I wanted to give a photo book as a gift, but they are surprisingly hard to find. All I could find was an ugly blue one. Actually, as far as I can tell, these kind only come in blue. Ugly blue. Why not black?

Anyway, being that it was all I could find, I decided to just cover it with something. How hard could that be? I am no crafter, but I am a pretty creative person.

So, I went to my local craft store in search of some self-adhesive paper-type stuff to put on it. I walked around aimlessly for awhile, confused (and awed) by all the scrapbooking stuff.

Eventually I found someone who worked there.

Me: Do you have any self-adhesive paper-type stuff?

Her: blank stare

Me: Ok, so I have a photo album that I want to cover, so I am looking for something adhesive to put on it.

Her: Oh, we don’t have anything like that.

Me: What? It’s a craft store. You have nothing adhesive? Scrapbookers glue everything? Really?! Oh, ok.

Her: I am a scrapbooker. I’ve done a lot of books and even I would not attempt recovering something like that. You’d have to fold corners. It would be near impossible to make it smooth.

Me: Look, lady. We used to have to fold paper over textbooks in elementary school to keep them crisp. How hard can this be? Ok, thanks.

Her: I mean, if we were in another store, I could take the time to show you how to do it. Maybe you could get some flat quilting batting and cover it with fabric.

Me: I think that would be too bulky. I am pretty sure I simply asked for a something self-adhesive. Thanks. Do I look that stupid? (The dried coffee splatter on my face could have been a hint – wish I’d noticed that beforehand)

Her: Sorry. You just can’t do it.

Me: Challenge accepted!

So, I walked around and picked up some double-sided self-adhesive sheets and some  card stock paper. I was determined to make it work. I’d show her!

As soon as I got home, I set to work. I cut and stuck and folded (gasp).

And guess what…

It worked!

Take THAT sales lady. Ha! In your face. That is what you get for underestimating me.

In unrelated news, I will be stopping by that store with a resume in the near future. Not really.

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My spell check tells me scrapbooking is not one word. I don’t care. I am making it one because I think it should be one.