2008 BAN Wagon Support Group

[party of 3]

do not, I repeat, do not go there!!!!!!!

Quick everyone, put PO3 in the middle of the wagon and surround her!

thanks for the save bamb! i was fallin' and hard!!!!!

PO3--just say no!!!!! (here, this will help you stop thinking about it...go to your McDreamy happy place!!)

do you think mcdreamy could get IN the wagon with me!!!!!

 

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

do you think mcdreamy could get IN the wagon with me!!!!!

that would mean he has to leave me, so, um, NO! (wait, we better take this to the GA thread, so Buffy doesn't send us to the naughty mat!)

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

talk about him all you want. I can't hear you! LALALALALA

 

[happycampers]

Don't make me pull this wagon over!

That was tooo funny!

 

[123SA]

I should never have read this thread! I can't join. Why? I am Catholic (not a very good one, but I did have 12 years of Catholic school indoctrination). If I fail, I will feel guilty. Heck I already feel guilty, and I have not joined, bought anything or failed! However, I do think it is a good idea for me to make an effort. So, my concession will be to keep a diary of what I spend. I think this will help keep me in check. Also, I am a chronic list maker. Having another list to make will make me just as happy as buying paper I have no real need for.

So, shoppers who cannot shop...where can I get a year's supply of black and red 12x12 cardstock, on sale of course, before the year's end?

 

[KerTggr]

So now I have a question - I have a ton ton ton of pictures so I need to put a few on each page or my book will be the size of the encyclopedia britannica (remember those sets?). With all of these lovely items to embellish the page, any tips for how to make a nice page with all the embellys and still get lots of pics? I already crop down the pics.

You could go to some of the online galleries (the virtual scrapbook thread has some good ideas there to click through). Also, you could see if your LSS has the Becky Higgins Sketch book - not to buy! But my old LSS (before the move) had a copy in their crop room that you could look through. The book has the sketches broken out into # of picture tabs. HTH and doesn't make you want to buy the book.

 

[pjlla]

Okay.... I'm jumping on!! (But with trepidation!)

My goals for 2008: Finish our 2005 Disneyland trip BEFORE we go to WDW in April.

To finish another full TWO calendar years for DD and DD's life albums

To finish and print digital books of the family tree I started last year.

Necessary Purchases during 2008:

Adhesive (Dotto, CM tape runner, Xyron refills, Zig pen, glue dots)
Solid, basic color card stock (black, white, brown, yellow, blue, green, etc)
Photos (of course!)
Page protector refills
May need a few new albums for the Disneyland pages.

"Buying days in 2008"

Mother's Day (May)
Birthday 6/17

I couldn't justify calling any other day a buying day... DH would never buy me scrapping stuff for our anniversary, so why should I give myself permission to buy on that day??

I do have a $20 ACM gift card that I got for Christmas that I will be hoarding and using when I find something that I just can't resist sometime this year.

I will need everyone's support to stick on board this year!! And I will try to be supportive of you all! .....................P

 

[bearbear]

Help help. My MIL is going to Joann's today and I am going with her. We have to also go to Target which is in the same shopping center. I will try to not buy anything but, I know that is going to be tough. I know that it is still 2007 and that is why I may set a limit of 10.00 and that is it. My DH is at the Eagles-Bills game all day and I'm sure that he will be spending money there. I can reason through anything. Well wish me luck.
Cindy

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Scrapshop Logic is a whole lot like Disney Logic. If the rack is x night I would got for #nights, but with a discount the rate is y night so we can stay for + more nights.


Look through your supply first. Only buy what you will really, really use. No buying because it is pretty or on sale. Just because it is on sale doesn't mean you save money if you don't use the supplies. No buying because someday you might use it.

You are strong!

 

[MazdaUK]

Its like clothes shopping - if someone gave you the full price of that dress or shoes would you still buy it, or are you buying it because its really cheap and/or you think ( ) you can lose the weight to get into it? (anyone else ever buy shoes that don't really fit because they think their toes will shrink/grow? )

Classic styles/colours you can always use (also Christmas and birthdays and other annual events) but if you don't have a baby, aren't planning one and all your friends and relatives kids are 8-12 years old - leave the baby stuff on the shelf

 

[angelmom]

I'm in! I love to buy stuff that is pretty and cute and that I will probably someday use. I do need to stop spending. So on my free days can I buy any stuff that is cute or just what I need?
I will buy-
solid cardstock and patterned only as needed for specific pages
adhesive as needed (I just got the ATG gun for Christmas so hopefully I won't fun out as quickly as usual)
albums and page refills as needed
photos
Becky Higgins new book
I will only do 3 swaps

Days will be 8 free days for the year (that sure doesn't sound like many shopping days!) because I will be going to a few scrap nights and convensions and I'm not sure when they are.

Now I need to go online quickly and order some disney stuff that I want.

I have a Disney book to finish from last Feb., a NY trip to do, many pages in the kids book and we are going to Maui and South Dakota this year, so I have LOTS to do.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

cute and that I will probably someday use. I do need to stop spending. So on my free days can I buy any stuff that is cute or just what I need?

I think free days are just that. Free. If you want to use those days to stock up with necessary items or use those days to buy that pretty paper you just have to have, it should be your individual call.

I don't know what I'm going to do yet. But I had better be using up my stash before my first free day.

 

[bigbabyblues]

I'd like to join! I don't dpend a lot of scrap stuff, but it does add up!

I will (attempt, lol):

Not participate in any swaps
Make an effort to work on my albums at least twice per month

I can buy:
Solid color cardstock/paper, OR paper I don't have for a specific LO (soccer, something like that), assuming I'm ready to or currently working on said LO

12x12 binder-style sheet protectors (this way I can work on what I want to, instead of making myself scrap in order. I use CM albums, and if I scrap only in order, I get stuck and don't scrap anything)

Adhesive as I need it (CM tape runner and Zig glue pen only)

CM pages/protectors as needed

One CM album, since mine is almost full. A second album, if I actually fill one (hahahahaha!)

NO Cricut carts, unless needed for school project for DS (not likely)

I will NOT:
Shop for SB supplies with DH grandma or cousin (they're BAD influences!!)
Buy paper just because it's cute

I hope to:
Catch my family album up at least through 2007
Finish our WDW 2007 album

Steph

 

[bearbear]

I made it without buying amything. I am proud of myself.

 

[party of 3]

good for you bearbear!!!! pat yourself on the back! it's not easy!!!!!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

do you think mcdreamy could get IN the wagon with me!!!!!

that would mean he has to leave me, so, um, NO! (wait, we better take this to the GA thread, so Buffy doesn't send us to the naughty mat!)

You two are so crazy.. he hasn't left my side in days!

Oh no you don't! You are not allowed to fall of that wagon.
Don't make me pull this wagon over!

I so need that...


I just got in from shopping and I didn't buy one thing for me... nothing... I had to get our traditional root beer bottles for the kids to drink on NYE... (that dark bottles that look like regular beer bottles).. We don't drink so the kids think it's a hoot!

 

[Mickster]

I too had a successful AC Moore trip today. Nothing. Granted I didn't even go down those aisles, but I figure that's progress, right?

 

[happycampers]

So now I have a question - I have a ton ton ton of pictures so I need to put a few on each page or my book will be the size of the encyclopedia britannica (remember those sets?). With all of these lovely items to embellish the page, any tips for how to make a nice page with all the embellys and still get lots of pics? I already crop down the pics.

You could see if your LSS has the Becky Higgins Sketch book - not to buy! But my old LSS (before the move) had a copy in their crop room that you could look through. The book has the sketches broken out into # of picture tabs. HTH and doesn't make you want to buy the book.

Good advice. I'd love to buy one of her sketch books. Her "My Creative Companion" book is fantastic. However, being budget-minded to start with, I started making my own BH books. I've printed copies of her layout sketches from the www.creatingkeepsakes.com website and put them on index cards on a ring. The other thing is to print out sketches from sites like www.pagemaps.com and www.scrap-maps.com. I have those in a binder. Although I love the smell and feel of a new book, this was my budget-friendly alternative. Those sources will give you lots of ideas on how to get lots of pics on a page.

I know I didn't have this on my list, but I'm thinking it's an acceptable exempt item...While working on a project this afternoon, I discovered that my all three black micron pens are out of ink. That's a pretty cheap supply to replace, right? And there are still two more days in 2007.

 

[lovingthemouse]

Ok, did my first refusal - got the ad from Joann.com with 40% off all scrapbooking stuff, looked through, found 3 punches I liked, and then x'ed myself off their website. I can do it...I can do it...I can do it!!!

BTW- am I allowed to buy extra pages for scrapbooks?. With all the materials I have to use, I'll need more pages.

Caroline

 

[Lisa]

Caroline, I would consider album pages a necessity, so additional pages would fall under that.

There's that scrapper's logic again.