I’ve been loving reading Stephanie’s blog about the Scrap Happy project over at Scrapworthy lives, so I was thrilled when I found out she’s got a blog hop going. You have probably found me from Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking.
This month the theme is:
Buying some happiness.
I have to say this is a hard one for me, as we are on a budget right now, but recently we invested some money in upgrading our computer, so it wouldn’t constantly crash when I was scrapbooking (I’m a digiscrapper and a power user!). My husband encouraged me to just buy a new hard disk rather than go through the hassle and stress of trying to back everything up and reinstalling everything.
Of course I did have a few glitches (turning off my DVD drive in the bios and wondering why I couldn’t install Windows, and having issues getting Windows 7 to activate) it was the best investment we could have made. My PC is running like a dream and I can just get things done!
I’ve also made this post my New 52 for the week – yes it’s been a while since I posted one of them!
- Crafting out and about
- Bye-bye Oven
- Souvenirs
- Bible 90 Days Complete
- Watching Playschool
- Not such a good new thing
- Battle of the Facial Cleansers
- Housesitting Edition
- Week 3
- Change is good
Want more of the Scrap Happy project?
Here’s the other blogs in the hop!
- Scrapworthy Lives
- Scrapping Mojo
- Pie for Breakfast
- Scraps & Sass
- 1200 Some Miles
- Slice of Life
- Our Life with Spiky Potatoes
- Abstracts Mixed with Extracts
- Your Memory Connection
- Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking
- Melissa’s Blog
Have you bought some happiness lately? Let me know about it in the comments below.
Melissa 
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I heard about that New 52 concept on the Paperclipping Digi Show from Katie Nelson – its try something new each week for 52 weeks? right? That is brilliant! I want to give it a try and make a minibook to jot down my my experiences.
And amen to computers working well
That's a great splurge. You need a reliable computer to do what you do!!! I'm trying not to buy new stuff right now too, so no splurges for me.
We add memory to our laptops when they start to slowdown and that seems to help things out quite a bit and delay the death of the laptop. I've heard of these 52 challenges before. I think I would do better by focusing on 12 new things (one a month). If I do 52, it will probably take me 5 years!
Having a computer that works well isn't a splurge in my opinion, it's a necessity! I would give up discretionary spending if needed to keep my computer going. It's especially important if you're a digital scrapper. I recently ordered some beautiful new sprays and embossing powders from Shimmerz, and I really love using them!
I have to have a running computer! Glad yours is working so well. I haven't heard of the New 52…sounds interesting!
Yay for computers running like they should.
I wish I could have kept up with the new 52. I'm with Stephanie and think I could *maybe* do 12. LOL.
I really can't keep up with all the new things I've been doing this year! I do look for new things – not just things i think up to do. Sometimes I just overlook new things in my life and I love that this challenge keeps me mindful about it!