What I did this weekend
Apr. 20th, 2009 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonFinished urethaning the bookshelves, but the Immense Reshelving Project has not yet commenced, as I still have to urethane some of the shelves. I simply ran out of steam Saturday evening and intended to finish up the shelves Sunday, and then take the neighbor boys who helped us move furniture last weekend to dinner at our favorite little bistro. We did the dinner part—yummy!— but when I got up Sunday morning I was mugged by an advert in the newspaper.
That is, the roommate was. When I rolled out of bed she waved a Target flyer in my face. They were offering a 6-piece patio set for $99! This weekend only! A small table, four chairs, and an umbrella! Like this, only not really. The table is smaller, about 40 inches.
We've been wishing and hoping and hemming and hawing wanting to buy a set for out back to sit beneath the peach tree, but yanno, mostly they were beyond our means.
"I have a Target charge card!" the roommate declared triumphantly.
So I found myself (ourselves) trundling off to Target on a Sunday morning and they actually still had some of the patio sets left. While we were at it (and this is the reason for the incredibly low price in the first place—get them in so they do some "while we're at it" shopping) we bought a set of four solar lights (only $14.99! Marked down from $26.99!) that stick into the ground and power themselves with wee darling little solar panels. Like this, only not really. There's no copper involved anywhere in this purchase, even fake copper finish—it's brown metal. But we stuck them in the ground yesterday to take advantage of the record heat and they lit up all pretty-like in the evening.
And since I've wanted one of these for a long old time and it was also on sale, I bought a fire pit! Like this, only not really. See above about no copper being involved in this purchase. We're talking cheap here—cheap, cheap, cheap.
And since I've exhausted my savings on the bookshelves, fire pit, and dinner that about does my purchases for awhile, but now we can take advantage of the true California dream: sitting out by the pool of a warm summer evening. Oh, didn't I mention the pool? It looks like this, only not really. The one we have is much older, funkier, and plainer. But the birds enjoy it all the same.
That is, the roommate was. When I rolled out of bed she waved a Target flyer in my face. They were offering a 6-piece patio set for $99! This weekend only! A small table, four chairs, and an umbrella! Like this, only not really. The table is smaller, about 40 inches.
We've been wishing and hoping and hemming and hawing wanting to buy a set for out back to sit beneath the peach tree, but yanno, mostly they were beyond our means.
"I have a Target charge card!" the roommate declared triumphantly.
So I found myself (ourselves) trundling off to Target on a Sunday morning and they actually still had some of the patio sets left. While we were at it (and this is the reason for the incredibly low price in the first place—get them in so they do some "while we're at it" shopping) we bought a set of four solar lights (only $14.99! Marked down from $26.99!) that stick into the ground and power themselves with wee darling little solar panels. Like this, only not really. There's no copper involved anywhere in this purchase, even fake copper finish—it's brown metal. But we stuck them in the ground yesterday to take advantage of the record heat and they lit up all pretty-like in the evening.
And since I've wanted one of these for a long old time and it was also on sale, I bought a fire pit! Like this, only not really. See above about no copper being involved in this purchase. We're talking cheap here—cheap, cheap, cheap.
And since I've exhausted my savings on the bookshelves, fire pit, and dinner that about does my purchases for awhile, but now we can take advantage of the true California dream: sitting out by the pool of a warm summer evening. Oh, didn't I mention the pool? It looks like this, only not really. The one we have is much older, funkier, and plainer. But the birds enjoy it all the same.
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Date: 2009-04-20 11:52 pm (UTC)hee!
Really. :)
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Date: 2009-04-21 01:10 am (UTC)I went out on Sunday to buy four rectangular wrought iron holders to hook onto my deck railings. Actually I got two on Saturday and then another two on Sunday as they were rather expensive and R doesn't notice if the purchases are spread out. Grins. I have every intention of planting those cascading tomato plants in amongst the flowers so I can pick without effort. I guess I have to wait more than a few weeks before I can put any out, though.
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Date: 2009-04-21 05:33 pm (UTC)I have every intention of planting those cascading tomato plants in amongst the flowers so I can pick without effort.
Mmm! Fresh tomatoes. We hope to plant some of those soon, too.
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