Some women are into crafts. Some women are not. Some of these women come together every Wednesday for a women's bible study group. One week they decided to make diaper cakes for a baby shower. A list was passed around and too soon it landed in the nervously sweaty hands of the least crafty woman in town: Me.
My first thought was "my tummy hurts". My second thought was "cheap and easy". Then my eyes landed on it - clear rubber bands. Quick! Write your name down before someone else grabs it!
Done.
Waiting until the last possible day, I set out for my local craft store, Michael's "Where Creativity Happens". HA! I thought they might have a poster with my face on it behind the cash register reading "non-crafter - proceed with caution". After wandering around with drool pooling in the corner of my mouth and a blank look on my face, I was carefully approached by a young man who asked if I was finding what I was looking for.
Me: Um...rubber bands?
He: Rubber bands?
Me: Yes, clear rubber bands, please.
He: We don't carry rubber bands.
Me: I'm doing a craft project that requires rubber bands.
He: We don't carry rubber bands.
Me: I need clear ones.
He: We don't carry rubber bands.
Me: I don't understand. I'm making a craft project that requires rubber bands. You're a craft store, right?
He: Yes.
Me: Great. Can you tell me which aisle has the clear and crafty type of rubber bands?
He: Ma'am, we don't carry rubber bands.
Me: Crap.
So...2 hours, 4 stores, half a tank of gas and a little bit of vodka later, after frantically facebooking crafty people to help me, I end up at my local department store hair care aisle and find the damn rubber bands.
And that, my friends, is one freaking craftastic day.
Never. Again.
9 comments:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That would so happen to me, too. Non-crafty doesn't even cover it.
What in the world are diaper cakes.
Great card in the beginning.
JULIE!!! I think we're long-lost sisters.
Says the girl who went to 5 different stores to buy markers the night before school started. If there was no last minute, I'd never get anything done.
Hahahah! I was going to scream at you to run to Target - my daughter uses clear rubber bands in her hair all the time. Next time, call me in advanced, I can spare you that bottle of Vodka.
Or...maybe not! ;)
HA! That is exactly what would happen to me if I tried to be crafty.
Thank goodness for the "little bit of vodka later."
Laughing laughing! And put me on the sister list for this one. People ask me why I'm a librarian for grown-ups instead of kids....and NOT having to do crafts is a big part of the reason why.
This totally explains why I don't craft. I don't have the patience to look for the right stuff and don't have the patience to assemble it either. Great job finally finding some!
This just made me laugh out loud. I promise you...even crafty ladies have no clue where to get stuff sometimes. I wouldn't have had the foggiest idea where to start looking for clear rubber bands.
Awesome....
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