My desk

The days are getting shorter and shorter.  The cold weather also means that we don't go out very often.  We also don't have to work on the garden any more.  This means that we are indoors most of the time.  It could get very boring but luckily I can find plenty of things to do. 

I could cook and bake more often than I am doing right now but that would mean having too many things to eat.  And with baked stuff, you know they are not the most healthy of things, especially when we don't get as much exercise now.  Since I have started school, some of the time has been spent on studying.  I also watch TV and movies a lot.

Another thing that keeps me occupied is my scrapbooking.  I have been scrapbooking about two years ago and have collected lots of tools and stuff.  I managed to bring maybe 80% of them here.  Pete has also been very nice to suggest sharing his very long desk.  We each get half of the area - his is taken up by his computer and mine is taken up by my scrapbooking tools and knick knacks. 

I love my scrapbooking work space.  I have a chest of drawers next to it for all my papers, stickers, paper punch and other stuff.  Everything I need is within reach.  The wastepaper bin is also next to me.  It's all very convenient.  I also have a huge cutting mat on my desk that saves me lots of time since the grid lines on it makes measuring such a breeze.  The desk is also where I set my laptop when I want to blog or write emails.

Back home, my desk in my room was tiny and I didn't have any special area set aside for scrapbooking.  My stuff are also stowed away under my bed since I don't have much room elsewhere.  It was such a pain every time I want to do my scrapbooking projects.  I ended up dragging my huge box out of my room to the dining table at the start of the project, do as much as I could in a day and then pack up and dragging the box back into my room after that.  I could not leave anything out on the table since my cats would mess everything up and most likely nick some of my stuff to play with.

Now, if I want to do scrapbooking, all I need is to sit at the desk and start.  If I can't finish my project, I can just leave my stuff there and there it will be waiting till sit back down to continue.  The best thing about sitting at my desk, Pete is just next to me.  While I complete my scrapbook project, he would be beside me playing games on his computer.  So, as we do the things we love, we are sitting beside the person we love.  How great is that!

 

Scraps!

Uh oh.  Trouble.

Today, Pete brought me to a hobby supply store called Panduro Hobby to get some papers to make invitation cards for our June event.  The moment I stepped into the store, I gasped in amazement.  Scrapbooking supplies!! Papers, stamps, stickers, chipboard stuff, inks, and other embellishments.  And the great thing is that this store is an outlet so everything is cheaper!

I brought just maybe 10% of my scrapbooking stash since I had too many stuff to bring over.  I was so upset when I had to leave behind the stacks and stacks of papers and other treasures that I've accumulated over the years, especially those that I bought when they were on sale.

Furthermore, Pete bought me a drawer system to put all my scrapbooking stuff.  It's a pity I don't have much with me.  So, imagine my joy when I was in the store.  I could buy more to replace my missing stuff!

Pete saw me eyeing shelves after shelves of scrapbooking materials.  He came over to me with a basket.  I was really tempted to buy stickers, papers, stamps and all, especially since the items were mostly not found back home.  At the end of the spree, as usual, I would empty the basket and look through the items.  I would then discard those that I don't really need or can't afford.  In the end, I bought a paper pack, stickers, stamps, a snowflake punch and some other tools I didn't bring over.

There were still plenty of things I would so love to have.  But I guess I don't really need to buy more for now.  I have to keep telling myself this or else I might find just find myself at the store again.