A Good Weekend

Thursday Night: We had $60 worth of Rewards Bucks from Best Buy. We completed our collection of The Office seasons and bought season 4 even though it wasn't that good. We figured we could stand to spend "free money" for the 4 or 5 episodes that were good. We also got the special edition of That Thing You Do!

Season 5 of The Office premiered. After a very disappointing 4th season I was pleased to see that the first episode of season 5 did not suck. Spoiler Alert!: Jim and Pam get engaged.


Friday Night: We had dinner at El Rodeo and watched Leatherheads. The movie didn't do that well in theaters, but it was actually pretty good.

Saturday: We watched That Thing You Do! and I'm currently watching Sister Act II: Back in the Habit. Two of my favorite movies from the 90's in one day! Go 'head, Lauryn!



It doesn't take much to make me happy.

Spray Painting

If you've ever watched one of those budget-conscious decorating shows, you know that a can of spray paint can be your best friend. Yesterday I was finally able to paint our foot board and a few other things. The footboard had brass accents (yikes) and used to belong to my parents and the bird cage was greenish and used to belong to my Grandma. The mirror is from Wal-Mart and was only $17 when we bought it. Now they have them for $27 and I swear I saw it used in an episode of Color Splash on HGTV.
I couldnt find our attachable trigger for the spray can and now I have a case of crazy fingers. I can't feel the tip of my thumb and pointer finger on my right hand.

keeping the boredom away

Don't get me wrong...I love being tracked out, but all of the free time can get boring. When I was tracked out in May I was fortunate enough to get a sewing machine from my wonderful mother-in-law. I went crazy. I literally spent about 3 days straight making pillows and an apron.

Here is my handy work:

That apron is the only time I've branched out from pillows. The back is pretty rough.

This track out I've been working on our daybed in the office.
This is taking me a lot longer than I thought it would. I am no where near done and I have so many more pillows to cover. I still haven't decided if I like the red in there or not. Maybe I'll attempt to make a daybed cover so I can get rid of the cheap fitted sheet on the hand-me-down mattress.

Where I get my stuff:
1. Discount Fabric Warehouse
3523 Maitland Dr
Raleigh, NC 27610
Pretty much everything is $7.99/yard. I've seen the same fabrics in there that I've seen in other pricey fabric stores.
2. Ross
This is the best place to buy down filled pillows. You can't get plain inserts for as little as you can get an ugly down pillow with a removable cover from Ross. I found 18x18 pillows for $3.99. I've bought 20x20 pillows for $7.99....it's great!
3. Wal-Mart
If you can find a Wal-Mart that has fabric it's worth checking out. They buy remnant fabric from nice fabric stores and you can get it for $4.50/ yard or cheaper. You just have to dig through the ugly John Deere and camo fleece to get to it.

Jar Glove!

Those "As Seen on TV" infomercials are absolutely ridiculous. The problems that they always present as reasons for you to buy their product shouldn't (and most likely wouldn't) happen to anyone with half a brain. My new favorites are the one for a blanket with sleeves and the Slim Clip money clip. Apparently getting your arms out from under a blanket is too much of a hassle and millions of Americans are suffering from back pain caused by their 4 inch thick wallet. The makers of the Jar Glove think that you should buy it to avoid having to bury your husband you accidentally killed while trying to to open a jar.

Also, you should check out Tracie Jordan's Meat Machine....Meat is the new bread!

Success!

After looking everywhere and checking Craigslist multiple times a day we finally found a little kitchen island at a decent price. Last weekend we went down to Salisbury with my mom to do some furniture shopping. There are lots of great discount furniture places down there. Most of them have freight damaged furniture (stuff with little nicks and dents that would get there anyway and are hardly noticable) and showroom samples for way cheaper than the stuff in an actual showroom furniture store.

This is our new little island/kitchen cart:We got this from R & J Furniture Xpress in Spencer, NC. The Home Comfort Clearance Outlet on Glenwood is a good place to go in Raleigh. Lots of times they'll have the same stuff that's in their showroom.

Tag! I'm it!

Ok, so I got tagged by Susan. The Rules: 1. Post the rules on your blog. 2. Write 6 random things about yourself. 3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post. 4. If you're tagged, DO IT and pass on the tag.

6 Random Things About Myself...

1. I was born in Alaska, but in no way do I consider myself to be an Alaskan or an Eskimo....so please don't try to convince me that I am one just because I was born there. (People have done this)

Not me ----->

2. I am addicted to a couple of websites which I check on a daily basis.

http://officetally.com/ : For all the spoilers and news info surrounding one of my favorite TV shows.

http://mugglenet.com/ : Even though all of the books are out and I've read them multiple times, I still check to make sure the movies are coming along nicely.

3. My favorite desserts are sweets with chocolate in them. My second favorite desserts are sweets that are apple, cinnamon. Recently I've been seriously considering replacing my second favorite with just plain cinnamon after some really delicious Ben & Jerry's cinnamon bun ice cream I had.

This stuff made me fall off of my "No Sugar" wagon back in April. I haven't been back on since.

4. When I was in elementary school my favorite American Girl was Samantha because I thought I looked like her. 5. I used to be really into theater and musicals from the 7th grade 'til the 11th grade, but after moving to Leesville, Louisiana where no one cared about stuff like that I gave up...also it turns out I don't have that great of a singing voice. I can still (poorly) sing every word to A Chorus Line and Rent, though.

6. I played clarinet for 5 years! I quit after the 9th grade and the only reason I wasn't in the very last chair (I was second to last) in the Hardaway High School symphonic band is because one girl didn't show up for the chair placement auditions.