Yesterday we all piled into my mom's little Honda Element and bombed down the road to West Haven, Connecticut to visit West Haven Lumber, where our contractor friend recommended us to go to check out cabinets and countertops. Holy shit! The expense was mind boggling. If you have ever even checkout out pricing on appliances, cabinets and semi-nice countertops, the total cost will stop you dead in your happy home renovating tracks.
On our way back we spotted IKEA from the highway and pulled in- I have never been to IKEA and didn't necessarily want to because I thought the quality would be cheesy. Which it is, sometimes. But this place is a dreamworld for anyone on a budget looking for some new stuff. For one, it is f-ing huge, and you have to walk around the whole store to get to the exit (of course so you will buy more stuff as you try to escape the madness.) For two, it is effing cheap. For three, it is really fucking awesome- the designs! The colors! The styles! Oh my.
So we basically ditched the whole kitchen cabinets/countertops/ normal kitchen layout idea because we found some rockin' modern looking, free-standing pieces that our kitchen is going to be composed of.
But we won't tell you what it is until it's all done!
It is very exciting to me because the new kitchen is going to cost 1/3 of what a normal kitchen would have, and it is super cool looking- especially combined with the open layout living/sitting/dining room composed of a few key modern furniture peice. Hallelujah!
So now I have to keep in mind that the next time I want another martini, or a new shirt, or a fabulous color of eyeshadow, I am going to have to pass it up and put the money right into savings. All of the money I spend on a daily basis adds up so fast it's ridiculous, and when I think how much I could have saved already this past year it makes me ill.
P.S. Henna party coming up in two weeks... I will send out invites, but please attend even if you don't want me to henna you! I will provide fancy drinks and snacks, bitches.
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1 comment:
no more dirrrrrty martinis for you! and thats a good thing. those damn dirty saltwater things taste horrible. but we should still try to do girls nite out once in a while bc 1) its fun and 2) we shouldnt have to live like hermits just because of real estate! dammit! besides, beer is cheaper and you could always eat before you get there! maybe haley could invite us to BBQ - as in JUST BARBEQUE!! ha ha.
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