Friday, March 23, 2007

Addicted

The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, I have a problem. I think I am addicted to buying scrapbook stuff. The problem with this addiction is that I don't use any of it. I go in the store to buy one thing and then I see all this cute stuff and it somehow ends up in my basket. What's that? Pebbles is having its anniversary sale? I better go and stock up! So I've stocked up at that very sale for the last couple years and I have yet to use up any of the inventory that I have purchased. The Roberts 40% off coupons? Marketing geniuses! I go in there to use my coupon and, oh, look at this cute paper on sale! And card stock 30% off? I better get some to go with the cute paper I just bought. I have every intention of using this stuff and I even envision the pages in my head, but it seems like I never have time to actually do it. And then if I do start, I get impatient and just do a simple page anyway. I blame it on the scrapbooking companies. They keep on making cute new stuff. And it makes my old stuff look lame and boring. Why is it so much fun to buy? It's gotten worse since I've had a baby too. I have hundreds of pictures of Anna so far (thanks to my mom and the picture taking gene she passed on to me) and only 1 has been scrapbooked. (the hospital picture) My craft room is overflowing and I think I should maybe just open up my own store or something. Then I can have fun buying all the cute stuff, but then I can give it to people who might actually use it (and then get paid back of course!) By now I could have paid for one of those nice expensive albums from Exposures and just slide the pictures in and I'd be done. But then it's not as cute right? Should I get over the cute? So I'm admitting my problem and now that it's on my blog, Dave might actually find out. I'm not sure if he's on to me yet. And I'm noticing a pattern of a new addiction...blogging! Well, now that I've admitted my problem, what's the next step?

2 comments:

Rebecca said...

Join the club!

naptime nostalgia said...

At least your addiction is paper--It could be much worse, like mine, shoes!