my inner hoarder and a quickie craft.

did you hear? the snowpocolypse is coming. i'm not exactly sure how much we're supposed to get, but meteorologists have said anywhere from 8 to a gazillion inches. let's hope they're right because i love me a snow day. while listening to NPR (i hope i sound like an NPR snob...we all know the type), my girl, kyle norris, mentioned that people were stocking up at the grocery store just in case the snow leaves us stranded for a while. so i had to join the hype. on the way home from work i stopped by the grocery store to stock up on groceries, but i just sort of wandered around in an overwhelmed stupor. what did i end up buying? a pack of tampons and a bottle of midol. even though my mom just bought be a jumbo pack of tampons from costco on sunday. unless you are knocked up or menopausal, you can never have too many tampons. and hopefully those midol pills are filling, because if i get stranded, i'm screwed.

in other hoarding related news, the holland branch of the home depot is going out of business, so if you need any home improvement supplies, stock up now. we were discussing this in the teachers' lounge yesterday and a co-worker mentioned that the lumber would probably be sold out soon. my inner hoarder started screaming at me to go stock up on lumber immediately. i've never purchased a piece of lumber in my life, but i get all twitchy when i think about the fact that if i happen to need a 2x4 in the near future, i'll have to pay full price because i didn't take advantage of a sale when i had the chance. is that normal? do we all have a little hoarder in us, or is it just me?

i did take steps to reduce my fabric scrap collection last night (suck it, inner hoarder!) and did a quickie craft based on this blog post. and by 'quickie' i'm talking like 30 minutes. it's also an uber cheap craft. i had all of the fabric scraps already, and i was able to pick up the hoops at goodwill for 50 cents total. my original intent was to add some color to a naked wall in my bedroom, like this:

but i didn't like it. don't get me wrong: i like the craft, just not the location of the craft. so i took everything down and moved the hoops to the living room, like this:

it's better, but still not great. i don't think this wall will be its permanent home, but it will do for now. also, please excuse gerty in this snap. she was sleeping and i told her to move, but all she did was open her laser eyes and shoot death beams at me.

stay warm, guys. i'll try to do the same, but if you don't hear from me by next week it's because i'm dead. cause of death: midol overdose.