I got my beads, and they are SOOO cool! I obviously wasn't paying attention to the auction description when I bid, because these are tiny! I love 'em! I'm much more attracted to little beads (I prefer small jewelry), and the blues are even more beautiful than pictured.
Warning: little kid story ahead!
On Friday, I decided to go out to Old Navy, and pick up some more tanks while they still had them. My kids were MONSTERS the whole time! Screaming, whining, running, tripping on their faces...the whole nine yards. It worked out well in that I wasn't there for long enought o do major damage to my pocketbook. On the way home, my 2yr old started this amazing tantrum. I drove the whole way home with her screaming bloody murder, kicking my seat, throwing everything she could reach from her seat...people were actually asking me if I needed help while we were stopped at red lights! When we got home, I got the kids out, an walked up to the mailbox, with DD screaming and raving all the way behind me. She'd been crying non-stop for a good half hour, and then threw herself on the ground in front of the mailbox, crying that SHE wanted her OWN mailbox. I was about to crawl under a rock, when DD caught a glimpse of the little manila envelope I had pulled from the mailbox. She immediately popped up, no tears, smiling ewar to ear with her sweetest "aren't I the cutest little angel in the world?" smile, and said, "Mama, beads? BEADS, MOM?!?" She actually SKIPPED back into the house, sat patiently with her hands folded in her lap while I opened the package, and when she saw the little blue beadies, she just about lost it, LOL. "Oooohh, COOL, mom! Beads mine, mom? Please? PLEASE, mom? PUHLLLEEEEEZZZZZZZZ!"
At which point, the screaming, crying temper tantrum took over again.
But, thank you, Starlia, for that 15 minute break in the insanity of my life. I may not have made it through the day without ya ;o)