Chair Tastic Find and Negotiating!

It's definitely been a busy busy week for me and it isn't slowing yet.  Tomorrow will also be jam packed and then it's the weekend. Yay!  That's why today I decided to take a nice breather at lunch and catch some good old vitamin D while strolling to the local thrift store.  The last time I was there I spotted this chair and had that huge inclination that I just HAD to have it.  It was originally marked for 20 bucks and since that day I didn't have any cash on hand and the store didn't take a debit card, I decided that it just wasn't something I needed after all.  Well today as I approached the store what did I see outside just waiting for me?  Yes that wonderful chair!   

When I walked up I saw that it still had the 20 dollar price tag.  Not that 20 dollars would break the bank or anything.  I just knew I could get it cheaper by just negotiating with the guy.  I, however, am not a good negotiator.  If someone is asking 30 bucks for something and I offer 15, I'd usually probably end up paying 40 after all the negotiating.  That's how bad I am.  Since I knew I could get this cheaper, I decided that now was the time to practice.  When the owner of the store asked if he could help me, I reponded by asking if he would take 10 dollars for that old blue chipped painted chair outside.  Trying to make it sound like it was really just a crappy old chair but secretly dying to take it home.  He didn't remember off hand which chair it was so he went outside to look and quickly said, "Sure!".  So I guess it wasn't really that good of practice since he probably would have taken even less for it.  I mean he didn't even remember having it.  I was just proud of myself for getting the courage to try negotiating.  Either way I was successful at getting this for half the asking price and I'm pretty happy.  I can't wait to put it in my dining room! 

Busy Busy Busy

Well it's only Tuesday and it's already a busy week for me.  So I may not have many posts this week but I will try to sneak one in when I do have a chance.  On a positive note, this past weekend and this week is suppose to be filled with such great weather, yay!  And on an even bigger positive, Noah finally rolled over from back to tummy last night and I caught it on video!  : )

Ok I need to get back to work, have a great day!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to work I go!

In Need of Some Bay Window Advice!

First of all, Happy Saint Patty's Day to everyone from this Irish gal to you!

I'm currently in need of some advice and ideas.  I've always said I wanted a bay window and was so excited about having one in the bedroom and in the living room.  Now my problem is that I have absolutely no plan on how to decorate it/them.

This is the living room one and as you can see below, very boring!

Sorry for the poor lighting in these photos.  No matter what I did (flash, no flash, and automatic) they all came out pretty poor.

I've tried coming up with ideas by making a cover/case for the cushion that's there as well as just getting rid of the cushion all together.  I've also thought about getting big pillows but I'm just so unsure and indecisive.  I seem to currently be creatively dry :(

I haven't even begun to think about what to do in the bedroom yet, I first want the living room done.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! :)

It's Already Starting!

When I first got pregnant one of my rules was that Noah would not watch tv until at least 2 years of age.  I heard it's not good for their brain development or something, so I said not happening! 

As you can see that Noah has not only watched some tv from time to time, he just loves baby einstein and Sesame Street, but from this picture you can see that he's also helped daddy with some video games.  Definitely not the plan I had but when do plans ever follow through exactly how you expect?  I must add that this was not a violent game but this was taken close to 10pm.  Way past his bedtime!

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Nice Weather for a Nice Walk

Yesterday the weather got significantly warmer than it's been.  In fact all this week it's suppose to be warmer.  Even most of the snow is gone, at least until we get a March snow storm after this little hint of spring lol.  That's ok because I will enjoy the warmer weather when it comes.  Since yesterday was nice and we now have an extra hour of light, we took advantage of Andy's day off and went on a walk after I got home from work.  It was so nice to be able to walk outside and get some fresh air without wearing a winter coat and worrying about slipping on ice.  Noah also enjoyed his ride in the stroller.  I can see many of these walks in the future!

                              He tries to act like he hates it when mommy takes pictures of him.

                                     But sooner or later he gives in and cheeses for the camera!

 Andy and I on the other hand were trying to get a nice picture together.  We took probably 5 pictures and either Andy and I would complain about how we looked in it.  After the 5th picture and because we didn't want to waste anymore precious daylight we finally said, "This is the last one and we're keeping it no matter what!

I have no idea what happened to this picture to make our head and faces so distorted.  It's kinda creepy but I think I kinda like it!  I guess that's a lesson we learned from being so vain.  New rule, one picture and we keep it no matter what!



My Favorite Store

This weekend was such a great weekend.  Not only did I get to spend some time with the two main men in my life. We had such nice weather and I got to go to my FAVORITE store of all time.  I'm pretty sure that if I won the lottery a good chunk of cash would pass from my hands to theirs!

Noah had a blast too.  He kicked along in his stroller while smiling at everyone passing by and playing with his toys.  While daddy was off picking up stuff from his 2 favorite stores, fye and gamestop, Noah helped mommy pick out some goodies.

 I can seriously buy everything from here.  If I was significantly wealthy of course!  The little bit of time Andy was in the store with me I just kept saying, "We should get this hutch!" or "Wouldn't it be nice to have this dining room table?".  To that Andy responded "We just bought one.".  Plus I guess our small suzuki wasn't going to fit any furniture in it along with us and Noah.  Oh well it just make it more necessary for another shopping trip! ; )

I'm still super happy with the things I did end up bringing home!