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[Apr. 6th, 2008|02:14 pm] |
I've been oohing and aahing over some things on the web lately. In fact, when am I not doing that? I found this awesome jewelry maker on Etsy that uses beads to put binary messages in her necklaces. I've also been eyeing something on MyPaperCrane, but I'm not going to say what it is because you'll just go buy it right up because of it's sheer cuteness! And there was this great sale on Threadless and Dave and I each got a shirt. I got him this one and I got myself this one. I'm eyeing these two shirts though -- one & two. I'm wondering if I should have my sister go down to the Threadless store and pick them up for us.
All of those things have been open in tabs on my browser for the last week. I just couldn't bare to part with them. Sometimes I have such guilt about buying things, which is why I couldn't spend $150 on a Blythe. I did treat myself after I lost that doll though. I bought this necklace and this ring. Both things remind me of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) theexits. It was just a coincidence that I fell for that necklace (justbepatient makes lovely things!) and Jane linked to that etsy shop a few entries ago and I've been eyeing a similar ring that was out of my price range. It's still beautiful though and one day I'll splurge and get one.
Some other fun things:
-Heidi's mug collection and Jeu de Paume books
-this amusing video, probably nsfw
Also, do you listen to Pandora Radio? I rediscovered it and my station is oh so amazing and amusing to me. I have weird tastes. I'm still tweaking it though.
I think I'm going to go to this Teach English Overseas seminar on Monday. I'm a little scared to go, but I'm not signing up for anything yet. It's something I've been interested in for a long time, but the idea of being so far away from everyone (not that I wouldn't have relatives if I taught in Japan) makes me nervous. It's probably the reason I've been avoiding getting more information about it. But, I suppose I should worry about those kinds of things after the fact. |
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[Mar. 16th, 2008|09:00 pm] |
Dainty Biscuit was sold to someone else that offered more money, so I won't be having her after all. It figures right after I decided that I really wanted her, she was sold to someone else. Oh well. I'm going to research other Blythes, but really, she is the one I think I want. In the meantime, I can squee over entirely too cute Re-Ment items. A lot of these items remind me of my childhood, since a lot of them are mostly Japanese household things and food. (For those of you that don't know, I'm 25% Japanese and spent about 10 years living with my mother's mom who is Japanese. My mom & grandma speak Japanese to each other. I was surrounded by Japanese culture, language, etc. since I was a little girl. I took Japanese as my foreign language credit in high school.) Also, Re-Ment are tiny miniatures of furniture, food and other things.
You can buy Re-Ment here. There's a flickr group all about Re-Ment here. This person has a pretty awesome collection of them.
P.S. I also found these mini Hello Kitty bento lunches & foods.
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[Mar. 15th, 2008|12:56 am] |
There are so many people on my f-list that own a Blythe that I have started wanting one as well. I spied Dainty Biscuit a few months ago and now I have the opportunity to buy her. She's about $150 which is an incredible amount of money. I keep thinking she'd be nice to own and that there's always the possibility of re-selling her, but I don't know what to do. I figure if this much thought is going into it, I shouldn't get her, but then I'm afraid in a few months I'll decide that I want her again. Oh, I waste so many minutes a day pondering the stupid things I should purchase next when I should be buying a bed for myself & other important necessities like a haircut.
Anyways, she's cute and I have till Monday to decide.
It's that tiny umbrella. It wins every single time. |
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[Sep. 9th, 2007|07:27 pm] |
Dave is making my birthday dinner request -- vegetarian stir fry -- right now!. I'm drinking a cup of Adagio almond tea and trying to entertain my worries away by playing online games. My worries are that I'm bidding on this Polaroid Mio on eBay and I'm losing and I'm hoping to outbid them in the last second, but we'll see how that plan plays out later tonight.
Yesterday, I waited the entire day for a package from my mom I thought never arrived only to find that they put a slip in our mailbox to pick it up. We checked the mail at 3:30ish and assumed it wasn't coming and we didn't receive any mail for the day. I'm furious as I was home all day (or rather, one of us was home all day). I did receive my beautiful prints from hotelchaotica and they are even more pretty in person. I'm going to have to hang them up soon. Thank you so much for the gift!
This morning Dave gave me his presents. I told him that I didn't want anything, but he insisted and he's pretty stubborn. I received a plush Eeyore, a case for my Nintendo DS and $40 gift card for H&M. He must have been listening as I mentioned casually that I'd love to get more gift cards. (It's actually a pretty strange gift from him, because I know that he loves picking out the thoughtful, special gifts.) I know that a lot of people hate receiving them, but I couldn't be more pleased as I never really get any. I'm going to have to be careful not to splurge it all on umbrellas or something ridiculous like that. I'm known to be quite the umbrella junkie. Oh & new undies, like I need more of those. Ha!
I received a birthday card earlier in the week from one of my grandmas. She hid a check for $200 inside. It was a pleasant surprise and I'm already putting it to good use. Well, trying, we'll see if I win my eBay bidding war! And I purchased a pumpkin pie charm from Pancake Meow. I'm surprised I haven't bought all of my favorites on Etsy yet. There are some very pretty things I have my eye on, but I'll most likely keep putting it on hold till they've been sold. It's probably the best for my wallet that I keep my fancying down to a minimum.
All in all, my birthday isn't going as planned, but it's not half bad either. |
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