badly timed it getting back as I had 5 minutes to eat my lunch before my meeting.
I found a llama tag:

 funny that I sent the exact same pencil pouch out, this one had a pen and a charm in it.
A wish of Please Deliver To labels:

 Not sure why it took the person sending to me a month to get these out.
A Countdown to Valentine's Day swap:

 This is like the Advent calendar swap I did for Christmas where half the items are supposed to handmade, I hope I get more of a variety than I did for the Advent calendar.
I was a bit disappointed though about the wrapping. We were supposed to put them in gift bags and decorate. Three of them were sticking out of the gift bags:

 How is it a surprise when I can see them peeking out?
And a happy mail tag:

 I originally thought it was mostly cards and stickers and then when I was adding it to my journal, I realized there were a couple more items.
Tuesday: I started wearing my new glasses, I feel I need to keep pushing them up my nose and that they put a lot of pressure on my nose. I tweaked with the nose pads all day. I got some stuff ready to mail.
A flip book:

 This one I used a new technique for. I have a tendency to keep the backs of the pretty envelopes I get in the mail thinking I will use them for something. So I chose 4, stapled them together and decorated them. It was fun to do. This page has a collage of stuff and some stickers.
Valentine's pocket letter:

 I actually made this one last year, but it came back to me in the mail because I was given the wrong address, I told them they could send me the $4 it would cost to send it back out, or they just wouldn't get one. They didn't want to, which was fine with me. It's not my fault you weren't paying attention and typed in the wrong address, that's on you.
Collectors: elephants:

 I was going to go with something else, but I needed to stick to flat items to cut down on postage. These are still cute.
Valentine's Day and Hearts:

 Again wanted to send something different for the Valentine's Day tag, but shipping.
I found a kawaii tag in the mailbox:

 Mainly it's the unicorn sticky notes, she added some stickers and the postcard.
I had a wicked headache at the end of the day, pretty sure it was the glasses. Also, my stomach was grumpy and I was really tired.
Wednesday: seemed to be better with the glasses. Work was busy, spent more than I wanted at the post office, but mainly because I took out money to cover my phone bill for Feb.
Found a sticky notes tag:

 I stopped at the grocery store on my way home (like every Wednesday) I was too tired to really think about meals, that's been happening a lot lately, I'm not sure why I'm so tired.
Had a basketball game that night, it wasn't too bad, I chose to wait for the bus because it had snowed that morning and I wouldn't be able to see any of the ice underneath it.
Thursday: I had plans with my aunts for shopping and lunch. We headed up to JC Penney's first. I've been meaning to head up there and see if they have any good deals on warm shirts.

 I did find a beautiful green sweater, it was much more than I wanted to pay for it, because I'm cheap (17), a nice striped shirt (10), a warm pair of gloves for the single digit days we get, I found out my leather gloves are just not doing it for me (25), they were the most expensive item. I picked up some pajama pants (5), and a couple pairs of leggings (7 each). So I got 6 items and spent about $100, I was not pleased, I'm cheap, I don't like to spend money on clothes. I know I'll get use out of these, but I'm still cheap.
We also headed to TJ Maxx, I didn't find anything I wanted to spend my money on. We had made plans to meet my mother for lunch. and then went to Walmart.

 I don't need another wall calendar, this one just made me smile, now I have to find a place to put it. I did need the double-stick tape, the shampoo and conditioner, the air fresheners and the leggings. I needed something heart shaped, and I can mail these glasses flat, they are kinda cute. I picked up the grumblies because they were a buck each. Found out I only got one new one, but I LOVE the grumblies. I didn't need the foam stickers, but they were monsters. I also didn't need the chocolate, but it was less than a buck.
It was fun, but there's nothing I can't get to in Ames. It would have been more time if we hung out more. When we got to JC Penneys we all kinda went our separate ways and in TJ Maxx and they didn't even come in to Walmart. I have found I feel more rushed when I go shopping with other people, I always feel like I'm taking my time and they're bored waiting, not always true, that's just how I feel. When I was in Walmart, I was hurrying and it kinda made my eyes hurt, like they weren't catching up with me while I was looking around, plus I was hurried, because they were just waiting in the car. By the time I got home, I was developing a headache, it was rather annoying as I really thought I was used to the glasses.
I kept tweaking with them and adjusting them. I'll be heading in tomorrow to get them adjusted and go to Hobby Lobby, mostly cause I want to and I need something with snails on it. I was hoping Walmart would have stickers or a cute notepad, but no such luck.
Found a collectors: minions tag:

 It's a pencil pouch, so cute.
a unicorn tag:

 I was thinking I'd need a new journal soon, this will work.
A WTA of 50 stickers:

 and another WTA of cute pencils:

I was starting to give up on getting any more WTAs. I only have a few left and they're all international.