Craziness

I'm not one that is too fond of shopping, as I may have mentioned once or twice on this blog. I don't ever get up at 2:00 in the morning to wait in line for the great deals the day after Thanksgiving and I think waiting in line with a billion people to buy stuff at a slightly discounted price is highly overrated. I know people that have gotten great deals doing this, but it has never been my cup of tea.

With that said, I went to the Craft Warehouse Open House on Saturday. I've never been to one before and was amazed at how many people were there. It was a total madhouse. The event started at 5:00 and I got there just a few minutes afterwards. There was a line already to get in that went down the sidewalk and around the side of the building to the back. I waited in line for about 40 minutes, but I enjoyed listening to the people around me and soaking in the atmosphere of excitement. Employees came down the line with candy canes, coffee, hot cider, and other goodies that kept us going.

I didn't really need anything at Craft Warehouse, but the 40% off one item and the 2 $5 off a $20 item coupons were burning a hole in my pocket. I ended up only getting a few things. The project containers I had been eyeing were on sale for $10 instead of $20, so I picked two of those up. They had stamping ink on sale 4 for $10 so I replenished my ink stock for letterboxing. I also found the perfect thing for tracking my stitches in knitting (a ribbon holder thingy) and picked up a couple of alphabet stamp kits.

They had prize drawings, special sales, refreshments and all kinds of stuff inside the store. It was packed with manic women and their long-suffering men looking for the best deals possible. It was pretty fun over all. I did end up having to wait about as long to check out as I had to check in, but I guess it's all part of the experience.

My main problem is I love to organize and start projects, but I'm not so good at the follow through to completion part. Oh, well. I can dream, right?