Puffy Paint: revisited

This is my latest craft venture. I saw a blog tutorial on turning cheap vases into antique porcelain look-a-likes with puffy paint and spray paint. So here goes!

This is my Salvation Army find. 75 cents, not a bad gig! Major potential here, folks.

I had way more fun than I anticipated with the puffy paint! How one little thing can bring back so many memories... ahhhh.  : )

Prepping for the final step. 

aaand, VOILA! My beautiful vase. 

I picked up a few more vases for a quarter each, but I have some other ideas that I'll be trying out on those babies.

What's one of your puffy paint memories/creations from way back when? 

Cruisin'

We don't go to the grocery store unless they have these...

...well, ok, maybe we do... But this is what we prefer!

I think all of Spokane must've read my post on WinCo... ;)

So... just to let everyone know, I did get out this morning to grocery shop at WinCo (their grand opening was 9am today). I arrived there at about 10 after 9... the parking lot looked like it was black Friday, and with that always accompanies a line, but I was going to be tough, so I got Ava & a 4yr old girl I watch on Mondays out of the car... As we were walking towards the store, I overheard someone say there was a 2hr wait, because there's 1000 people in the store already, but it didn't look too incredibly bad to me, so I figured he didn't know what he was talking about and made my way to the end of the line... or so I thought...

The line stretched clear to the back of the building!!

I am a die-hard WinCo lover, but me with no coat, a 2 & a 4yr old, and almost ready to deliver this kid.... I don't think so.

So we walked back to the car, and went to the mall instead. The girls had a great time playing, and I got to do at least some sort of shopping (which this is the better kind anyway!).

I'm thinking I'll go there late tonight, when hopefully it won't be crowded, and at least I won't have Ava with me.
Did any of you get to experience what I did this morning?

...I should be paid for this.

Ok, anyone that knows me knows I sometimes get obsessed over stupid things. Take for example, my obsession over the grocery store WinCo.

Back when Mo and I lived in Federal Way, we lived right across the street from this haven of low prices and bulk food, and I made sure to tell everyone I knew what they were missing out on if they didn't get their groceries there. I once made a co-worker of mine drive up from Tacoma (1/2hr trip) to shop there, and he came back to tell me that when they gave him the total, he almost cried, saying that now he gets to revamp his whole budget to spend more on his kids because that's how much he saved (grant it, he is more on the dramatic side...) !
So, the reason I'm writing this (in case you were wondering, because I'm sure you were...) is because ever since we moved here to Spokane, I cringe whenever I buy things at normal grocery stores, knowing I could be saving so much more. About a year and a half ago, I heard a rumor that WinCo was coming in the Fall of '08, and when I went to Seattle last June, I made sure to investigate to find out if it was true. One of the employees told me that's what he heard too, and so I have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the best grocery store in the world.

Alas, it has arrived!!!!

A couple months ago I saw it being built on N. Nevada St, and I have been tracking it's progress ever since. I also got a flyer the other day saying that they're hiring, so it's probably just a matter of a couple weeks before they open!

I hope you all take the opportunity to at least try it out, then tell me if I let you down or not.

You can decide if this post was really over-exaggerated, or just slightly over-exaggerated ;)