Of Thank You Notes and Lapses In Sanity

I finally sat down to write out some thank you notes last night. Yes, I'm still a firm believer in the fine art and etiquette of handwritten thank you notes. Normally, I give myself a month to write them out upon receiving a gift or other kindness. This time I really fell off the wagon. These were thank yous for ALEX's birthday well-over a month ago. I also did my birthday thanks and a couple of anniversary thanks as well, saving on postage that way!

It took a long time, because I include personal notes in each card, but I'm glad I did it. The gift giver knows you received your gift and that it was appreciated. And who doesn't like getting mail in a colorful envelope with an actual stamp and return address label on it? I mean, my heart flutters a little bit when I see a real card or letter peeking out at me from amongst the bills, political flyers, and other junk mail!

I stock-pile thank you notes and blank notecards specifically for this purpose. I cruise the clearance rack at card shops, drug stores, and Target. As I was making my way through the stack last night, I realized I'm missing some really cute blank notecards. I grabbed them off the dollar rack at Target (seriously! 8 super cute notecards for $1!!!! who wouldn't scoop them up) and now I can't find them! I dug around, looking in drawers, trying to think where I stashed them and can't find them anywhere! One pack was brown and green argyle, and the other was brown, pink and blue polka dots. They were so cute! I really hope I find them soon!

Most of the time, I'll have Alex scribble a little bit in the card, but last night I didn't get them started until well after he was in bed. As he gets bigger I'm going to sit him down and teach him the fine art of the Thank You note. I think it's an important skill to have.

*****UPDATE 8/21
I located the missing notecards! They were in my old desk in the basement. A desk that is rarely used, so I have no idea why I put them there. And I was TOTALLY off on the colors. Blue and pink argyle (very preppy) and pink/brown/green plaid. Whew. Haven't lost my mind. (and picked up another pack of the argyle one's for a buck at Target!! Such a deal!

The Earring Abyss

I don't know what it is about me and earrings, but I always seem to lose earrings. Well, I seldom lose the pair, but I tend to lose just one, breaking the set. It's starting to get annoying. My problem is I like dangly earrings. Not ones that hang down to my shoulders, just ones that hang a little past my earlobe.

Yet again today I have lost an earring. It actually happened some time last night. My sister called, I had on new earrings that I just ordered at a friends Lia Sophia party, I took one off while we were on the phone because it kept clinking the phone reciever. That was the last time I saw the pair. Craig picked up an earring off the floor this morning in the living room and said, "This is yours." That's when I realized I didn't remember taking the earrings off last night before I went to bed. I've been tearing apart my room, the living room, the kitchen, the couch, the laundry chute all to no avail. I don't want to give up because I really like these earrings. I've resorted to prayers to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items. I hope he's not having too busy of a day! I really want to find that earring.

The ironic part... I bought these earrings to go with a necklace my friend Sangeeta made me. When she gave me the necklace... she gave me matching earrings too. I lost one of those earrings as well. So I have a mismatched pair of earrings to go with my necklace. BOO!