Mo' Projects, Mo' Money

There is one thing that I've realized after discovering all of these amazing projects that I want to accomplish ... the more I want to do, the more money I have to spend.  That makes me sad.  I've found TONS... literally... TONS of things that I want to do, everything from DIY (Do-it-yourself) Windex and Carpet Powder and Febreeze ... oh jeez.  I feel like I can build up sort of a ... stash of the usual stuff that I'd need .. but to buy all of these things at once, (like what I want to do because I'm so daggone impatient..) I'd be spending way too much money.  I spent like ... an hour at the local Michael's just wandering and daydreaming about all of the different things I wanted to buy so I can finally scratch my creative itch.  I suppose I could do the sensible thing and buy a few things at a time .. but who has the patience to do something like that??  I made a list.  Because that's what I do.. I'm a compulsive list-maker.  Even though I don't think I'll have the lists with me when I'm out shopping, I can look at it often (which I do) and try to remember some of the things I need so I can do these projects.  This list... is ... long, needless to say.  I think my friends and I need to get together and have a craft party.  Everybody bring one or two things on the list.  Then, we can all do a little bit of everything and that way we can make what we want and not have to worry about spending an arm and a leg in the process.  I think that's a hell of an idea... Now I just need to find about ... 15 friends so I can get everything on my list. 

Pinterest is going to do me in.  I swear, if my fiance doesn't leave me for some other reason, he'll leave me because I spend almost every waking moment of free time I have just browsing Pinterest.  He'll glance over at me after I snort at some ridiculous picture or he'll shoot me an annoyed look when I interrupt his football game so I can tell him about the latest project I have in mind for our future house or for our future little ones.  I only have a limited amount of brain space to store these projects, so thanks be to Pinterest so I can store them on my To Do board.  If any of you don't actually have a Pinterest account, I strongly encourage it.  Especially if you're a thrifty & crafty person. 

My coworkers and I pretty much talk about Pinterest all day long.  I even talked to my boss about it to see if his wife would like it.  It's like ... I'm endorsing a drug.  You literally become hooked and you can't shake it.  I wouldn't go as far as to say I get the shakes or throw up if I go too long without a hit, but I find my mind wandering while I'm holding onto a psychotic dog, trying to imagine what's the newest thing posted on Pinterest.  Oy vey. 

My poor Kindle has been neglected also.  I finally picked it back to up today since I've made my Pinterest account.  I couldn't make it a page of reading without mentioning something to Liz about what I saw on Pinterest or her showing me a pin on her phone. 

But, I can say one thing has not been neglected since my newly discovered habit... my blog has gotten so much love (well, I don't know if I'd call it love.. but maybe.. attention.  People come to find crochet patterns.  I doubt they read much, and certainly none of them comment, but I'm happy that it's at least getting some recognition.  I know I'm anonymous and I'm assuming that nobody really reads much past the patterns, but I certainly do feel ... tickled that I'm getting hits on my blog.  It also helps that I posted patterns on Ravelry.com also.  That most definitely helps.  If you are ever looking for me on Ravelry, I'm under Polka Dot and also my Pinterest board are www.pinterest.com/polkadot87

Come at me, bro!