Decisions, decisions, decisions.....

I have been trying to reach to reach a decision regarding whether or not to attend the Stampaway Convention in the Sharonville Convention Center this year. I do not have too long to decide as the August 12th date will soon be upon me/us. Part of me says, "Go! Go! Go!" with an anticipation that knows no boundaries and another part of me says, "Do you realize what you could do with the $$$ you'd spend there?" {Why won't this little monsterous thought go away?!}

When I consider the cost of gas to get back and forth, the 3 1/2 hour drive both ways, the walking, shopping, the crowds, the cost of drinks, and dinner out along with the money I'm certain to spend on rubber stamps, papers, inks, and various kewl embellishments, my heart sinks!

There is so many things I could do with that $$$$. Of course, I could also find a few resourceful ways to save some $$$ as well....... like taking a cooler with cold cut sandwiches, fresh fruit, veggies, cheese, chips or other snacks, our own bottled water..... or wine coolers! {Hmmm, maybe not! but it was nice thought!} Yet, I know me........ and conventions! I could easily spend several hundreds of dollars without even making an attempt to spend that much. {Please don't ask my sister to verify that information; she'll go on and on about how I had to ship two huge boxes home along with the two that I shipped out when visiting her for a scrapbooking convention vacation consisting of two weeks in the Dallas/Ft. Worth/Arlington area --- and about how we hit just about every scrapbook, rubberstamp store, or art store in a 100 mile radius! Trust me, it is a long story... and soooo shameful! LOL!} I get almost close to to the "big "O" just thinking about obtaining more rubberstamps and supplies! {Blush. Did I really just say that????} Anyways, {there's that damn word again!} I'm trying to think critically and logically here.

My mind says, "Where the hell do you think you're going to store more stuff?" "Do you really need more stamps?" "Can't you resist the urge?" and my heart screams, "Hell, NO!" I mean, I could always make more storage space, right? Of course, I need some NEW stamps; I don't own them all yet! {insert even bigger grin here.} and when it comes to resisting the urge, why the hell would I want to????? {Ohhh, the demons us Mixed Media Artists must fight! LOL!} But fight, I will until I come to the decision..... to go or not to go!

{*Disclaimer: To all my Mixed Media Artistic Kindred Souls ---- Please, don't try to help me... we All know where that will lead! ROFLOL! Trust me, I can do enough "justifying" the decision for all of us.}