I just got back from Michael's. In my email this morning there was a coupon for 25% off my entire purchase. PURR!! hehehe. So, of course before I went to the store I had to stop by and see what there was. I've been good and stayed away from there since Monday. I didn't even buy anything on Monday! I got four rolls of washi tape, which again, I really need to not buy anymore. Some Valentines Day stickers by Darice. I have a few books already but I have a few epically long letters to write, so I will want some extras to make the backs of stationery pages look all pretty. :) Also two packages of labels which I think would be loads of fun for slams or envelopes. 
As a side note, come to find out I did not have the stomach flu! I had food poisoning! I typically am obsessive about checking expiration dates on food, but for some reason I hadn't checked the dates on the lean gourmet dinners I was eating. They expired well over a year before. I had a sinus infection/cold thing going on so everything tasted odd to begin with, so I didn't notice the flavor off. I feel incredibly stupid but I've also gotten even more obsessive about checking dates. Better safe than sorry! I am back to nearly 100% again, so that's good. I have Gastric Reflux and my stomach is a bit wonky after having my Gallbladder taken out last year, so it takes me a bit longer to recover from anything stomach related.
I have gotten some awesome mail this week! I got a full mailbox with letters and some slam swaps from my lovely friends. I had ordered a Lamy Safari fountain pen and 3 bottles of ink. I was just getting bored of my cheap no-name brand one and also my Parker Vector just was starting to wear out. I am really loving it. It writes like an absolute dream and I adore having a converter so I can used bottled ink. And my Janetstore order came in. Now I need a break from shopping so damn much. I've been on a total free for all lately and now I need to save for moving and also for my trip to Amsterdam next summer.
* When I work hard on sending out a pretty letter to someone, ask questions, inquire about their life and also talk about my life and I get back a one page letter that doesn't answer any of my questions, doesn't even inquire how I am doing. And I basically get a, "Hi! Today I went to work. It sucked. Tomorrow is the weekend, I think I'll go out and do something" and it's one page of that. I just think those are sadly the types that love to get mail more than they love to actually write it!
* When someone sets a zillion rules when it comes to writing. Such as letters have to be so many pages long at least, you have to write back withing "x" amount of times, please use the backs of paper, do not put your address on the outside of the envelope (yes, I actually had someone say that!) and the list could go on. Then, what irks me more is when they don't follow their plethora of rules themselves!
* Finally, when people keep saying, "I am working on a letter for you!" and you never get it. A few months later, "I am finally starting a letter for you!" and this keeps going. It's like they think if you always think they are writing you, you'll still want to write when they finally DO get around to it. I mean, just be honest you're too busy to write or don't want to! This also ties into the one I saw on Facebook lately. Someone who hasn't written in well over a year, keeps saying the, "Life is so busy thing!" to me and a few others. Then she's on pretty much every pen pal Facebook page looking for pen pals! And posting to her Facebook, that she's sending out mail to all the new people. I know it's a case of she's just not really interested in writing to some people as our lives are drastically different. It's understandable sometimes you grow apart, but again, honesty! And also acceptance that people change and also, sometimes the people whom you are drastically different from you get along with wonderfully AND learn the most from. Ah well, c'est la vie!
I think I have ranted enough about that subject and seriously I am not that cranky ALL the time. Ask Mayra if you know her: we write epic letters AND chat on AIM pretty much all the time. HA!
I still haven't found the camera cord, so copying from my Instagram it is. I have tried to e-mail myself photos I take but for some reason the Yahoo! Mail app isn't working. I am super hesitant about getting a new cord, because the only big purchase I am thinking of making in a few months is a new digital camera. I have a great one but it's huge and bulky. I have seen much smaller ones that take even nicer photos than mine AND have more options that are not too costly. But, maybe i'll just cave in and see how much a new cord is for mine.
I am curious, lovely readers... what do you want to see on my blog? Just pen paling related things? Some non paling related things? Let me know. :)
No comments:
Post a Comment