Ok, so I am off for a day of thrifting.  Friend, Mindy, called and wanted to do something today - head out of town??  Wont work with my schedule,  . . .Not with the Boi coming home tomorrow. . . so why not spend the whole day hitting as many Goodwills as possible??  Wanna see where we are going?  http://www.goodwillaz.org/

It is 6:30am right now. . . I am going to head over to her house to head out.  Both Glinda Blu and Ruby (our two Mini Coopers) will be parked and we are taking the SUBURBAN. . .more room!!!

I will keep you posted as to our progress. . . . .

Our start to the hunt. . .

We are ready to go!!!!                                       

 We are in Sun City for the first buys of the day. . .

                             Love the counter height stool

Next store. . . (atlas has already been "ripped" apart and used)

Mindy has been looking for a dress form. . YEAH

Scored 2 Longaberger baskets  More Yeah

Look at the Huge Gumball machine - SMILE!

 LUV Tupperware!

Wait till you see what Mindy does with the chair

What a nice haul for the day

This is my haul in the back of Glinda Blu

So our trek started with a drive from the Arcadia area to the first store in Sun City. . .we ended up in Fountain Hills and then back to Scottsdale area. . .all in all . . . .8 stores.
I cant wait to show you what we did with some of the buys!  Lots of fun.  Now we are planning our next excursion. 

Shopping Trip

Today, Sis and I went shopping/couponing.   We hit our normal 4 local stores, Frys, Bashas, Albertsons and Safeway.  This wasn’t a huge shopping trip, just some good sales. 

We got 8lbs ground beef, 6packs of cat treats, 3 lbs of spreadable butter, 6 Grands biscuits, 4 boxes of 18ct Super Tampax, 4 Philadelphia cooking creams, 4 packages of bacon, 3 bottles of ketchup, 3 bottles of mustard, 1 glucose meter, 36 eggs, 2 jars pickle relish, 5 cans beans, 4 bags of croutons, 5 ½ gallons milk, bag of Parmesan cheese, 4 packages of sausage links, 8 ears of corn and 2 bottles of laundry detergent.

The total sales was $233.20, we paid. . . $81.43.  That’s a savings of 65% overall.  Yeah!  Who says coupons aren’t worth it??  Not me.  This wasn't the best of our shopping trips, but it was still a good one.  Promise to post more!

It's Been a While

I know. . .I know. . .bad blogger. . .
My name is Inkqueen and I have not posted in over 6 months. . .
It has been a bit busy. . . Parental units moving. . . (not to mention all the "estate" sales we had) . . . Sick Boi. . .

What does that commercial say?? Life comes at you fast. . .I promise a new post soon. . .

Just a hint. . .I am in love. . . and I can't keep it bottle up. . .I want to share, I want everyone to feel like I do. It feels so good. . .
Promise to post more about my Beloved soon!

TTFN. . .ta ta for now!

I'm in LOVE!

It is hard to believe that at 46. . .I feel like 16. I do.

I am a teenager in LOVE!

Guess this is true confessions. When I look at her, the feelings come rushing at me. My heart flutters, she takes my breath away! This feeling is amazing. It is a wonder that we cannot bottle this feeling. I almost forgot what this felt like. Friends have told me it is so CUTE, how much I gush about her. I cant stop talking about her!

Also, want to add, that the Boi is quite smitten with her, too.

Let me introduce my new LOVE. . .Her name is Glenda, she really likes 80's British punk rock (loudly, I might add!). She likes it fast. Loves to go on long rides. . .windows down and music pumping!!

The Big "O"

Ok, so it has been a while. . . been busy, some changes, ya all know the drill. . .ok a year, a year and a quarter. . .ok. Well, I am back and I have something I need to share. . .

I HAD THE BIG "O"!!!

Right there in the middle of Goodwill! You girls understand. . .just meandering thru the local Goodwill, needed to take in a load and you just cant drop stuff off, ya gotta go in and paruse a little. You never know what you will find, right???!!!!

Well, I wandered around looking in my regular areas. Okay, so not only did I have the big "O", but I am also a Goodwill Whore. Yes, when I walk into the store, I have my route, I never vear, because I really do know where the good stuff is. . . .so there I am walking thru the office supply section. . .I see a big blue box.. . . .I walked past it a few times, but it called to me. . .As I walked up to it to check and see what was IN the box. . .I lifted from the shelf. . . WOW it is HEAVY, much bigger than I thought! . . . . .what could be in this box????

Can you believe it. Flash Cards! Yes, I hit the mother load, 782 file folder weight, no fingerprint, smudges, and smells like paper. . .Flash Cards, the first one I pull out. . .were lost. . . when I saw it, that was it. I was breathless just holding it, but when I saw, were lost, it happened right there in the middle of Goodwill, the Big One. The shopping orgasm! Yes, I know, no shame. I know that you know exactly what I am talking about, that moment when the shopping gods deem you worthy. What an experience!

So, my seceret is out, not only did I have an orgasm in Goodwill, but I am a Goodwil whore.

Love that place. Oh and while I am bearing my soul. . .I even paid FULL price for it. . . $3.99!

Wow, a month just flew by. . .

Does time just disintegrate in your hands? Time is tangible and then I look at it again, and it is gone. I could touch it, now poof! February was a fun (albeit - difficult at work!) month. I got some new direction. I can actually feel my feet firmly planted in the new direction. Sometimes, ideas come and wow, cant be any better, and yet I don't put any effort behind it. . .just thought and then it is gone, disinterested. Time to move on to the next possibility. Now I feel like I got it I am going to commit to an Etsy Shop. . .Creating is my joy, keeps me sane, keeps me grounded and keeps me busy when the Boi is gone.

Speaking of the Boi, he has had a fun month or so. In less than 6 weeks, he will be on 3 different 10 mile hikes, snowboarding for the first time, playing the bassoon in concert for the first time (he has only played it for 2 months) and now guitar lessons. I am sure I have forgot lots of other fun things he has done. And spring break is next week! Imagine what else he can do!!??

Well I will post the 2 other chandelairs I made up in the next day or so, plus some other "concotions" of mine.

Class

I love making these. So much fun!

These are such a delight.

I will be teaching a class at Crafty Papers at Thunderbird and Tatum

Click their link here: http://craftypapers.blogspot.com/

It will be a Banner Class, there will be a choice of a boy or a girl