Score!!!

My grandma and sister came down this past week while the hubby was out of town for work. Before T left for his trip we had gone to the Collin County Home and Garden Show (pretty much a waste of $, not much there), but we did learn that there was a Habitat for Humanity Re-Store in our town. So my grandma wanted to go there and see if they had a crystal chandelier by chance. They didn't, but they had the PERFECT chandelier to go over our stair case. You see right now there is a dumpy builders grade light fixture above the stairs that is impossible to reach without the power of levitation or a $200 ladder, or a $$$ call to the electrician. This chandelier however, was a steal! It was only $55. And my grandma decided to chip in $20, bringing the price for us down to $35. After T got home, we went to Home Depot for a new cord because the one that is in it now is brittle. We also needed to get a longer chain for it. Well, we were talking to the HD guy, and he happened to have an oil rubbed bronze chain someone had given to HD because they didn't need it. And we got about 10' of new cord. The chain was FREE and the cord was $3! So my awesome chandlier's grand total is $38! Talk about a bargain!

I am getting ready to paint our two front rooms, and our half bath downstairs. It took about 2 weeks of samples, and about a million different samples to decide on the color for the front rooms. Brooke and Corley, you got the pictures lol. It is ridiculous! It is a blue/gray color. I took a behr gray (something storm) and added some Olympic blue and wala. Perfect. We haven't picked a color for the bath yet. I hadn't really planned on painting it, but I had some paint for the living room that I had shook up to do some touch up from the previous tenants and I thought the bathroom and living room were the same color. Umm nope. Apparently the bathroom is a much lighter shade. So now we have 2 very dark patches in the bathroom. Luckily it is a relatively small room so it won't take much to paint.
I would like to paint this weekend, but we are celebrating my husband's families birthdays. His two brothers, dad, and his brothers significant others all have March birthdays. Which is why I refuse to get pregnant in June. Granted, the month of June is pretty full too with my sisters and his mom, and October with mine, my grandma's my two nephews and my adorable son! Man, people should spread birthdays out more! They shold plan for future family members and make sure that birthdays are covered throughout the year not all at once! Its like having 2 Christmas'.

Anyway, back to housework. We dug out some of the ugly bushes out front. I will post pictures later when I have something pretty planted. I'll do before/during/after pics! Its gonna be great. I am gonna plant some Gardenia, Camellias, and Peonies. It will be GORGEOUS and smell so wonderful. I can hardly wait! The only obstacle now is which Camellias to get. Pink Icicle, Shishi Gashira, Tom Knudson, there are just sooo many. I am leaning towards the ShiShi. I know which Gardenias I am getting, the Frost Proof. Name says it all! Easy maintenance gardenias have my name written all over them. I never really had any desire in gardening before we got our own home. Now I can't stop thinking about it! We really want to put in a veggie garden out back, but it will have to wait til next year when we can get the ground ready. However we are hoping to get a blackberry and blueberry bush this year and maybe even some strawberries. And T has his mind set on some Tomatoes. I cannot wait! This year is going to be a good one.