why's paper so fun?

i just meandered into the paper source in my 'hood yesterday (just for a minute!!! i promise!!!) but I was there for waaaay too long. here are a few reasons why:

and then there was the lovely decorative paper section... (i'll spare you the gorey details..or save them for another post) i could have been there rubbing and looking and wishing all day!
and then, i saw these! a-dash mazing.


how many times have i needed one of these and never even KNOWN it?!? i especially wish they made them for conversations. if i wasn't the most frugal, least-likely-to-make-an-impulse-purchase person in the entire world, i would have gotten one of each, just in case...