My Big Excitement

My husband and I have been talking (read: complaining) about how small our table is. I brought it into the relationship and I was single when I bought it and it only seats 4, but not even very comfortably. So Ive been looking for one that we both agree on that we can afford, which isnt easy. This past weekend we headed to Nashville to waste some time browsing around at the antique malls. Down the first row of booths I spotted this.








Yes, a Heywood Wakefield table with 6 chairs! Amazingly I almost walked right past it. (Those with kids should know what I mean. Holding and soothing one, and trying to keep your eye on the other that wants to be independent and not hold hands.) I didnt walk past it though. I stopped my hubs and we had a lengthy discussion about if we could afford it and if we could, should we buy it. It was priced at $500 and we talked them down to $400. Im happy to say its currently on layaway and we will pick it up later this month! Needless to say, I will either be selling clothes and other assorted items to offset this purchase and/or selling the table we currently have. I almost want to keep it to use it for crafting but I could always buy a cheap card table for that. Plus, when do I ever have time for crafting! Pretty much never. I feel a little bad for buying something during a time we really cant afford it, but by the time we saved up for it, lets face it, that table would be gone. What do you think? Did I make a good decision?

A Day Out

Over the weekend we decided to venture down to Nashville to visit some of the antique malls. There are a few small ones in Clarksville but the ones in Nashville are alot closer to Heaven! So many things caught my fancy but my budget to spend cashola on myself is small. Not to mention as a mother of two I feel a tad guilty when spending money on myself, so not surprisingly I purchased this pink hamper.





More of a family purchase than a personal one. Four people make for alot of dirty clothes! Im happy nonetheless because it should go nicely in the pink bathroom of the house we are trying to buy. (Inspection is this Saturday and Im hopeful there wont be much to fix. It was built in 1958 but alot has been updated in the past few years like electrical, A/C etc so we'll see). I also spotted this Mar-shel handbag.





I like it not only for the pattern but also because the handle folds down and turns it into a clutch! Needless to say I cant wait to go back but it will have to wait a while because here is a list of my life the next few weeks: my birthday, getting a wisdom tooth pulled, house inspection, pictures, Jump Zone, my sons birthday, doctor appointments, my husband leaving for JRTC for a month. I think thats it for now..