Selling My Soul?

Went a little insane at Hobby Lobby today. Frames, needed for the jewelry-storage project, were 50% off. I bought four smaller frames and one larger frame, in different colors and materials. I wasn't sure of the mix I needed so I bought extras, and once I've decided what I want I can gift the rest.

Also bought lime paint for my Krishna Komputer. And decal kit that allows you to make your own decals at home using your computer. Mirrors were 50% off, and I bought a nice mirror to hang with the jewelry projects. Decorative iron was also 50% off, and Hobby Lobby had a piece that will work as well as the coveted Pottery Barn piece, at half the price.

Plus fabric for the frames, plus cork board, and rhinestones for the thumb tacks, and . . . I know I'm forgetting things . . . ah, a reproduction pink Depression glass cake plate.

Gods. Realized too late that I've sold out. I'm buying a room full of decorative items at Hobby Lobby. I almost sicked up in the parking lot.

You have to understand -- Hobby Lobby's decorative department is expressly designed for Women Who Dust. You know -- ladies who own china cabinets with dolls in them, who collectible china birds or cats, or (worst of all) Precious Moments figures. They have perfect hair, Starbuck's cards, and an SUV. They decorate their houses with bowls of wooden balls, unlit fragrant candles, silk flowers, and overly-aromatic potpourri. Who have a dozen small be-ribboned pillows on their beds. Some of them even cook.

OK, I know they're not that bad, and not that cookie cutter, either. Still, I've always felt that Hobby Lobby was not to my taste. I can see buying a thing or two in there, occasionally, but I never in my life planned to be one of those tasteless women with a cart-load of Hobby Lobby decor.

(Take a deep breath. Hold it. OK, let it out. Repeat.)

It's this bedroom. The whole shabby-chic-meets-mid-century thing I'm doing is working, but it needs more shabby, especially over the dresser and around the tub, which are the areas I threw cash at today.

My bedroom is honestly my favorite room in the house. (This week.) Even if I did buy almost the entire room at Hobby Lobby.