PRICE IS RIGHT. MAKING WORK FOR MYSELF

Some days you get LUCKY and find a bargain.

On this particular day I found two.

One BIG and one SMALL.

First this.

Aren't these beautiful AUTUMN placemats?
They go perfectly with my rust colored tablecloth.

Can you believe the price? $1.50 a piece.

I purchased six of them from Big Lots.

Moseying down the road...
this also caught my eye. 

I had been looking for a sideboard for months.

But truth be told, couldn't afford the high price tag.

So when I stopped by

The Goodwill Store and ran across this one...

 I couldn't believe my good fortune.
It was solid oak and marked $59.99.

I bought it on the spot.
Yet, had no way to transport it home,

since all I had was my car.

I called my husband.
He drives the van.
He left work a little early,

driving two hours from Indiana

 so we could bring it home.

There are no pictures of my hubby and I

lugging it out of the van,

inside the house, at 10:30 that night.

But I will tell you it was

slightly reminiscent of a good

Laurel and Hardy Movie.

Of course, while we were resting

from all this strenuous activity...
our cats thoroughly 

inspected the new piece of furniture...

Ultimately giving it, their final stamp of approval.

After moving a few pieces of artwork on the wall...

Then decorating the top of the sideboard

with a couple of my favorite things.

I am ready to add some of

my reading material inside.

I own MORE books than a library.

I have my WORK cut out for me.