2021 Frozen/Chilly Peas

I’m still not shopping because I’m still overwhelmed by too much to do and not enough time. I got some papers to make cards that my SIL asked for but I don’t think I’ve gotten anything in the past few months besides that. I also haven’t been making much. I just remembered that I got some basic oval dies that I’d had on my wishlist for ages that were discounted. I needed them for a specific project and I used them for that and the project I’m working on now I just thought of another use for them too!

My SS pre-order is out for delivery but I am not counting it because it was ordered pre-freeze!

I spent several hours organizing my supplies today and I'm nowhere near finished, but it's very clear to me that I need to freeze starting right now. OMG. I have so much stuff.

i feel you guys. It's getting crazy. I think it's because I was still buying during the pandemic but not going out as much and scrapbooking pictures of me working from home in my sweatpants isn't really that interesting to documents for this long.

Yep. I'm only subbed to Paper Person now but will be canceling at the end of the year and going to the freezer.

I had such good intentions for 2021 and have jumped off the no spend wagon with 2 feet and bought the T-shirt on the way out! I picked up complete collections of SB stuff, more inks and stamps that I had to have! Thinking I need to rein it in for 2022!

I need to do this. I’m a collector more than a scrapper

I have decluttered my entire house, now I am working on ‘decluttering’ projects around my house. I like having WIP that I can pick up as the mood strikes, but I’ve decided I have too many. So the only exceptions to my freeze are items that are absolutely required to finish the WIPs I pick up and if I run out of any basics. Thanks for the motivation!

Do you ever buy some new supply so you can use up the rest of an older supply, but then you have too much left of the new supply so you have to buy more to use it up again and again and again? I just did that with foiling. I had a couple of rolls of foil I inherited/got cheap so I bought the toner sheets to use it up, then had leftover toner sheets so I found myself buying more foil... sigh. Probably should've just given away the original foil that I'd had for 3 years.

I just got very tempted by something that's a "buy it now before it's gone forever!" "almost sold out!" product... asked myself if I can manage without it, decided I definitely can, however cute and fun it is. I think it helped that it was marketed as "creativity in a box" as if creativity is something you buy. Nope. Not going to fall for that!

I went to a crop in October and made a few purchases (mostly the Photoplay gnome calendar kit to make for my niece so that's a gift, right?) Still my October spending was a lot less than September, so I'm calling it a win. I chose not to sign up for a few expensive online events, and I managed to pass up some on sale stamps. I even put a few things on my Christmas list rather than buying them.

That's a lot of work and I don't blame you. I definitely have moments where I look at everything and wonder if anyone will want it. (they won't). I know it's all going in the landfill. So getting serious about cutting back needs to be the priority for me.

2021 was definitely a buying year for me. Just like all the past years.
I’m retiring in 60 days so I have been stashing up for that.
It is crazy because I will never run out of anything except adhesive. Not even REMOTELY possible.
So 2022 must be a limited buying year. Bring on the 2022 Frozen Pea thread!

I will be back in the freezer for as much of 2022 as I can. I feel like I went a little crazy in the last couple of months buying all the things. I just need some more bookplates to label my albums, and then the next purchase I should need to make will be adhesive.