Hello, my lovlies!

[vanillafluffy]

There is a fence, finally. At least one of the little fuck nuggets has climbed it, but at least I can count on it stopping the ones who used it as a bike path. And, as J has pointed out, it adds to the value of my property, and at some point when I have a stable income, it will come in handy if I have a dog. So, yay.

In other happy news, I've taken care of the living room curtain issue. Went to WalMart after church and ferreted around their clearance aisle and managed to score two sets of striped tab top curtains for $33 and change. After weeks of rooting around on eBay and looking at swatches and whatnot, I figure it's a decent enough price, I don't have to incur shipping, and won't have to spend hours and hours sewing. I may even see if I can find one more set for the sliding glass doors, since I don't really think they're going anywhere any time soon.

Now "all" I have to do it get them hung, which will involve extensive cleaning and shifting of furniture. I have to shift furniture anyway to put my "new" hand-me-down rug down. I'm really looking forward to that. If I could get some furniture rearranged, that would be even better.

Made it down to Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Melbourne---now I know where it is! Fell in love with a birch coffee table they had, but talked my self out of it. Frackin' delivery charges are murder---and I'd have to part with another coffee table or two to justify it. Although I might bite the bullet for a couple of doors and maybe a banquette....

I want to replace the door between my house and garage: The old one doesn't seal worth anything, and in cold weather especially, it's noticable. I saw a decent used solid-core door for $10. Not sure how I'd get it home or get it installed once I had it there, but the price is certainly right.

Another long-dreamed-of project is removing the sliding glass doors and putting in one French door (for light) and a wall. Then, I'd like to tuck a banquette back there so the dining table would be a cozy corner table. Their French doors are running $20 less than Home Depot---I've checked! The fact that ReStore also had a whole slew of banquettes from some defunct seafood restaurant just makes it more do-able. I even have some plain white vinyl I could use to recover it.

J hasn't been able to get us tickets for State Fair yet, but last night, we watched Part 2 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I hadn't seen, tho of course I've read the books. It was okay; my favorite part was Neville, but my canon and La Rowling's diverge on that, among other points. As we all know, I ship Neville/Draco (and I want to hook Luna up with Charlie Bucket of Willy Wonka fame).

We're having atypical February cold snap, which made me very happy this morning. Not only did I get to wear the divine size 24 dress (on which I had several compliments), I got to top it with my glorious retro cape-coat and "fur" pillbox hat. Said coat is black wool, has cape-style sleeves, with black "fur" trim at the collar and sleeves. Coat and hat combined always make me feel like a Glamourous Russian Spy.

Tonight is Supper Club, and although I *could* go, I've chosen not to, so as to help offset the price of the curtains. It's nice to be able to say that, and it NOT be because I can't even afford a bowl of soup, as it was a couple months ago!

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[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! for the fence! I'm still in favor of six feet of large glass shards on the ground on your side of it. That'd fix the little bastards. *grins evilly*

Your cold weather ensemble sounds wonderful. We have had serious cold weather here that required me getting some wear out of my new Bearpawz winter boots and raiding the kid's closet for his fleece ski vest.

I need to go back to our Habitat ReStore sometime and find more paint. The spare bedroom that's our home office needs to be repainted if we stay here -- and it looks like the house won't sell any time soon.

You did very well on getting the curtains at Walmart for that price. Shoot, honey, the material alone would have cost you that. Hooray for the clearance aisle! :)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of planting some bouganvilla bushes, which are decorative and THORNY. Meanwhile, while waiting for them to grow, I'm considering chicken wire and punji sticks.

You're the one who turned me on to ReStore---you mentioned it quite some time back, but this was the first time proximity and money were aligned.

What happened with the curtains was, I was cruising the clearance aisle, where they had A LOT of curtains and bedding. Saw a striped one I liked, but there was only one of them in that pattern, and no info on the packaging about size or price or anything.

Wandered over to the regular curtain aisle, spotted something that looked just like the unmarked set...took it back to compare, and sure enough. Some pattern, some size package, and now I had a starting point: The ones from the non-clearance aisle were $17.97.

So I went to Customer Service, and asked what kind of deal they could make me on the unmarked package. A managr offered to take 20% off the regular pice as shown on the other package. Cashier rounded up a bit, and gave them to me for $14. Total for both was $33 and change, so I jumped on it.

It'll probably take me a few days to get things to where I can hang them, but when I got home, I compared them to the rest of the fabrics and am quite pleased. It'll certainly be a change from the off-white ones that've been up for the last ten years or so!

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[starhawk2005.livejournal.com]

Yay for fences! And a moat wouldn't hurt either. ;)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Neither would a gator or two....


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[thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com]

You promised us pics of the new glasses, and I wanna see that Glamorous Russian Spy outfit!!

Edited to say: YAY! for fencing! There is a fence, finally. At least one of the little fuck nuggets has climbed it -- Time to get out the BB-gun and zing the little bastard in the ass!

[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

Post a No Trespassing sign or two~~ perhaps they would think twice ~ that is, if they can read.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Nah. In this neighborhood, they'd shoot back, and I don't mean with BB guns.

Finding someone to take pix is the tricky part....

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[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

I do wonder about their literacy, since they always seem to be running around the streets. God knows if/when they do homework.

But yeah, I'm planning to snag s couple signs next time I'm in the vicinity of Home Depot.

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