My subject is: If you were trapped in your favorite store/business overnight, what would you do?
It was submitted by: Sparkly Poetic Weirdo.
I don't know if I'd call a craft mega store my favorite store, I'm the least crafty person on the planet. But they have halloween items in each of their departments so I do wander in this time of year. Not where I'd want to be stuck overnight but just my luck that's where I was when the place somehow shut down. With me in it.
First thought, grab my cell and call the police. BUT . . . let's think this through, weigh the options. On the one hand, I can go home, make dinner, do the dishes, water my plants, do laundry, argue with College Boy. On the other hand, it's quiet and peaceful here. Hmmm.
Note to self: When they find you in the morning, make sure you hide your cell and say you left it in the car.
OK. Let's do this. First stop is the fabrics section. I have wanted to do this for so long, and here's my chance. I just need a sharp pair of scissors and all "team" fabric bolts that aren't Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Purdue Boilermakers. Mmmmm . . . boilermakers . . .
Note to self: Start a chain of craft stores with liquor aisles.
My next stop is a public service, an act of selfless kindness. Although I don't still have toddlers, I did. And let me tell you that all moms of toddlers have been subjected to a house of horrors on a regular basis. Yes, I'm talking about store bathrooms.
So I'm headed for the candle making aisle and I am going to line those stalls with scented candles. In fact, I'm going to double up on the scents.
You're welcome.
You know what? All this work can make a girl hungry. Now that could be a problem. Let me think. Hmmm. Those ceramic pumpkins won't taste so great.
Much better.
Next stop, glue guns. This is one of my crafting downfalls. I cannot use a glue gun without burning my fingers. Here's my chance. I can practice with their supplies. I'll just glue all of those "team" fabric pieces back together. No harm, no foul, right? And if I burn off my fingerprints, they can't prove it was me so there's that.
I am really getting tired. But there is so much to do and so little time so . . . back to the halloween costume aisle. I totally think costumes have gotten cheap and boring. Freddie and Jason could use some bedazzling, don't you think? I'm sure there's a bedazzler somewhere in this place.
Note to self: If you plan on denying that you bedazzled all of a store's costumes, don't let them wake you up with a bedazzler in your hand and rhinestones stuck to your face.
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Fall Harvest Crack
©www.BakingInATornado.com Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
12 oz Vanilla flavored almond bark
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
3/4 cup roasted pumpkin seeds, shelled
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup cranraisins (dried cranberries)
Directions:
*Cover a baking sheet (with sides) with parchment paper.
*Melt the vanilla flavored bark in the microwave according to package directions. Mix in about 1/2 cup of the pumpkin seeds, 1/4 cup of the cranraisins, 1/4 cup of the apricots and 1/2 cup of the dark chocolate chips.
*Spread evenly onto prepared baking sheet.
*Mix together the rest of the dark chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds, apricots and cranraisins. Immediately sprinkle over the top of the bark mixture. Very gently press down with the heel of your hand.
*Refrigerate for 1/2 hour or until completely set. Break into pieces to serve.
I would *love* to get caught in the craft store all night!! My problem is that with my luck, my kids would be with me. (they almost always are when I run errands.) They'd have fun playing with stuff too. And I guess if I were locked in for the evening, I'd try not to rein them in too much. That would just wear me out!
ReplyDeleteNo, don't waste the opportunity, enjoy! Bedazzle something.
DeleteLiquor aisle in a craft store. I used to be 'crafty' when the kids were little but that is long gone.....maybe liquor would help
ReplyDeleteI used to try to be crafty when the kids were little. All of my efforts would have made some fun "fail" posts.
DeleteLove the idea of lining the bathrooms with the scented candles--double time! I think we need a liquor store in the craft store too! And in the bakeries...and in the Secretary of State...okay I might be having a problem now...
ReplyDeleteAnd that Harvest Crack looks so yummy!
Yeah, we may share that problem . . .
DeleteGood choice on the craft store, but I'm afraid when I didn't show up for dinner my husband would know exactly where to find me. By the way, the fall harvest crack looks delish. I will have to try that one, because I'm always looking for a new way to use our pumpkin seeds.
ReplyDeleteSo funny, I think a craft store is the last place my husband would look.
DeleteAnd if you try the recipe, let me know what you think.
That Fall Harvest Crack could easily be my downfall---I love every one of those ingredients! Also, if I had to get stuck in a store overnight, it would DEFINITELY be a liquor store. Libations, food and a bathroom. What more could a girl ask for?
ReplyDeleteFunny, a liquor store would be my first choice too. Wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that we both have teenagers.
DeleteI love your subject and what you did with it! I'm boring. Give me a bed store. Sleep number, here I come! A night of uninterrupted sleep, on an amazing mattress?! Sign me up.
ReplyDeleteHA. When I had little ones that would have been my first choice too. Well, that and a liquor store.
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ReplyDeleteNo we need to get stuck in a strip mall...a sleep number and a liquor store right next to each other! this was a good one!
I need to get my friends together and we should build a strip mall.
DeleteI like the craft/liquor store idea. Let's do it.
ReplyDeleteI'm in!
DeleteOh that's easy - the gym. Lock me in there and I would lift weights all night and try out every machine. Oh, to have the hot tub all to myself!
ReplyDeleteI think they'd have a hard time getting you out of there when the doors opened again.
DeleteStuck inside a craft store!? Yes please. Or a cupcake shop!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, cupcake shop sounds good.
DeleteI'd love to get stuck in a craft store on my own!
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I don't think anyone in the history of ever as NOT burned themselves with a glue gun. It's a fact.
I bet they learn their lesson . . .
Deletewhat a great store to get stuck in...all the fun you could have. can I get stuck in a book store that also sells craft beer???
ReplyDeleteNow that sounds perfect!
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