finally.

i'm officially in love with staples office supply store.
i had some extra time between classes on thursday, so i decided to check one of them out since a few of them have recently opened in the area.
first of all... i just love school supplies. i was instantly excited when i walked in and saw all of the displays. they even have this little "supply bar" type thing, where you can choose a container and stuff it with various types of clips, pins, etc. that are all decorated in cute patterns or shaped in cool designs. my favorites were the guitar shaped paper clips. :] i decided not to fill a container, but i keep thinking about it, so i'm sure i will eventually break down. ha.
but the best and absolute most exciting part was that i was able to find the red ink i needed for the photo printer there! you can't even imagine how happy i was to finally be able to buy it. :]

i put the new printer ink to use to print a few photos from hawaii to scrapbook tonight. i finished one layout, which i felt was good progress. it's another relatively simple layout, and it came together pretty fast. i'll try to take some photos tomorrow to post on here. i'm happy to finally be able to scrapbook the hawaii photos. the july studio calico kit has lots of vacation themed items in it, so it's nice to be using the kit as well.

i also had another good find on thursday.
they've been updating/rearranging our local joann's craft store, so i spent some time wandering around checking everything out.
they are now selling the jacquard lumiere paints, which i fell in love with when i tried jeanne's in my art journal. i'm definitely going to be adding a few of those to my paint collection.
i was also able to find some 12x12 hanging file folders to use with the new cart that i'd ordered online. i forgot to order the folders when i ordered the cart, so i'd been meaning to place another order online. i was very happy to see them in the store. they are a different brand, so they don't quite fit the cart. but i was able to manipulate them a bit, and i think they will work out very well. i've started the process of transferring my paper, and i really think i will like the new system. i'm trying to purge some old paper as i put it into the folders too. i'm amazed at how much paper i have that i don't really like. what was i thinking buying all of it? ugh. it makes me a little bit sick sometimes to think of all the junk i've purchased in the name of scrapbooking. :/ oh well. not much i can do now, except learn to be more selective in my purchasing. i have gotten a lot better about that since i stopped working at the scrapbook store, but i think i could still probably improve a bit more.

ok. well i'm going to find a little snack and then head to bed. i'm super tired. definitely ready for the weekend.