Weekend update
Friday night we hung out & relaxed.Saturday we went shopping in the Strip District. We picked up all sorts of groceries for a steal. Going to the Strip always brings back childhood memories for me. I’d always accompany my Grandfather when he went to the Strip. It was always fun watching him interact with the produce people. Amazing how they all got a long, their colorful banter, and the price negotiations. What characters! Wholey’s was always a stop and I got to know a lot of the people there as well.
During a dry spell I took HRH out for a little exercise. He was mostly good. Until he got distracted by a ????? “Fair market value at time of death” What more can be said?!?
Saturday night more errands and dinner at Mad Mex. What? Again?!?! You were there last weekend. Yes. It is one of our favorite casual places to go for food & drinks. And there are a few of them so we’re always in the right part of town to go to Mad Mex.
Sunday was a beautiful day. We cleaned around the house and went furniture shopping.
HC felt the need for a storage solution for all of our summer cushions for the patio furniture & etc. We needed it in the dining room close to the patio so it needed to look nice and be functional. She also needed storage for her painting and arts & craft supplies. Robinson Towne Center seemed like a good place to start. For her work supplies I figured we could get something from IKEA. IKEA cabinets are very customizable, look OK, reasonably priced, and decent to assemble. We ended up with 2 large wardrobes for her supplies. We hit another furniture store and found a nice armoire to store our summer cushions, candles, lighters, etc… AND since we were furniture shopping… We found 2 pieces to replace the old bar/wall unit in the game room. The thing we’re using for a bar is getting on 30 years old. It’s a wall unit I got in junior high. In the intervening years, it’s been used as my desk, entertainment center, hobby table, and bar. It served me long and well. But now it’s time to move onward and upward. Who knew we’d end up buying all this furniture?!?!
This is typical of us when it comes to furniture shopping: We start out looking for 1 thing and end up finding something completely different. Case in point our dining room table and buffet. We were looking for an armoire but I stumbled across the perfect dining room table. I wanted something big & sturdy. Big enough to have at least 8 to 10 people sit around it. Sturdy enough to hold all the food, plates, platters, etc for 8 to 10 people. As a bonus, there was a matching buffet. Oh well, the armoire had to wait.
Labels: Darwin award candidate, house, HRH, Weekend Update
posted by ChowderHead @ 5/01/2007 03:20:00 PM
2 Comments:
Sounds like you had a good weekend!
PW: Yes it was a good weekend.
A good mix of running around and rest.
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