A REALLY Long Day!

Why?? Because I've been awake since 3:45 a.m. I couldn't go back to sleep to save my life. So now I'm exhausted. On the bright side, I was ready for work early & I was able to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things & CVS. Thankfully, it's almost time for me to go home.

2 posts in a day doesn't happen often but I was able to get my pictures uploaded so I thought I'd share. Several months ago I asked my friends dad to build a corner cabinet for my formal dining room. I told him it was no rush & just whenever he got to it would be fine. Well, he finished right before we left for Disney. He came & installed it while we were gone. I was so excited to come home to this.

Merry Christmas to me!! It's exactly what I wanted! Keep in mind I just told him a corner cabinet & he did the rest. He matched up molding & built it the height of the entrance to my dining room & actually hooked it to the wall so it looks like it's always been there. You can't tell in this picture but it was just primed. The plan was to paint it the same color as the rest of the molding in the room. That's where Sherwin Williams came in. We bought our house when it was 2 yrs. old. The previous owner used all Behr paint colors but in Sherwin Williams paint. I learned the hard way that when you do that you can't go to Home Depot & buy the Behr paint in the proper color & expect it to match. Annoying. REALLY annoying. Have you bought Sherwin Williams paint lately? The stuff is expensive. Try twice as much as a gallon of Behr. Even with the 30% off it was still $40 for 1 gallon. We've painted the majority of our house since moving in 5 years ago & we've always used Behr & we like it. I haven't had any problems. So I paint the cabinet with the gold that apparently is Sherwin Williams & I CAN'T TELL A DIFFERENCE. I just don't understand why it's so much more expensive. Here's an after picture.

I know, you can't tell a  bit of difference but I wanted an after picture. Anyway, it's all painted & dry & now I just have to put the knobs on the cabinet doors & start filling up those shelves! I have 3/4 of a gallon of the fancy schmancy Sherwin Williams paint left. I will find something to use it on!!!

Toodles again!

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone's having a great Friday! We don't have big plans this weekend. Tonight we're going next door for cake to celebrate our friend Cliff's birthday. Here's a glimpse of what I'll be doing tomorrow.

I'm hoping to get this project finished tomorrow & then I'll share what I did. Pam at diy Design Fanatic posted about a Sherwin Williams 30% off coupon the other day. Just sign up for their Preferred Customer Club & they'll email the coupon. Well, I did & I didn't get my coupon. Pam suggested I email them so I did.  I mean 30% off is a big discount. I hadn't heard a word from them so off I went to buy the paint. I didn't have time to wait around for them to respond. Well, as luck would have it, I didn't have to have the coupon. The guy just gave me the discount when I said I was in the preferred customer club. Yay! As I'm leaving the store my dings alerting me that I have an email. It was Sherwin Williams saying they'll check to see if the coupon can be mailed to me. Figures.

Our rolling garment bag came in.

This thing is really big. It's amazing that Dean ordered it Monday night & it was delivered last night. Shipping was free so that was really a great deal. Still waiting on those boots. I finally got an email from Old Navy saying that they were shipped & delivery is expected by January 27th. Good grief.

Have a great weekend!

Toodles!