Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 24, 2018 3:29:00 GMT
Have you ever had what you thought was a really great idea, started in on it, found out it wasn't, but you're too far in to give up, so you keep going anyway... ?? That's what I'm doing right now. I thought I was soooo smart, but nope.
I went to Michael's yesterday; they were having their 'lowest price of the season' sale. I wanted 12x12 page protectors, but there weren't any packages of the 60-count Recollections page protectors on the shelf. (they used to be regular price $20, so they would have been on sale for $8)
So, I get the bright idea to just buy a couple of the 'Hot Buy' post-bound albums for $5 each. I figured, hey- 2 albums, 30 page protectors in each, $10 for 60 page protectors! Just about the same price! cool!!
Last night, I took the albums apart, took the white sheets of paper out of every page protector, and stacked them up all ready to go today- I have an Iris box full of layouts all ready to put into my 3-ring albums.
BUT- earlier today I realized that I was, in fact, stupid. I have 3-ring albums, and the page protectors were for POST-bound albums: they have 2 holes, not 3!
And, they're not exactly the same shape, either; they have an extra bit of plastic in the gutter area so they're wider and stick out farther than the other ones.
Well, poop!!! But darn it, now I'm MAD!! Mad that I didn't realize it at the store, and mad about the fact that I already took them all apart so I can't return them. So I'm bound to make them work-- I started punching the third hole in them with my Making Memories eyelet setting tool set, and I ended up cutting slits above and below the holes because I didn't get the holes quite right. I know I'd probably be better off if I just gave up, because it's probably going to bother me whenever I see any of them, but I'm just mad I was so stupid!
Someone needs to tell me about their bright idea that didn't turn out, so I don't feel so stupid...
I went to Michael's yesterday; they were having their 'lowest price of the season' sale. I wanted 12x12 page protectors, but there weren't any packages of the 60-count Recollections page protectors on the shelf. (they used to be regular price $20, so they would have been on sale for $8)
So, I get the bright idea to just buy a couple of the 'Hot Buy' post-bound albums for $5 each. I figured, hey- 2 albums, 30 page protectors in each, $10 for 60 page protectors! Just about the same price! cool!!
Last night, I took the albums apart, took the white sheets of paper out of every page protector, and stacked them up all ready to go today- I have an Iris box full of layouts all ready to put into my 3-ring albums.
BUT- earlier today I realized that I was, in fact, stupid. I have 3-ring albums, and the page protectors were for POST-bound albums: they have 2 holes, not 3!
And, they're not exactly the same shape, either; they have an extra bit of plastic in the gutter area so they're wider and stick out farther than the other ones. Well, poop!!! But darn it, now I'm MAD!! Mad that I didn't realize it at the store, and mad about the fact that I already took them all apart so I can't return them. So I'm bound to make them work-- I started punching the third hole in them with my Making Memories eyelet setting tool set, and I ended up cutting slits above and below the holes because I didn't get the holes quite right. I know I'd probably be better off if I just gave up, because it's probably going to bother me whenever I see any of them, but I'm just mad I was so stupid!
Someone needs to tell me about their bright idea that didn't turn out, so I don't feel so stupid...
That's why my recycle bin is always full.
