Guess Where I Went!

Yep!  The only Hobby Lobby in California opened up about 25 miles from my house!

Road Trip! 

(Well, that's not much of a road trip, but still!)

 This used to be a Mervyn's which was a department store in California similar to Kohl's.

Ummm.....not the prettiest architecture I've ever seen.  

Sort of mid-1970s mall style, wouldn't you say?

Uh oh - apparently every one else in California decided to come to the one and only Hobby Lobby too!

Ahh - not really - but it sure was crowded!

Hamina, hamina, hamina (try reading that out loud and you'll figure out what I mean) I loved these!  

Maybe because I have only seen the sun one or two days during my three week Winter Break.

 Ooooooo......this ended up in my shopping cart and I used my 40% off coupon. 

This is a garden finial and that faucet top just cracked me up!

I was tempted, but I resisted.

Anybody need a jar?

And that isn't even all of the glassware they had.  

Canning jars, apothecary jars, candle holders, and on and on!

They even have doll houses!  

I mentioned to Worker Bee that I want a doll house and he said, and I quote here, "Why the ______ do you want one of those?"

(I don't usually need to use a blank to quote my husband, so you can tell how excited he was by this idea.)

I'm not sure he's willing to help support a second household.  What do you think?

This also landed in my cart.  Couldn't use the coupon because it was already on sale.  This is for Baby Bee's birthday at the end of February.  I'm going to use it for the invitations.  Yeah, I'll let you try to figure out that one while I try to figure out how my plan is going to work. 

 Now these spoke to me, especially the black ones, but they also didn't end up in my cart.

Ahhh....here's all of California at the check out line.  Or maybe it just felt like it.

So, dear friends, what's the BEST thing you've ever picked up from Hobby Lobby?

Oh, I forgot to show you the paper clay I bought so I can make a snowman head like Elizabeth at

Bluebird Papercrafts.  

Well, I've really got to get back into the school groove because I'll be seeing my darling third graders on Monday!  I've missed them.  Hope they've missed me too!

Oh! And I haven't written my thank you notes yet either!  Better get to it!

Thanks for buzzing in and thank you all my new followers!  

I'm making my homemade macaroni and cheese with asiago, gruyere, and cheddar cheese for dinner.  Should I set a place for you?

Also, I probably won't be able to visit and post as much this next week as school starts back up again!
I'll miss you guys, but I'll be back!