Hi, My Name Is Leslie and I Am A Paperholic

Is there such a thing as "Scrapbookers Anonymous"?

I commented to my husband today that my scrapbooking stuff is like crack cocaine to me. I think about all the new gadgets, papers, and embellishments I would like to have and then I think about how I can pay for them.

With money being tight this year for us I have been thinking about using one of our credit cards that have been put on hold until we can get it paid down.

Then, I think there ought to be a Scrapbookers Anonymous for family members, like for AA and their families. My husband is an enabler of the worst kind. Today while we were out getting groceries for our New Years Day dinner - he asked me if there was anything at Michael's I want.

My first instinct was to say yes and make a mad dash to the Michael's then to Hobby Lobby. My heart beat faster, and it swelled with anticipation of all the delights available to me on the shelves. I had to get a real grip on myself and say "NO, thank you". What a bummer. I want to go to Michael's so bad, just to look around and touch stuff, maybe buy one or two things. But I seriously can't. I begin with one or two items in my hands and then I end up having to go get a cart. I can't stop myself.

I used a few new techniques (new to me) on the Christmas presents I made for our family. Some of them were successful, others fell a little short because I didn't do it just right (perfect). But I learned something new and made changes on the next go round with something similar and made my corrections then. The oopsies I made on these items - no one will know except for me.

I have seen a website called Addicted to Scrapbooking and thought it was funny that anyone would be "addicted", it is not so funny now. I am fully, and irreversabily addicted to scrapbooking.

I guess it is better than being addicted to a drug. I'm not the only one that benefits from this addiction. Many people do, beginning with the store (drug dealer), online outlet (alternate drug dealer), myself and the learning curve of new techniques (good high or a dud - whatever it is called), and finally to my recipient. Thank God my recipients only get to see and touch the items and not be led down the garden path into this addiction.

If I have to be addicted to something, I guess scrapbooking is a good drug of choice.





This will be the one and only time our daughter will come visit my blog and this will ruin her Christmas present that was shipped out YESTERDAY.