So money has been very, very tight lately. So tight we've had a really hard time paying the bills, keeping gas in the car and putting food in the fridge. It's been this dire for over a month now and I have been a freaking ball of stress, with no time or money to do the things I like to do to decompress. Things like see my friends. Watch a movie. Listen to an audio book and craft. And, obviously, shop. The last week or so things have finally slowed down a bit to the point where I could see a few people, chat on the phone, try to catch up on my crocheting. But I still can't shop. And I love to shop. I've spent a fair amount of time late at night, or on breaks from listing crap on ebay window shopping online, making an ever expanding list of things I'm going to buy "when all this gets better". Logically, I understand that I really need almost nothing. Actually, I have too much of almost everything. Clothes, yarn, shoes, you name it. If it's something I like, I have a lot of it. So I have no freaking business feeling so pinched. And yet I do.
So this brings me to today. I actually had a couple "free" days recently, including today. I was on pinterest, looking at all my clothing board feeling sorry for myself, plotting for the future, for Christmas, for whatever, when I came across this cardigan that I pinned from torrid a while back:
Strawberries! So Cute!
It's like $38.50. Adding that to the fact that I already own like a zillion cardigans.Can't justify it, not even a little bit And then the thought hit me.
I could, like, make it and stuff. I could make it and sew it on to a cardi that I already own! Or better yet, I could make it detachable so I could put it on other things, and still have a basic black cardigan! With much excitement in my heart I sat down on the floor of the office/craft room and began to make. Four hours (maybe less) later this was born:
I'm a proud mama.
It's felt, embroidery floss and some beads. I bought the felt and beads at daiso, and the floss came in a huge pack from Michaels, so I think the materials cost two bucks, max. I want to go to a craft store to get a pin back because all the ones I have seem too small. All in all over 30$ savings for something I loved making and like a lot better than the one from the store. And I feel better now. Crafting is so therapeutic.
Also in the realm of good news, my boyfriend has hooked me up with a job interview tomorrow, the first I've had in quite a while. Yay boyfriend!
