I spent a wad of money at IKEA last week. Thank goodness my husband didn't see the total, he went to get the car. I did purchase a really great find. The toy storage thing I wanted for the boys’ playroom was sold out and I ventured into the "AS IS" department. I found a red end table marked down to $9.99 and paired it with two cute yellow chairs for $12.99 a piece. Super cute and it's a game/coloring table for the boys. The majority of my purchase was on bed linen for mine and my husband's bed. We've had the hardest time finding something not floral, not striped and not too masculine. We finally decided on solid gray bedding with off-white sheets and paired it with a new fluffy duvet. Now, the curtains I bought, make the room. The curtains have tiny orange dots near the "leaves". For $14.99, I have two awesome panels of fabric and after their hemmed, I’ll have enough for two small pillows, two tie-backs and possibly a bolster pillow.
I’m all smiles, because this is the first time my husband and I have splurged on ourselves. Our bedroom finally looks like an getaway, really fancy and grown-up for us. The first two years we were married we had tie-dyed bed sheets, complete with matching comforter! I just need to put some finishing touches on the room. You know, new furniture, pictures on the wall, and a cute orange throw pillow to make the room have a ‘pop’ of color. The picture will be an enlargement of me and my husband on the beach at sunrise taken at Christmas, that is, if the photo enlargement kiosk at the stupid Super Center would stop auto adjusting the orange colors in the sunrise. Arghhh! Anyway, I have looked for my simple orange throw pillow….$39.99 for a 12x12 square. Are these people crazy? I can’t sew, but come on! Forty bucks for a tiny orange pillow and good luck finding an orange bed skirt that’s not metallic orange or part of a Tennessee Volunteers bed linen set. 
I am so spending the night with you one night!
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