Saturday: I had a basketball game to work, it was ok. Had a lot of purses, AGAIN. I'm getting a little tired of bags and people's excuses, just listen to me and make a decision, don't tell me why you brought your purse. I had one lady, but it's a purse, yep same thing as a bag. Had someone comment that it was "soo cold", it was 30 degrees out. I had someone tell me I was nasty because I took away they're cups that are per game only. I had someone laugh out loud when I told the person behind her they're bag was too big.
I went shopping on my way home, checked out our downtown section. First stop was a local chocolate store:
I know they never have their chocolate marked down, but I was hoping to get something like I got around Christmas, a box of random shaped chocolate for about $20, the cheapest they had was $25, nope. I got some individual chocolates for about $12. I have no idea what any of them are, they were yummy, though.
Next stop was a drugstore, they have a section of Claire's (a cutesy gift store) clearance stuff. I can't help it.
Everything was $2, there's a koala lanyard, a heart pen and a unicorn.
I also picked up a bunch of chocolate:
It was all half off and stuff I wanted before Valentine's Day.
I found 4 pieces of mail when I got home.
A butterfly birthday card:
The only requirements were it had a to have a butterfly and be a birthday card.
A Valentine surprise:
not too bad. She forgot to mail it until Monday, which is why it arrived after Valentine's Day.
My last Winner Takes All:
A couple postcards, washi samples and what was supposed to be mini sticky notes, but they are mini notepaper, I still love them, they are pretty cute.
An Easter ATC:
Also very cute.
Sunday: I went shopping, but put together a pocket letter before I left:
I had actually made this earlier in the week, but never took the picture. It's for a private swap. I thought I'd signed up for a couple more Valentine's Day pocket letters, but apparently I didn't, so I did a couple private swaps.
First stop was Target:
Bounce dryer sheets, Kit Kat chocolate mint, some stickers, a sticker book and a stationery set.
Close-up of what's in the stationery set:
I may have picked it up solely for the hedgehog sticky notes.
A couple squishies, a stuffed tiger and some bug spray. Total spent $24. I finished out my Christmas gift cards.
Next stop was Walmart.
double stick tape, pink stuffed heart, stickers, Valentine snack mix, Hello Kitty Valentine's set.
I almost forgot to pick up my double stick tape and had to put a couple clearance items back. I was so excited to find the Hello Kitty set, it's got a plush, a box of candy and a bucket. The snack mix was popcorn, candy melts, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate balls (they were like m&m's but much richer), Valentine candy corn (I didn't eat that) and chocolate covered pretzel balls. It was so good, I devoured it. Total spent $31, which is on the low end for Walmart for me.
Last stop, Dollar Tree
pads, duct tape, stickers, pen, calendar, canvas. I like to use patterned or colored duct tape on my packages, normally it's about $5 at regular stores, which is probably a good deal, I'm just cheap and as much tape as I go through, I don't want to spend $5 a roll. I haven't seen any at Dollar Tree for a long time, I really like the color of these rolls. I needed something for a red tag, I was trying to go flat, I had stuff at home, but it would have been a parcel.
a few blind bags, Gonzo, stickers, hedgehogs, and an Easter bunny. Total spent $16. I need to stop buying stuff (I feel I keep saying that). I didn't end up keeping the Jurassic Park blind bag and I bought the hedgehogs for a friend.
Here's all my blind bags opened:
Like I said I passed the hedgehogs and dinosaur onto a friend. I'll probably pass on the blue cat as well. I totally felt all the Toy Story 4 blind bags looking for the hedgehog guy.
I was surprised how little Valentine's Day stuff was left. Both Walmart and Target were basically cleared out, I barely found any chocolates, there were a few food items at Walmart and only Hershey's kisses at Target. Not that I need more stuff, I just wanted one of those large mixed boxes of chocolate. I know at Christmas time, they put the candy on sale before Christmas, I wonder if they did that for Valentine's Day, too.
When I got home, I put together my red tag:
I had picked up the stickers at Walmart, but felt bad just sending those.
A Send Me Something sparkly tag:
These were all in my stash.
A wish for decorative paper clips:
I certainly don't need to buy anything for this one. I have a TON of shaped paperclips.
I also made another Valentine's Day pocket letter:
This one was just paper and the stickers, but I really love how it turned out. I love the background paper and I love the sticker pack I used. It ended up so flat, I mailed it flat as a large envelope.
Monday: we were closed at the library, but we have a staff training day instead. For 8 hours, it used to be more fun, I feel like now we end up basically sitting still all day and just listening to people talk.
When I got home, I put together a mystery item:
And a favorite color of pink:
Also had a hard time with this one. I totally tagged the person thinking I have something pink, it's hard to find flat items in my stash.
Tuesday: I headed out to the post office as I had plans on Wednesday, spent over $30, I need to cut back. I realized I had enough food to not go to the grocery store, though I did pick up a gallon of milk. I found 6 items in the mailbox on my way to work.
A Grant a wish tag of something dragon:
This was the best thing that day.
A wish for something minions:
They came from wish.
A grant a wish of something minions:
The same 3 as above with another 3. Apparently you can go wrong with minions, I'm going to try saying no stickers in the future, not sure I can ask that. Of all the things available on wish, they get me stickers. I was very disappointed.
A balloon card:
I almost used this same paper for my card. The sloth is holding a shaker balloon, but since it wasn't sent in a bubble envelope it popped and all the things inside keep falling out.
A cactus tag:
I like how she included some handmade paper clips.
And a red tag:
Which she'll have to resend because you can't make something, you have to send new items in the package.
Wednesday: I had a short day at work due to the long day on Monday. I had plans to hang out with family after work. We went to a bread place for lunch where I had a chicken something with cheese on asiago pesto bread, it was really good, much better than the last thing I had there.
My mom gave me a Valentine's Day present:
I guess I got a large box of chocolates, there's like 15 or so in it. I keep saying I should pick up some hot hands for Hilton. I certainly won't need them this weekend, as the high will be in the 40's, I do have 2 more events.
We headed out to a gift store, it wasn't as full as I expected, not much there, I'd never been there and I won't be going back. My aunt saw something that she wanted to recreate and figured Hobby Lobby would have things to do it, so we went there.
Valentine's Day llama, Easter stickers, pom pom friends. I was hoping Valentine's Day was less than advertised, it was still 66% off. I won't be adding the Valentine's greetings to the pom pom friends when I make them, I just really like making these things. I couldn't pass up the llama, it was so fuzzy.
a faux air plant, some Valentine's Day clothespins and a bunch of charms. Total spent $18. I wanted the air plant for a mermaid plant holder I got last time I was at Hobby Lobby, I had a ceramic rose in it, but it was a bit to big. I totally picked up the clothespins to take the hearts off of. I'm not entirely sure why I picked up the charms, I don't do anything with charms, they were just too cool.
We went next door to Salvation Army and I picked up some cups for a friend:
Her friend has a coffee shop and they use black and white cups. The two at the bottom are not really the right size, but I feel it's hard to find black cups with white, and the donkey one was pretty cool.
I also picked up my glasses because we were right there. They were not clearer, but I didn't want to deal with the place or the glasses right now. I didn't need new glasses, I don't have any issues with the ones I have, as I said before I knew I'd just be out the money I paid for them. They're not that expensive, but I don't make a lot, so they kinda are for me. As they were so unhelpful when I told them my issues, I just didn't want to deal with the store again.
I found a favorite color: seafoam when I got home.
I'm beginning to think people don't know what color seafoam is actually. I like the sticky notes, but it's not the color I asked for, so technically you didn't fulfill the tag.
Finished my day watching movies. I'm working my way through the library's sci fi selection, I really should be reading my books, but I'm watching movies instead.
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