Clean out your bag!

Hello,

Today I decided my tote bag needed to be cleaned out.  This bag I carry with me everywhere and has sadly accumulated a lot of junk!  I just thought I would share with you some of the things I carry in my tote bag.
This is in just a random order:

1. Cell Phone (which should go in my small purse)
2. Camera (which I don't use because I lost the memory card)
3.  4 pairs of scissors (yes, 4 because hey you never know when you might lose one)
4. 3 AAA batteries (you know for just in case.)
5. 3 small notebooks (hey a girl has to take notes, although 2 have nothing written in them and 1 has only 1 page written on)
6. 2 calendar/planner
7.  3 different types of light sources.  a flashlight, an ott light (just small but bright) and a magnifying light for when I can't see.  
8. 30 skeins of floss which I need to put on bobbins but left the bobbins at home.  Look at all the lovely blues
9. 6 tins of different sizes. (2 are empty, 1 has sharpies, 1 has orts, 1 has a paper clip and 1 has hardware for a sewing project)
10. 1 magazine
11. 6 rolls of washi tape and 1 roll of duct tape
12. 3 plastic containers (1 has small tiles that I was going to make pin keeps with, 1 has a few sharpies, and 1 holds my scissors)
13.  a small nemo that my daughter brought home from Disneyland.
14. my make-up bag.
15. 2 bottles of pills.
16 2 brushes
17. 2 samples of pills from a recent trip to the doctor.
18. my iPod
19. 2 bottles of Crystal light liquid
20. 1 package of gum
21. 1 small container of Screen Wipes and 1 small package of wet wipes.
22. a small clipboard (to hold the pattern for cross-stitch.
23.  a pair of reading glasses 
24. 1 Tide stick
25. 1 crochet hook (my other love)
26. 1 lip balm
27. 19 pens of various colors
28. an artist portfolio I made to hold all my pens
29. a pad of scrapbook paper
30. 27 sharpies
31. 2 dollar bills/ 2 gold dollars
32. a partial bag of carrot cake m&m's 
33. and last but not least my cross-stitch project.

I will post pictures when I get home, but can anyone beat all of that?

I have tried to clean this out before but it never lasts, I'm a self-proclaimed hoarder. Some of these things should never have been put in my bag especially the crystal light as one is a dark purple that would never come out if I accidentally spilled it on my cross-stitch.  

Things that I should have included:  my cross-stitch pattern (I think I left it home oops!) some hand lotion because my hands are so dry.
  
Who is ready to show their tote bag.  

Thanks for stopping by,

SFS2014 Feb. Posting

Hello,

I know this post is late and therefore will count as my month where I didn't report.  This is very sad because I did so well in the month of February.  In fact the only purchase I made was during the freebie weekend so I didn't really purchase anything.  My total would have been $0 spent.  I was going to make March my non-reporting month because it is my Birthday month.  I really haven't gotten much done on my Proud Iris and hope to post pictures soon.

SFS2014 January Update

Just wanted to do an update on the amount of money I spent for the challenge.  I spent a grand total of $12.  I'm so glad that I joined this challenge because that I'm sure I would have bought more HAED patterns during the sale if I had not.  I've got my eye on quite a few, but I will persevere and not buy anything.

Most of my stitching time has been spent on this project from HAED.  It is The Proud Iris.  The artist is Meredith Broome.  i currently have three of her Iris patterns, they are the Mini Iris of Gold, Mini White Iris and the Proud Iris.  I love them all.  Here is the one I'm currently working on.

Here is where I'm at after working on it for two months:

I'm usually all over the place when I'm stitching so I'm not quite sure where my progress will be in a few weeks.

New Blog!!

I have a new blog!  I have had blogs in the past that have never amounted to much, mostly because I don't really think that any one cares about what I have to say. This time I will be showing my cross stitch starts (because I'm a serial starter, not so much a finisher).   I love the process of starting a new project, getting the thread, finding that perfect material.  Getting all my supplies just so. Then the putting the needle to that beautiful piece of fabric and watching my creation come to life.  But that's where I fall apart.  After a few weeks, days, or months I will start to look at the piece and see the flaws. Or maybe lose my place on the piece or see another project that has to be completed by me, or for other stupid reasons I seldom complete anything.  I'm hoping that as I blog I will have others encouraging me to continue.  Maybe if I use this blog to set some goals maybe I will be able to actually finish one.

I thought I'd tell you the reason for the name of this blog as well.  One day I was sitting and holding my little sweet granddaughter who is now 18 months old.  She is so sweet and one of my favorite things to do is cuddle with that sweet angel!  So on this day I had gotten her to sleep and while I love to hold her I can't just sit and hold her without something else to concentrate on.  So I picked up my cross-stitch. It came to me in that moment I needed to name my blog cuddlin and cross-stitchin because that is what I love to do most.