Get new stash in order to tackle the old stash! 😉

I had hoped to be able to post a new stash tackler today I've been working on for a while now, but after finishing one part, there weren't enough beads for the second part anymore. So I had to "bite the sour apple" as we say it in German and put in a bead order, what an ordeal! 🙄
My February has definitely not been frugal. A new furnace, a new TV after my old one broke, vet visits, I needed a bit of retail therapy just for fun.
Seriously, though, I hadn't ordered beads in over a year and I have been keeping track of my expenses for years and reacted accordingly, so I didn't feel very guilty about it although my bead drawers and boxes aren't exactly empty. Isn't it amazing how you can have a pile of beads and still none of them work for a certain project?

Ok, so I did not only not feel guilty, I was delighted. You see, whenever I put in a bead order, I indulge in reduced surprise mixes if they have them at the time. I even wrote a post about those before and how they can inspire me, challenge me, and sometimes leave me completely clueless about what to do with them.
The mixes consist of full tubes or leftovers and they make me happy. I love surprises (I never fail to say that the way Jim Broadbent does in his German accent as Prince Albert in the Blackadder Christmas Carol)!

This time I got a tiny cube mix, a general bead mix, and a Delica mix (I like the pure seed bead mix, but they didn't have it this time).

And my brain already started ticking ... I might try to combine the blue cubes with each other and maybe blue and green seed beads because I like the texture that creates.
The bugle beads and large seed beads are usually the most difficult ones for me to use, also the opaque seed bead soup which I may actually be taking apart eventually.
I love the variety of colors in the Delicas and a vague idea is starting to form.

Of course all of that can change quickly, but my WIP comes first, anyway. Hopefully I'll be able to show it to you next Friday!

P.S. Just now I noticed there was one kind of bead I wanted to order and forgot. Figures, there's always something I forget. They are not urgent at the moment, though. Maybe next year!