Giving in to silly temptation

I had popped into Michaels (crafts) this morning, looking for something specific, but saw that they still had a few of these left, now at 80% off:

Cute, fuzzy reindeer!

I couldn't help myself, for $10 I gave in to silly temptation.

Actually, I had seen them on Boxing Day, for 70% off, but didn't want to pay $15 then. I saw them again a few days later, same price. Apparently $10 was my threshold. So not worth the original price of $50 CDN (or $40 USD). Probably cost 50 cents to make in some terrible sweatshop overseas.

But for $10 he was mine.  :-)

BTW, Michaels has all their lovely spring floral stems and bunches in stock now. Pricey, but they're probably the best artificial flowers around. It was cheery to see them all, especially since we've barely had a glimmer of sunshine since Christmas Eve -- it feels like it's been grey and dreary for 99 consecutive days, not 9.

This was our glimpse of sun, early this morning:

That was it.

It's almost "it" for my holiday time off too. Thoughts of work (and the return of the fleas) have been preying on my mind a bit (maybe more than a bit), but I'm making a conscious effort to put that aside, to ask every day for help changing myself.

I posted this on December 22 and I read it, "pray it" every day, sometimes multiple times a day.

I saw this today, one of the slew of inspirational messages on my FB feed:

I might have to "wallpaper" my cubicle with inspirational messages, just to get through the days.

Oh, I do have a couple of deliveries to look forward to this week: another Honeywell air purifier to replace the piece-of-crap Bionaire one I have upstairs, and a 4.5 x 6.5 area rug from Ikea. I looked all over town this past week for an inexpensive area rug that size that wasn't hideous, extremely cheap-looking or beyond my budget, couldn't find a thing. I hope this one will be okay! It's just a plain off-white, high pile (not shag) area rug. Want to take bets on which cat will puke on it first?  :-D

That reminds me, I did get the large floral canvas print up without any problem, used a picture-hanging kit and put the nail into a stud.

It's okay for an inexpensive canvas that size, and it has the neutral, soothing tones that go well with my bedroom. I hung it slightly higher than I probably should have, just in case I ever do get a headboard or bed frame. It's the first picture I've hung on the walls since the last time I painted, some years back now. It actually seems a bit strange to be "adding" to a room instead of "subtracting". (Though I do have more clothing and other "stuff" ready for donation!)

I think that's it. I need to go write in my gratitude "journal" now, to remind myself of all the good in my life.  :-)

Peace.