Thanks for asking after me. I still have the lurgy and I'm thoroughly bored of it now. Most of the staff and lots of the children at work have it too, so we all sound really healthy! Still, I couldn't let a little thing like a nasty coldy-virus stop me from shop, shop, shopping at the NEC this morning!
I usually go with my parents - Dad tootles off to the Art Materials bit while Mom and I don our protective body armour and delve into the scrum that is Hobbycrafts. However, they are on their holibobs this year, so I had to go it alone. I thought it might be a tad quieter on the first day, so I turned up nice and early in order to have a gentle meander round the hall. Hmmm, it was great - for about 20 minutes, then the hordes arrived!! Geez, what is it about crazed crafters at these shows? Anyone would think they'd been told they had 5 minutes to buy as much as they can before the world puts up the closed sign...
I really missed having Mom with me. Mainly because she is the little angel that sits on my shoulder and says things like, "Are you sure you need the same paper in three different colours?" and suchlike. I managed to spend an absolute fortune (well, for me, anyway) and I now feel rather guilty and everso slightly sick - Christmas is approaching and I've just spent J's present... I'll tell D that he won't need to buy me anything this year - I've already got mine. Oops. So, for anyone interested, here's what I bought...- Becky Higgins book - 'The Creative Companion'
- Doodlebug Design papers - Lipstick Dotted Line, Love Letter, Loopy Love Hearts, Boldly Blue Stripe, Pastel Confetti (x3), Whimsical Winter Asterisks
- Whimsical Winter cardstock stickers
- All Mixed Up rub-ons
- Crate Paper - Stork, Girly Girl, Tricycle and some matching ribbons
- Colour My World Cupcakes papers - Jelly Spots, Mini Fancies, Hundreds and Thousands, Jelly Diamonds
- 3 Bugs In a Rug - Rhapsody-Jubilation paper
- Blonde Moments papers - one set each of Sugar Dumpling, Suet Pudding and Spring Fling
- Basic Grey - Gypsy 6x6 pad
- Bazzil cardstock - 20 sheets of various colours
- Colourbox Q cats eyes inks
- Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine
- And a partridge in a pear tree...
Phew!! All of that was achieved in approximately an hour and a half. Well, probably less, actually. I absolutely hate crowds in a situation like that, so I have to get out as soon as I'm ready or I'll have a panic attack. I escaped to the Crafts for Christmas hall and bought some yummy Tomato and basil cheese - mmmmm!So, it's all over for another few months. I keep telling myself I won't go, that I have enough stash already etc, etc, but I just can't help myself. We're a bit deprived of decent bricks and mortar shops round our way, so it's just lovely to be able to see, stroke and smell all the pretties in such close proximity. Even if you do have someone's elbow up your other nostril while you're doing it.
6 comments:
Kel - now that's what I call a spend up, girl - good on yer! LOL
Have fun with it all - I'm not envious at all - well OK maybe just a bit! LOL
Debbie
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Good for you girl, all completely necessary purchaces in my view. fantastic for 90 minutes work too, it must have been like supermarket sweep! Rhi x
Glad to hear you are a little better.
Did you do a trolley dash then!!!
Hey, wouldn't that be good. All you can grab in 15 minutes....
oooh sounds like you had a fabby time (minus the barging elbows:)) Fantastic haul of goodies and in such a short space of time... make sure you show us all your creations.
Jo xx
wow. Lovely haul you got yourself. I bet unloading it from the bags and onto the floor was fun though!
Take care of yourself Kel, keep taking the pillls and make sure you rest up over the weekend.
The only thing with all that stash is you don't know what to stroke first. ;)
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