Scrappin My Bliss: Speaking of back to school.....

~* I Love... *~

...80's music
...apple orchards
...autumn craft fairs
...beds with lots of pillows
...birkenstocks
...blank journals & notebooks
...cameras
...campfires
...candles
...chocolate
...concerts
...dogs
...dolphins
...early morning sunlight
...fall mums
...first snowfall of the season
...fleece blankets
...football
...fresh herbs
...good wine
...handmade afghans
...holiday dishes
...hot coffee
...hydrangeas
...ink & paint
...lavender
...ll bean boat & totes
...magazines
...mismatched serving pieces
...mountains
...my macbook
...oceans
...peonies
...pretty paper
...pumpkins
...red geraniums
...rich hot chocolate
...road trips
...sharpies
...sunflowers
...sunsets
...veggie gardens
...vintage treasures
...whimsical cookbooks
...wood-burning fireplaces
...wood-mounted rubber stamps

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Speaking of back to school.....

Have I ever mentioned my obsession with...

No? Well, yeah. I have a little thing for them. I get ridiculously excited when the school supplies start to appear in the stores.

Brand new notebooks make me ridiculously happy! I especially love when I can buy a ten pack for $5! (I won't admit to how many of those I have bought over the years...)

Three-ring binders make me giddy!

Packs of brightly colored pens make me want to write and write and write!

I love the scent of freshly sharpened #2's!

I just love that line in the movie You've Got Mail when Tom Hanks' character Joe Fox says to Meg Ryan's character Kathleen Kelly (through their anonymous email exchange): "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils, if I knew your name and address.."

Sigh. That would make me very happy!

7 comments:

Kathleen said...: Is it hot enought for your Kristen? I thought this was over with. Gonna hit the mid 90's today....HELP!!! Where is fall? I love pencil boxes, and I remember when I was in elementry school, my Mom would let me pick out a new lunch box every year. My favorites were Barbie and any cowboy!
Hugs, Kathleen; 8/31/2010 7:19 AM
Liz Mays said...: I'm the same way! I LOVE buying them every fall. I don't really need them but the prices are so darn good!; 8/31/2010 7:27 AM
Amy said...: Kristen - That is one of my all time favorite quotes and now I must watch that movie...SOON!!; 8/31/2010 8:53 AM
Tanya said...: LOL! I love school supplies too. Just glad I don't have to buy them!; 8/31/2010 9:15 AM
Elle said...: I too have an obsession with school supplies! As an adult college student, I have a bit of an excuse to buy supplies each fall now. Unfortunately, I don't need any of the fun ones like new crayons and markers. So, to indulge that part of the obsession, I buy bunches and bunches of school supplies that I loved as a kid and donate them.; 8/31/2010 11:04 AM
Erin | Bygone Living said...: Haha, being a student myself, I sort of dread school supplies... but I can see the appeal of the sense of new beginning :) ♥; 8/31/2010 12:56 PM
Cheryl said...: I am right there with you! I'm a total notebook hoarder. Can't get enough of them!

I hope your eye is healing, and I love the cake you made for your nephew. You're an awesome aunt!; 9/06/2010 8:10 PM