I am a bag lady

This is my latest group.

I have a true weakness for bags.

ALWAYS have.

As a child I get anything, even a brown grocery bag, pack all my "stuff" and go!

My mom hated lugging my stuff around so like a good mom made me carry it if I had to take it.

My aunts, non of which were moms yet, thought it was awful and bailed me out when they could ;)

No wonder I learned to be such a good aunt!

I got this lot at TJ Maxx last Saturday.

I went to see if they had a purse. I love Lily Bloom, a line of bags made from recycled soda bottles, and TJ Maxx usually has them and cheap!!!

I found the one on the right, and then the one on the left and thought the style was so great I had to have both!

Just so cute! And happy! They really hold up and I love them!

The pockets aren't really as great as I thought but it is still a great bag!

They always have the best shopping bags!

They are huge and so useful and $.99!!! This one is so cool!

CUTE!! Reminds me of Vera Bradley! I usually cannot get out of the store with out one of these!!

I did say I have a problem ;)

This one was in the home section

 YAY!! Pink cupcakes!! It is a really nice oil cloth and a great size with a zipper top!

It was pricey $1.99, but CUTE! I had it before I got the other two.

Really I have a problem. 

We will not go into the ones in my closet and the huge holder in storage that was in my car.

I am a fashionable bag lady and very happy about it.

Hope you enjoyed my silly bags.

I am still sick :(  I hope to get my Valentine up on Saturday and post it on Sunday!

Have a great Friday!!

Hugs, Lisa

ps pupylov was recovered and works just fine now. I will be posting here from now on though, I just needed the change!

Book or Nook?

I started with the Nook Color and passed it to my sister when I decided I HAD to have the Nook Tablet.

I like reading from the eReader, and I like the extra little things it does. A few games and such. I have an iPhone and a laptop so this was a better choice than me trying to afford an iPad.

BUT

I have books

Loads of books

WAY too may books

I have a bag full I need to take to the resale shop and after reading I decide if I want to keep them or not.

I will add here I really don't reread books.

I just cannot stay with it when I know what will happen.

But I have to keep some of them. Just have to.

I know at some point our society will give up paper books. I'm sure it will be for a good reason, to save the few trees left.

But I think I will just have both. It is nice to have this to carry around for when I have to wait, To drag back and forth to work.

I can leave the books at home and they will be happy here!

Now if I HAVE to carry this thing around it needs a good cover, right?

I found this one on Etsy right before Christmas.

The Thimbleberry Patch is a very cute little shop with loads of fun handmade things.

She makes them when you order and they can fit any size eReader you have.

Look at the detail

All the pockets! It is very well padded also. She is super quick too! I had mine to me in a week!

I really love the fabric. Also they are $20. If you have a reader and have priced these, you cannot get one this great for anywhere near this price!

She has these two I am really interested in 

They are just fun! I think I need some fun and new in my life so I keep visiting Etsy!

Hope you all have a great day. I am going back to sleep as I stayed home from work to hopefully get this head cold under control before the busy end of the week!

Hugs, Lisa

Goodies

 

I have been craving shopping.

Pinterest has got me planning a home I don’t have, lol, but I am itching to go see what is out there. I like to plan ahead!

I was inspired by blog hopping to run over to Michael’s and see the goodies in the $1 bin.

I actually put back a lot of what I gathered! I got my Country Living in the mail yesterday, I had to make my weekly stop at Barnes & Noble so I got coffee and Romantic Homes, and Elyse is in Artful Blogger(Nov/Dec/Jan) which I looked for in three places and Michael’s only had this one copy left!! I just made it!! Also grabbed a cute pad of paper at JoAnn Fabrics.

The Jelly Bellies were a necessity and were SOOOOO worth it!!

My collection of cupcake holders is now organized into two jars and look great!

You can never have too many cupcake holders!

Also found these  at Michael’s.

I have been looking for pink knobs and honestly haven’t even found them at a price I wouldn’t pay. I was thrilled to get them for $2 each in the dollar days bins.

They match my Lamp

And I think they look cute.

Here is the before

Boring but keeps with the style. Now I need 10 pulls for the two matching dressers. I think it will not be as easy to get. I will keep looking.

I found this

Cute pink and brown dot bed for Sophie. Marshall’s had them for $19.99. More than I wanted to pay but after looking for this size for two months it was the cheapest one I found and it is CUTE! Sophie is still out on if she likes it. Silly girl.

I also got two plastic totes from Wal Mart and have organized under my bed and the Christmas I took down.

I feel better. I even cleaned out the hall closet just for fun ;)

Funny how January does that to you.

Now I am off to add to my Pinterest boards for my dream house.

Must be prepared.

Hugs, Lisa

Time

How do you keep up with time?

A wall calendar?

 

I like my Lang wall holder, I have gotten the coffee one the past two years. I really like them and they were different! Nice to have to jot down birthdays and count how long until…

This cutie was in the latest Mollie Makes. I know the picture is light but honestly it is that way hanging too. I hope the other months are darker ;)

Than I have these

I have one for my work, birthdays, any fun I may have ;)

and one for logging books!

It started last year because I found one on sale and, well it was ON SALE, so I started keeping up with what I was reading and bought and it has been helpful to keep track of which month of a magazine I have already. I just bought a Romantic Homes last week and went yesterday and got another, I knew they weren’t the same but worried I had repeated the one from last week. Thankfully not BUT it has happened ;)

This year I would not have bought two but I went to get the owl one and there weren’t any :(

I picked the flower one and a few weeks later a HUGE stack of the owls appeared, I am weak people, weak!

So again I will have two!!

I am ready to plan my year, be on time and my only resolution is to NOT forget a birthday! I think I can do it.

Really wish everyone was on Facebook, sooooo easy to remember there! lol

Hugs, Lisa

Tea or Coffee?

I like both it just depends on my mood.

But I am very picky as to what I drink either in,

I have been lucky enough to find a few great new mugs for my drinks.

First I love the ones with my new dishes. I need a cup/mug to feel good in my hands or I just don’t like using them!

Then I was thrilled to visit the most wonderful place on earth

Barnes & Noble

and I found these

Yes ladies you are not seeing things! Cath Kidston at my favorite store!! B&N is like heaven! hehehe

How great with my new dishes?!

I am in love!! Now I can have tea and coffee with one meal!!

I also found these cuties at B&N But I wasn’t sure about them. Cute Cupcake themed really caught my eye but they were in boxes of two so I really didn’t get to “feel” them,

But when I found them at the coffee counter on sale for $3.49 HOW could I resist!! The nice guy let me take them out of the box!! Pink, Red and cupcake themed!!

Yea, you know they came home with me!!

Hello, $3.49 and I get my B&N discount too!!!

WOO-HOO!!

Look!

Yep, they even look great with all my other stuff!!

(insert really big grin)

Well off to drink some tea my tummy is not feeling as good as it could and well I have great mugs for it!!

Hugs, Lisa

Happy Black Friday

It is HERE!!!!!

We can officially celebrate CHRISTMAS!!!

Are you shopping today?

I have to work AND I really can't do the crowd thing.

I do hope if you are you are having a great time and got all you were looking for.

Happy Black Friday!!

Can you hear the carols and smell the pine!!!!

Hugs, Lisa

I have no will power

This could be a super long post of ALL I have no will power for but I will just focus on one item today.

Tote bags

Another one.

In my weak defense these are $6.99 at Borders Books when you purchase 2 items.

This was one

Cute little retro notebook.

I will talk about notebooks later ;)

I love Paperchase, being English and all and me being such a nut for all that is English!!!

I love this tote is is so much bigger than my Mag bag

So I can take EVERYTHING with me now!

Now I can go shopping ;)

It will hold tons of more tote bags! LOL

Borders is doing a good job of sending great coupons and they have fun stuff!

LOVE Books you know ;)

Hugs, Lisa

Pink Saturday!

Welcome to another great Pink Saturday!

Please join us @ Beverly’s for a full dose of Pink!

I bought this

I know you will be shocked but it DID NOT come from Barnes & Noble, I know BUT it did come from Borders!

They sent me a 40% off coupon for a tote  or a journal. Since they have Paperchase I was very excited!

A Mag Bag how perfect for me??

It is not as easy to see but the background is light pink and I love the flowers!

This will hold me ‘til I hit the jackpot and can order  a Cath Kidston!

Off to load up my mags for travel!

And for fun ;)

 

I am so happy to have these with me all the time ;)

Happy Pink Saturday!

Hugs, Lisa

Thrifty Me

I have been very thrifty lately. Had to for many reasons but it is still good to know I can do it and get so much!

These were half price this week and I can handle them at $2! Yummy!

 

These are great and very handy for many uses! I have been wanting one to hold small goodies while crafting. My local Good Will had one that is white (I was thinking I’d love it pink anyway) and it was a whopping $.69! ☺

I received a book of Proctor & Gamble coupons. Really good ones most are $1. I was getting low on toothpaste

and deodorant

 

and lets face it I cannot go with out these, and I was lucky that the coupons were $.75 and $.50. At the local grocery they double coupons every day! So my toothpaste was $.99 and the double pack of deodorant was $3.49! Now I am good for a while and can keep my friends ;)

  

This sweet little girl was at a local Hallmark sidewalk sale! She was $3! She doesn’t have wings but is still cute, and not broken in any other way! I have wanted one for a while.

Maybe being on a really strict budget isn’t all that bad. I got things I was looking for in a really easy way that were better in price anyway.

It is kind of fun to think of it as a game instead of something you have no choice but to do.

Hope you are all having a great week!

Hugs, Lisa

Flea Market Pink Saturday

I went to the flea market at the NC State Fairgrounds last Sunday.

As I gave up shopping for Lent this was a BIG mistake. But I was drawn maybe it was the nice weather or I was just crazy but I had to go.

I really feel it was to find this

I have wanted one of these for the better part of a year, about the time I started doing Pink Saturdays.

Yes ladies I am blaming shopping on Pink Saturday. I got dishes because of a post 2 weeks ago! hehe

Isn’t it great. Ok here is the good part….

$10!!

Yes I was thrilled!! It works too! I was so shocked when she told me the price I think I threw the money at her, well after I picked it up so no one else would get it!  It could have been cheaper but I have only seen them on eBay and well shipping would be at least $10 as it is really heavy!

I am well on my way to my new pink room!

And my mom found this! Too cute right?! I was so excited when she let me have it! She found a red one and an umbrella too. What great things people used to have and threw away! They were silly party favors. Wonder what they would think of how we love these silly things!

I hope you are all having a super wonderful Pink Saturday and enjoy running over to Beverly’s blog for the whole list!!

Hugs, Lisa