anxiously awaiting...

for the delivery men! I ordered a few things last week online from 3 different sites, and they're ALL scheduled for delivery TODAY!! 2 of the items are coming UPS, and the other is coming FedEx. The strange thing is I'm not sure what I'm really looking forward to receiving the most...the ___________ or the _____________ or the new ___________ to replace a few old ones. Any guesses as to what goes in those blanks??? I'll be back later with pics to fill them in.

EDITED @ 12:21a (the next morning)

Well, it took ALL day, literally, but they finally got here! The FedEx guy came first and with him brought me this: One of my favorite scrap-lebrities is Becky Higgins. I just love her clean and simple style, her sketches, and the way she likes to incorporate as many pictures as possible on a layout or 2-page spread. Long story short-her pages are quick & easy to scraplift. I first purchased this little book of hers at Michael's about 2-3 weeks ago. Along with several other items that I purchased that night-let's just say that I felt a big pang of buyer's remorse and "oh no! I've spent WAY too much money". I'm sure you've been there, done that yourself. Then while surfing around online, I realized that it could get it at a less expensive price. I'm talking over $10.00 difference INCLUDING a shipping charge! The very next day, that adorable little book (and a couple of paper pads) went right back to Michael's. I had already waited this long to get it (it came out a year or 2 ago), another couple of weeks wouldn't hurt me. I also purchased a couple of packs of these:

to go into these: In hopes of simplifying my life a little, I have decided to switch over ALL of my postbound albums to 3-ring. So, inspired by BH, I'm going with these beautys. They are the We R Memory Keepers 12x12 3-ring Faux Classic Leather albums. BH uses these albums also, and raves about them. The yellow one will replace Lor's current baby album and the blue one will replace Little Man's baby album. What I love about this approach is that: 1.) They're not going to be just for baby pages, but the kids main albums starting from pregnancy and I can keep adding and adding to them as they keep growing and growing out of them. 2.) I don't scrapbook chronologically but that's how I have my pages so this is a LOT easier and less time-consuming to shift and shuffle pages around without having to take the whole album apart as with postbound. 3.) These albums are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! You just have to see them for yourself. There's a bookplate label on the spine for easy volumization (is that even a word?) They're just simply gorgeous! 4.) They regularly retail for $30 EACH but you can get them on sale here right now until the end of the month. Mr. UPS man also brought this:

These are some of the elements of the Sweet Baby Sept. '08 KOTM designed by none other than...who else, but the fabulous Becky Higgins. She already knows about it, so I can share without spoiling a surprise...the lucky recipient of this adorable baby kit is my sweet dear lil' sis, who is currently expecting & due in August. My sister and bro-in-law have been married just as long as DH and I have. After many years of trying and suffering the loss of 2 prior back-to-back miscarriages, so far, everything with this pregnancy is going as perfect as can be. Poor sis has had a REAL bad case of morning sickness (nightly), but I'm pretty sure she'll say that it's all worth it compared to what she's been through to get to this point. They both have boys from previous relationships-3 to be exact, so we're all hoping & praying for a girl. Another boy would just be WAY TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE in that house! My sister also scrapbooks, but with working full-time, going to school part-time, the boys and her husband, she doesn't have a lot of time. She has even way less time than I do. So, as one of what I'm sure to be many baby gifts coming their way from Aunt Missa & Co., I'll be making up the baby's album with the contents of the Sweet Baby kit for her. Now...my sister has had to promise me that she will at least schedule one hour a month to keep it updated, b/c I can really use those pages myself seeing as how I'm still way behind on my own kids baby pages. Now that the promise is on here, it'll be easier to keep her "reminded" of it. We won't know if it's pink or blue for about another 5 weeks, but I can't wait to get started on this album. The goal is to give it to her at the shower which I also get to co-plan & co-throw. I've already got a jump start on it, just from taking everything out of the box and prefilling the page protectors. If you've never purchased a kit from CK, and you really should, they make it so very easy to pull pages together quickly. They seperate the pages & elements out for you individually. Simple, easy, love it! That's what I'm all about lately.

Now that my little "Christmas" today is over, everyone enjoy the rest of your week! :)