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Post by puppybox on Apr 15, 2014 10:33:15 GMT -5
I've dragged in 2 vintage metal treasures recently, both moderately large, from throw out piles. I must fix them up and deal with them or they are just hoarded things.
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Post by papermoon on Apr 15, 2014 22:46:51 GMT -5
I've been waiting for today, since a week ago when I asked the saleswoman at Macy's when their next bra sale would be. So at today's one-day sale I bought two beautiful & comfy bras, one at full price so the second bra was 75% off. I'm very pleased that I planned my purchase, budgeted for it, and got exactly what I wanted at a good price. This is a complete 180 degrees from the reckless & feckless shopper I used to be, in the olden days when I had lots of money to throw around (or worse when I didn't have the money, but ran up my credit cards and couldn't pay the bills).
The other day I came across a fitting quote in my cryptic puzzle book, by Ray Inman: "The beauty of having a low income is that there is not enough money to buy what you don't need."
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Post by puppybox on Apr 16, 2014 0:48:48 GMT -5
love all of that, papermoon.
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Post by lucie on Apr 16, 2014 5:05:26 GMT -5
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Post by creativechaos on Apr 16, 2014 10:03:19 GMT -5
thank you people for keeping this thread alive - i enjoyed catching up and reading all your posts. i wish i could respond to every one but i'll just generally say that it's great to read of carefully planned and budgeted acquisition, on keeping only what you'll use, of acquisitions of things you really love and will enjoy, and of moving on what you don't love, use, or enjoy. i was mostly doing ok, buying tiny little bits of this and that and keeping my spending down. last weekend i had very poor self control; i went to a hangar sale of an arty/crafty friend of mine and got some of her hoarded craft supplies. ugh! we think exactly alike - recycled art etc... 50 bucks later... my head is still spinning from that one! but i got a few good things that i think i will use; a pair of metal magazine holders, some wood bases for painting and mosaicing, some nice mosaic bits, a very nice picture frame, and a beautiful art quilt top that someone else made; about 40 x 60. not sure what i will do with it yet... my walls are full. i decided to hang the gifted painting in a spot in my living room and live with it for a bit, then make a decision. i already accidentally punched a hole in the professional backing paper in my hoarded horrible home. i've got things coming at me from all sides - i'm under a lot of pressure right now but i created a lot of it by how i live (hoarder). there is work and my own garden, to which i've become a slave again. i am in the process of dividing and planting dahlias. i had a hundred clumps! i had to dig out a bunch that the person who was going to come dig them, never did. many were rotten. so that got me down to about 70 clumps. i am dividing the clumps i dug last fall. i will give and sell those and my goal is to get down to 60 clumps this year. then release more in the fall if i can part with them, as i truly love them all. i have been trying to continue with a bit of art; my commitment to myself. it feels good to use some of the supplies. my watercolor paper is so old it is YELLOWING but i am using it anyway, just to practice. i see now that i have 2 lifetimes supply of many of these things. fabric is still my weakness. i have not sewn since getting ready for my show. i sold two paintings - one an old still life, one a new landscape, in my show! both of them are going to a garden client couple who is selling their house and have moved to the city. that was exciting! my goal is to do some paintings and mosaics and try to get them into the local gallery by June - if they will take them. i went to the tulip fields yesterday with 3 other artists and we painted! they were soooooo gorgeous! i thought of you, Angela! i went to walgreens thinking i forgot my sun hat - got two one dollar visors and 3 pairs of new sunglasses for 10 bucks! i will use those gardening. i go through several pairs a year. then i found my sun hat in the car. the only other thing i had was lunch. not bad. i just got the dreaded information that we are having inspection in APRIL! it's the new head manager - he is a stickler. my place is a despair and i am too busy to do a lot about it but i have 1 1/2 hrs this morning to box up the stuff and take it to my storage units - two - which are full to the brim. i started going through the larger one (my supposed-to-be mosaic studio) last sunday, to make room to put some stuff. we will probably also have our usual June inspection as well, so i could feel it coming - but this is truly a shock. i tossed some big pieces of foam, some very nice patterned clear glass i won't use for mosaic but could have used for windows, now that i think on it. , and a lampshade that was ratty and i'd never use. sorry for extra long post. i will be working on apt. now and trying not to give my lousy neighbors any ammo to use against me as i try to carry out all of this carloads of stuff.
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Post by angela on Apr 17, 2014 0:35:09 GMT -5
papermoon what an exciting thing to have planned and budgeted for your new bras! I'm so glad for you too that you got them on the one-day sale. That can make a big difference in what you can buy for your money. I LOVE that quote and probably should have it tattooed on my arm! lucie hooray on your new shoes! Love me some red shoes. creativechaos I wish you had less fear and frustration about everything and oh gosh, I'm so sorry about the inspection. I'll give you as much moral support as I know how. I'm so glad you got to paint the tulips! I treated myself to a stop at one of the fields yesterday and took a bunch of pictures. I'll use my little phone applications to edit and dress them up and maybe post them to you in a PM. My acquisitions this week were pretty moderate. I have been on a quest for bead cones to finish the ends of yarn bundles for necklaces. Went to Michael's first and did find some there. Also found the copper chain I wanted. Got distracted by the $1.50 aisle and bought a goodly handful of little goodies for my Grandma for Mother's Day and a nice set of goodies for my niece's upcoming 7th birthday. At JoAnne's I found some more bead cones, cheapest version so far. So I have plenty to experiment with and at good prices that won't add much to the overall production costs of the yarn necklaces. I also found a little pack of colored micro-twine lengths in the scrapbooking section and want to incorporate some of this string into the design for the necklaces using those peace, hope, and faith charms I bought in the Big City. I went into Value Village and tried on a couple of tops but couldn't really get excited about any of them. So left empty handed. Regular acquisitions of hay, lamb milk replacer, and goat and sheep mineral this week.
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Post by lucie on Apr 17, 2014 5:46:42 GMT -5
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Post by catcat on Apr 17, 2014 21:57:33 GMT -5
Good for you, Lucie !
catcat
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Post by lucie on Apr 18, 2014 5:31:27 GMT -5
creativechaos, I so love your new avatar! And I really like this thread, so there is no problem keeping it alive. I think it is a great idea to log what comes in, not only what goes out.
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Post by papermoon on Apr 18, 2014 19:43:30 GMT -5
Yesterday I went back to Nordstrom Rack for more of those nice little socks. The week before I had seen a pair of white Coach mocs that I loved, but not available in my size. Yesterday, a new shipment must have arrived because they had several sizes, including mine... a perfect fit! I thought about it overnight, then went back today and bought the mocs.
But while I was there I started thinking hmmm... maybe I should get a new pair of white pants to wear with them. Started looking around through several racks... and... you know that sound? the scrape scrape scrape as you slide garment hangers around on the rack?... I started feeling anxiety building with every scrape. Plus I was wedged in between several overloaded racks in the corner, and claustrophobia began to build. It really scared me! I was afraid of having a panic attack. I managed to pull my hand back from the rack and get to the cashier and out the door in the fresh air. Whew!
For years I used to shop endlessly to *relieve* anxiety. It's so weird that now shopping itself can become a source of stress. I don't want to ever go back to the way I used to shop idly just to kill time, or to search for hours in store after store for some elusive item.
But as for the white mocs... now that I have them home I do really love them and I'm very pleased with my purchase. Plus I learned a little lesson about my personal limits.
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Post by irisbloom on Apr 18, 2014 21:17:14 GMT -5
I've started stress acquiring again. Which is bad because we don't have much tax refund money left. I bought Stephen King's On Writing and bought a new skirt. I keep thinking I'll find the magical writing craft book that will push me into being the productive and brilliant poet and fiction writer I want to be. That if I have a wardrobe full of flashy clothes I'll become the edgy, productive, creative, whatever I want to be. That my depression will vanish. I'm just so tired of feeling like crap and feeling like I'll never be as successful as my peers.
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Post by Di on Apr 18, 2014 21:40:38 GMT -5
I bought Easter Gifts-- my checking account doth protest!
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Post by angela on Apr 18, 2014 23:07:14 GMT -5
irisbloom, I feel for you. I spent a lot of money and acquired a ton of clutter for some of the same reasons. My craft supply stash are evidence thinking that having the thing will magically turn me into the kind of person that can creatively use the thing! Same with all the self-help books I bought hoping for the magic bullet answer that would raise my self-esteem, cure my depression, give me a wonderful career, a wonderful social life, etc. After all this time I now know on all levels that the stuff doesn't accomplish anything, we do. Or, we don't. And the next lesson for me, it's OKAY if we don't. I struggle with this lesson, my issues about worth, accomplishment, appearance, etc. run very, very deep. But I'm working on it. And at least I know that stuff isn't the answer anymore.
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Post by angela on Apr 18, 2014 23:10:38 GMT -5
My acquisition today was another cotton scarf from work, for work. I have 3 of these in different colors now and I'm wearing them constantly. My work uniform has really come together and I have only a small group of things that I rotate and use the scarves to mix and match. I should inventory my work clothes now. I really think it's only about 15 pieces for each season, not including scarves.
Also, more demo supplies arrived, a sea buckthorn oil skin care line, goody! I need to reorganize the demo supplies again, out with the old and in with the new. It's a lot of boxes.
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Post by Di on Apr 19, 2014 0:22:21 GMT -5
Actually I purchased a couple of other items, I bought a new mattress pad for my bed but will toss out the old one. I also purchased a extra toilet paper holder for my bathroom. I am tired of the extra rolls falling off the back of the toilet and onto the floor where they invariably roll out of reach.
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