Yes, there are still bare wires sprouting from our wall because the husband and I can’t agree on a choice of new sconces.
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I really liked this one…
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But it’s almost 13 inches wide and wouldn’t fit. .
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Please note blogger Brian Lageose’s hilarious book Peppered Fruit to the right, nestled above Stephen King.
I got you brother.
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I thought this mission light fixture would work…
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Since our hutch…
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And front door are the same style…. but the husband hated it.
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The husband liked this one, but it looked too much like a library reading lamp to me.
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So we ordered this one.
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Which can be mounted either way.
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And these.
For two totally different feels, and will return whichever pair doesn’t work.
Or both if we hate them equally and will curse all the brick and mortar light fixture stores that closed in our area for forcing me to shop online where I can’t gauge quality.
After multiple stores, extensive research and an extremely aggravated husband…
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A mattress has been chosen.
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An Aireloom night stars luxury firm.
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It will be hard to say goodbye to our old mattress that’s served us well for an unbelievable 39 years.
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But stretching out on this handmade beauty was almost a spiritual experience.
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Firm, but soft… if that makes sense.
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And while I know this one won’t last nearly as long as our first..
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I’m looking forward to the change.
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And though the furniture store hopping drove my less than patient husband nuts, it paid off in the end as I found a family run store that was celebrating its 70th anniversary with a 25% off sale on mattresses.
My husband is always on the road, always out and about. Since he’s newly retired and bored out of his mind? He runs errands. The other day he told me he was going to stop at the grocery store on the way home and asked if I wanted anything.
I requested one item… Panera’s Everything Bagels. Simple enough, but I made sure to describe them fully and wrote the name on a post it note because I’ve received a lot of items I didn’t want in the past by not being specific.
A few hours later, he came home with this.
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When he saw my face and realized that wasn’t what I’d asked for, he explained he ran into an old friend in the parking lot, talked for half an hour (shocking, I know) and forgot to take the post it into the store with him… but he remembered I said it has seeds on the top.
He tried.
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The next day he had a dentist appointment and stopped at the grocery store afterwards.
He came home with this:
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Better – they were bagels, and the right brand but plain not everything.
He tried.
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A few days after that I’d forgotten I even wanted bagels, but he came home from breakfast with this :
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Right brand, right seasoning, wrong shape.
Bless his heart… you should have seen his face when he realized that wasn’t quite right either. “I give up” he said.
A visit to the Salvation Army thrift store is always interesting. You never know what you’ll find.
This furniture set had me scratching my head…
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Rocking dining chairs?
That would make eating spaghetti a hazardous experience.
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Harbinger of doom?
Considering the election results, I’d say he’s a little late.
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We still have one tree with turning leaves.
Just one, everything else is bare.
Our Bradford Pear is always the final holdout of the season and never wants to let go.
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Nature is a beautiful thing.
The husband took me to one of our favorite high end artsy fartsy stores the other day because he likes to gauge my reaction to possible birthday and Christmas gifts. Usually jewelry, sometimes lamps or sculpture.
This time?
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It was benches.
Made from ax handles and pitchforks.
Whaaaaat?
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He was totally enamored.
But for a few thousand dollars each I made sure he knew it was a giant no for me.
The husband and I made a trip to York recently to visit the Stonewall Kitchen mothership.
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It’s a huge store with a cafe that offers cooking classes as well.
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I’ve always wanted to go because I love their products and this is the only place you can find their entire line in one place. The tasting stations are a helpful way to avoid buying things you don’t like and since the holidays are approaching there were decorations scattered throughout.
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Who knew Santa liked martinis?
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I admit the husband wasn’t as thrilled with the excursion as I was.
With the swanky two tone leather interior and suede inserts.
And if that’s not sweet enough? She comes with Easter eggs…
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How fun is that!
No, I’m not in actual possession of her yet. She had to be special ordered from the factory and will arrive in 6-8 weeks.
I’ve never owned a white vehicle before. And before you say, “Oh, it will show all the dirt!”, I’ve been driving black and dark charcoal grey for 22 years… trust me, they show all the dirt as well.
This purchase required intense negations, at which… let’s be honest, I suck. Thank God for my husband who hates the new car purchase game but loves to haggle.
We went into the office where our salesman gave us a final price… and my husband balked.
The assistant manager came over, lowered the price by $1,500… and my husband scowled.
The sales manager appeared, lowered the price by $2,500… and my husband started to walk out.
The top financial guy got into the mix and lowered the price by $3,500… and my husband did walk out.
We went to lunch, during which time the manager called and lowered the price by $4,000, saying that was the absolute best he could do. When we went back to the showroom… my husband said lower the price by another $500 or we’re out.
Mind you this particular car is flying off the lots. We couldn’t find a single one in the entire state. I also added a few extra options.. splash guards, moon roof air deflector etc. but when my husband has a number stuck in his head, you’re not going to change it.
The top guy was summoned. He hemmed and hawed, fiddling with the numbers trying to come up with a way to discount the price further. Turns out Subaru is running a charity drive for local schoolchildren until the end of this month. You purchase 10 school supplies for donation and they take $500 off the price.
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We went to Target and purchased 15 fun school supplies.. and bam! My husband got his $4,500 off a brand new car.
Is it any wonder I love this man?
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My current Forester is Ethel. Named by my late mother. My new beauty will need a name as well… any suggestions?
My real life friends are very helpful. Knowing I’ve been looking for coffee and end tables, one of them sent me this…
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And while I’m sure His Lordship would love it?
No.
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This is a church I pass every now and then while running errands.
They have a sense of humor.
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Or try to…
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Now that’s what I call a backyard rainbow.
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This is what $150 worth of handmade gourmet candy looks like. We thought it would be a nice way to say thank you to the nursing and surgical staff for being so kind to an antsy (and sometimes unintentionally violent) patient.
*Note- I wanted to give them a healthy and attractive Edible Arrangement filled with fruit… but the damn stores have closed up shop and left the state of Maine.
Boo to that.
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