So. Totally. Validated.

Alternately titled: one of the many reasons why I'm glad I have two tons of crap around here.

Marissa comes into my office yesterday and hands me a note.  A note that looks suspiciously like an invitation.

"What's this?"

"Oh, that's an invitation."

Ahh.  I'm brilliant.

I open it, and it's an invitation to a birthday party for one of her school friends.

Then I check the date.

Then I double-check the date.

Then I ask, "Um.  When did you get this?"

She says, "Yesterday."

The party was for THAT DAY.  As in, the VERY DAY she handed me the invitation.  She's a lucky little kid that she only got the invitation the day before, BUT STILL.

So I whipped out all my crap, and came to the rescue.  I made the birthday girl a purse (what little girl doesn't like purses, huh?) and gave her some books we had that Marissa had never read (I know, it's kind of gross, but they were brand new, so I guess it wasn't that bad) and I made her some dragonfly clips and a bracelet.

The gifts were well-received.

Score one for mom.

Comments

[Dotty]

I am so impressed you can think on the fly like that. It does pay to keep all that nice crafty stuff around. I tried to clean out my craft bin the other day, but couldn't find anything to part with. Bits of fabric? Glue? Beads? I need to hoard them alllll!!!

I really love those dragon fly clips. So cute :)

[beautiful mess]

i somehow didn't get the update that you'd switched yourself around - i just thought that you hadn't been posting forever - gah! thank God i had the sense to check & can now update my feed.

by the way, i sent a friend to Planet Zebes the other day. she thought it was AWESOME that i knew someone who made slings.