Grab Bags

The other day, I met some of my girlfriends for lunch at Panera.  My friend Denise works at Michael's as a knitting/crochet teacher.  She had lunch with us, and then had to go teach.  The rest of us lingered on at Panera having a nice visit, when suddenly I got a text from Denise.  It read, " GRAB BAGS IN FRONT OF STORE.  GOOD STUFF!  TWO DOLLARS EACH"  We had heard about these Grab Bags that Michael's  does because Denise told us about them.  They usually do this after a holiday, and they stuff bags full of miscellaneous items and mark each bag for 2 dollars.  You cannot see inside the bags, and they are all different.  Employees cannot buy them.   As many times as I have been in Michael's I have never seen these, but this was our lucky day!  We collected our purses, and flew out of Panera, and swarmed the big bin in the front of the store with Grab Bags!!!  We filled our carts, and checked out.  Said Goodbye to Denise, and we were on our way to see what was in our bags.   This was my haul.  Seven dollars.  Five grab bags, one frame with floral attachment, and one wreath with beautiful big red bow!

Six Christmas baskets, one Fall basket, one wire mesh basket.  Lots of ornaments, 8 spools of wire edged ribbon, 10 foam stocking kits, 3 felted stocking kits, 4 Rudolph noses, dozens and dozens of Chinese take out boxes, bows, dozens of wooden paint yourself ornaments, with paint, lotions, journals, 8 rolls of washi tape, foam kits for kids, stationary, note cards, stamps, three different sets of melamine Christmas plates, frames, wine bottle stopper, and so much more!

I stuffed one bag and brought it over to my daughter for the girls, and some things for her too.  They loved it!

This is the frame.

 I love the big red ribbon with gingham edge on this wreath.  I decided to hang it now, and keep it up for winter.  I will be adding a Valentine twist to it.

It was marked 49 dollars.  I paid 2!  So, that was my haul for 7 dollars!  If you ever go into a Michael's and see the big bin with the 2 dollar grab bag tag....get some!!!

Speaking of wreaths, these are on my front door for Valentine's Day!

My Dusty Boy is settling in so nicely.  He is better now about the separation anxiety he was displaying.  I can now walk out the door, without him scratching it, and crying.  He is the best dog.  A big ol' love!  But....he does have a couple of bad habits we are working on.  He had a doggy door at Cory's house.  We do not have a doggy door here, because we would have squirrels, raccoons, and oppossum and who knows what else coming through it!  But Dusty thinks any door is fair game.

 Nice!  We are working on him though.  He loves his treats.  And he will perform many tricks for a cookie.

Ducey is still reminding him who is the Alpha Dog around her, and being a Lab, he is complying nicely.  

Sit, stay, lie down, easy peasy.  Now I have him giving me a high five!!!   Erika took a video of it.  I will have to see if I can put it up here.  Oh how I love him!!!

It is raining buckets here today.  I am loving it.  We had a week or so of glorious sunshine.  But it is January, and we get plenty of sunshine here in California.  I want more winter!!  

Let it rain!!!!!

XO  Kris