Now Playing: "All That She Wants", Ace of Base, MP3
Current Mood : Deliriously happy !
Another wonderful day. Beloved Hubby came home with a huge Whitman's Sampler of dark chocolate goodness. It'd been a busy day, so the luxury of it was really nice.
Wrote up an ad for the kittens on Craigslist.org. With four kitties and Velvet underfoot, my asthma's really been pushing it, even with the new medication. Almost immediately I had someone interested - she's coming over tomorrow evening. Guess who's cleaning house tomorrow ?
While waiting for my ad to come up, I poked around Craigslist a bit. On impulse, I typed ‘crystal drawer pulls'. Y'see, about a year ago, I'd fallen in love with these silver metal and green ‘crystal' (acrylic plastic) drawer handles. They'd be perfect for my pattern cabinet ! I really hated the ones it came with - half of the drawers had those gosh-awful ‘hammered bronze' pulls you've seen on most every cabinet made in the 70s, the rest were bland but nice silver curves. I didn't mind those silver ones, but those bronze atrocities had to go ! Unfortunately, the ‘crystal' ones were $8. each, and I'd need eight. And that cabinet, simply put, wasn't worth $64. in new hardware. Target sold 4-packs, for $28., but it was still a bit much, in my opinion.
Here's what I'm describing - http://tinyurl.com/5fmbtg
But, looking around, I noticed that cabinet hardware wasn't cheap in any style. Nearly everything I saw was at least $5. each, usually more. Eventually, I found some clearance cup-style pulls and bought several. One thing led to another, and we never got those installed. And, when the Stimulus Package looked like it'd dump a buncha cash in our laps, I allowed m'self some daydreaming...
Still, it was wise to use it to pay down bills. I could still get the drawer pulls I liked, if I could go without yard sailing for a week or two. With that on my mind, I whimsically decided to see if anyone on Craigslist had any...and I found them ! A nice lady in a neighboring town had purchased three each, of green, pink, and blue, and they didn't fit the cabinet she wanted. Since Target wouldn't take them back -she'd lost the receipt - she was offering them on Craigslist for...$20.
Amazingly, she still had them, and she could meet me that afternoon ! Beloved Hubby was happy for me, and was home shortly after that, so he played Wii with Dearest Son while I headed off to the Town Next Door, a $20. clutched in my hand. I couldn't believe my luck !
Still can't. Someone else might call it putting a tiara on a mule, but I love the way they look on my pattern cabinet. They catch the morning light and toss it around, like real crystal. I know they're plastic, but they're just so pretty !
Once that and dinner was done, I realized...I hadn't started that second robe yet ! Yeek.
