Last Wednesday my girlfriends Sheri, Janet and Judy B. and I left for Novi, Michigan...home of Mega Meet...a fabulous scrapbooking convention! For non-scrapbookers that feel the need to snicker and mock...go ahead! I've gotten used to the strange looks and comments when I tell people where I'm going. For die hard scrapbookers, though, this is like heaven on earth! Vendor after vendor selling the newest products and some selling original kits and products that we can't get here. There was even the odd deal...actually, a lot of deals! I wasn't originally going to go this year. I just couldn't justify buying more supplies and kits when I haven't used the stuff I bought at the last 2 Mega Meets. I have totally become a shopper and "social scrapper", which basically means I enjoy the social aspect of scrapbooking but really don't accomplish much and the shopping...well, that's my favourite part!
They also offer a lot of classes from some of the top companies in the industry. I took 4 classes on the Thursday which then meant my Friday was completely open for shopping. How dangerous was that! Let's just say when Janet and I snuck in on the Saturday morning for one last look, we could barely scrape together the $5 it cost for parking! After being there all day Thursday and Friday, you're probably wondering why on earth we would need to go back Saturday morning. My dear friend Janet lured me there under the ruse of returning something and not wanting to go by herself. It was a costly little side trip!
The four of us had a blast...my stomach hurt from laughing so much and I was still tired today! This years highlights included one too many GIANT margaritas for Sheri (she claims it was Famous Dave's ribs NOT the margaritas!), Judy B. spewing tea all over Janet and Sheri at breakfast (we were so quiet and somewhat respectable up to that point) and the best one...the va-jay-jay paper I found at a scrapbooking store we went to much too late in the evening after an already long and tiring day. All I had to do was show the paper to Sheri and ask her what she thought it looked like and that completely set us off! Me with my high pitched cackle and her with her Betty Rubble giggle...Judy B. could hear us on the other side of the store and knew we were up to something! Apparently so could everyone else. It's amazing how busy this store was at eleven o'clock at night and how well sound travels. I can't believe I didn't buy a piece of this paper to bring home...it was hilarious! It had these "things" all over it which I was informed after were a type of cookie. Well all Sheri and I saw were little you-know-whats! I think the funniest part was showing it to Judy B. who's a NURSE and her not getting what the heck was so funny about this paper!!!
Anyway, it was a fabulous trip (thanks for nagging, oops, I mean convincing me to go ladies!) once again but I am definitely NOT going next year unless I've used up what I bought this year! There, it's in print, I can't go back on my word. Please, someone remind me of this post next May when I say I've decided to go again.