New Furniture

How, tell me please, how can a person GAIN a pound and a half eating salads and turkey sandwiches? I've been so good!! I've been doing Curves three times a week, and Monday I walked a mile and a half around the lake. All for nothing. I almost threw my scale out the window in disgust.

Spent the afternoon traveling from Target to Target to find enough of the door beads to dress my window. It's going to be a pretty expensive window treatment after all, more than curtains and a curtain rod would run. The beads are $13 per set, and I need (I think) six sets for a total of $72. Then I had to but two spring tension rods and some fishing line, say another $5.

Tonight I'm going to break down more of the bead sets. There are several strands of beads in each package, but each strand is a whopping 72 inches long. I'm have to cut the sets in half, and then string fishing line from each newly-cropped strand in order to suspend it from the fishing line. If I've over-estimated the number of sets needed I can take the extras back on Thursday.

After dinner tonight I went into the Pier One outlet, fully prepared to walk out empty-handed. I usually don't like their stuff; it's a little too traditional for my taste. Tonight, though, the had several well-made wooden bar stools for $35 each. I need barstools, so I bought a set even though they aren't exactly what I want. (Exactly what I want would total $816, a little over budget.) These are very sturdy, and large enough for me to sit comfortably on.

I'm looking at the stools again, and I just had a thought. If I cut off the backs they'd look pretty cool! I know this is crazy -- who runs out and buys barstools only to go at them with a saber saw? (Or maybe I should use a hack saw of a chain saw or a jig saw. Not my area! Must research!!)



Yeah, cut the backs off and just add large cushions on top. Yeah. Now how can I keep the cushions from sliding off??

This is going to be good.

Not so depressed about weight any longer -- design is way more interesting than melodrama.