knockoff throw.

Oh Homegoods, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

Homegoods throw: $19.00
(Pillow from Nena Von ...thanks Tami!)

Jonathan Adler Richard Nixon throw: $295.00

my pride and joy.

Somebody, stop me!

Acquiring furniture that I have no place for is becoming an obsession. Some people take in stray animals, me...stray furniture. Is there such thing as Furniture-Aholics Meetings? Either that or I need to enroll in re-upholstery classes.

I about fell over when I found the same exact wingback as the white one in my bedroom. Price: $15.00.

Then I found this one. I couldn't pass it up either.

Reminded me of this beauty featured on the Ethan Allen catalogue.

Mirror: $5.00. I feel a spray paint project coming on.


Bookends: $3.00.

I'm not sure what this is for but my mail seems to like sitting in it.


Real silver: $1.50.

Halloween.

Luke Skywalker and Curious George managed to collect several pounds of candy this Halloween and are bouncing off the walls from their sugar high.

Ain't it great!?

my heels.

Have you ever read Tamstyles blog? She just had a giveaway and I won a pillow of my choice from Nena Von's Etsy shop. Thanks Tam and Nena, I can't wait! Anyway, Tami is always blogging about her fab shoe collection. In honor of her, I'm blogging about my swanky red heels. I'm not so much a shoe gal but you want to talk purses and handbags and you've got my undivided attention.

I've had these swanky heels for a few months. As much as I dream about these babies and me being good friends we just don't get along. I really want to thank the "genius" who invented a shoe where a woman is supposed to look gracious while walking around on two 4-inch pegs, toes smashed together. Brilliant idea. Foot doctors, worldwide, love it when woman walk around in these things.

This is how I look when I put on my lovely red heels:
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I'm almost positive that heels may have been invented by a man who wanted to get back at his wife for burning his dinner.?

stumped.

Oh how I wish I had unlimited funds to play with. I've been dreaming of this recycled aluminum table for months now but I'm afraid $99.00 it too steep for something I may tire of next year. Who am I kidding? I highly doubt I could tire of it...I'm just a cheepskate.

My little man and I visited a lumber yard yesterday and picked up this wood stump for a couple of bucks. I spray painted it with a coat of Smoke Gray (Krylon).

My new little side table.

I topped it with a mirror just the right size from Target.

if I had a penny...

for each time I saw this poster I'd be rich.

A statement at first but now it's kind of trendy.

I must not be alone in my thinking:

Someone has got a cute sense of humor don't they?

(Via My Sweet Savannah).

samson and sons.

We just returned from 4 days in Vegas visiting Grandparents. My men always look forward to Vegas where G-ma Sai dote's on them with some good old fashioned spoiling. Suckers right after teeth have been brushed, chocolate milk with cereal, McDonalds for lunch, playing the "Wii" in to the "Wee" hours of the night. Who needs Disney Land?

Mom and I also spent some girl time gabbin and shoppin, shoppin and gabbin. Check out our loot...

The mirror was $10.00 and the chandelier was $5.00.

I plan to spray paint both. The mirror...maybe a chalkboard?

Vegas has WAY better thrift stores than Tucson. Ding, dong me forgot my camera. I found 3 harp back wood chairs with upholstered seats for $4.99 each, an old french wood desk with really pretty legs for $40.00 and a gold and glass end table for $10.00. If I had a trailer to haul it back to Tucson I would have bought it all...WHY? WHY? WHY?

My most exciting score of the trip...

You're not going to believe how much I paid for this. $5.00! Found it at a warehouse that sells old hotel furniture. See here. All the chairs in the parking lot are $5.00 because they are damaged in some way...again, ding dong me forgot her camera. No matter, since I plan to re-upholster it anyway (although I do love the thick, orangey corduroy). Maybe I'll enlist the inmates on this job.

Dresser's found!

I'm shocked at your responses to my Craigslist dresser find! In fact one of you reported that someone even took my picture and posted it in a "Want Ad" on Craigslist in their city. Whoever you are...you're in big trouble. Just kidding. Actually quite the contrary, I'm flattered.

Yeserday, I checked The Girl's Estate Sales (not to be confused with the Girl's Next Door...don't show up expecting Holly, Kendra or Bridget to be selling grandma's antiques) and look what I found. You can buy this beauty on Saturday (in Tucson) at their estate sale. Check here for more details. Maybe they'll ship it to you?

I'm in Vegas right now hoopin' it up with my mom. I jumped on the Vegas CL to see if there were any fabulous finds I could pack in my suitcase. Look what I came accross.

$75.00 Here.

My new 4:20.

About a month ago I spent some time with my go-to pal, Craig and thought I found a score. The ad read something to the effect of, "Elegant all-wood dresser with great bones. Gently used." Looks very similar to a certain dresser I recently did a makeover on. I drove all the way across town 1 1/2 hours round trip...yadi, yadi. (When you're a busy mom, finding 1 1/2 hours to do some "luxury" shopping, alone, is what we call a momentous occasion).

When I arrived at the Blue Lagoon Apartments I really should have just kept driving. The tenant next door gave me a good look over and was sporting a yellow-stained wife beater, an unlit cigarette hanging out the side of her mouth (yes, I said her), and a pit bull drooling all over the sidewalk.

Interesting young couple met me at the door.

"Married?" The male asked.

"Where's your husband to help me carry this *&%$?"

I hadn't even seen the dresser, let alone made any committment to buy it but from the looks of the situation, these were the type of people you don't say "NO" to.

I opened and closed every drawer to see how good the bones were. When I got to the last drawer the girl asked me if I could turn around because she didn't want me to see what was in the drawer. At that moment, "GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE!" was running through my head but I was in to deep now. Like it or not, that dresser was coming home with me.

"What does '4:20' mean that's etched in the top"? I innocently asked.

They laughed.

I Googled it.

Now I know.

I'm thinkin my new $25.00. dresser was a rip off.

We'll see.