I went to the craft store Michael’s this afternoon for one thing and I came out of the store with eight items. I only needed to buy 11 X 14 inch canvases which cost $10.99 for a pack of seven, but ended up spending $96. How is that even possible?? And now I’m not even sure what I bought…
And maybe that’s part of the problem. Every time I go in there, it’s like I am being sucked into this crafter’s void, a place where time and money obviously do not exist. A stuffed Easter bunny holding a spring flower? Why yes, please, I need that!
And then there was this Easter bunny, which I definitely did not need:
But just how cute is that?? How could I not buy it?? There was also a matching one that was outfitted in blue gingham carrying a metal watering can — don’t worry I walked away before I put that one in my cart too. It was hard, but I did it.
And then there is a spool of pink ribbon decorated with a cherry blossom print. I don’t need that, I’ll probably never use it and it’s just going to sit in my craft cupboard with all the rest of my unused spools of ribbon. (What, no one else has a craft cupboard filled with ribbon?? You’re missing out, folks!) I also bought another natural vine wreath which at the time of purchase I fully intended to decorate with spring colored items like this garland with the white, pink and red berries that I bought from Target maybe 3 years ago that I have never used, and that I’m not entirely sure where it is currently located in my house, or the pack of blue, yellow and pink birds that I bought from Michael’s around this time last year. Don’t worry the birds are accounted for — I saw them in the craft cupboard earlier today.
But then I got home and saw the exact same wreath that I purchased two months ago with the brown and orange bird that I was going to pair with those Gerbera daisy flowers and the green vine garland that I bought a couple of years ago at another store and I’m sure is also somewhere in my craft cupboard or that organizer-shelf thing next to my closet. I might be noticing a pattern here…
So yesterday I purchased some really expensive 11 X 14 canvases for my virtual painting classes…
Notes from a Self Quarantine 