Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A long due update

First of all, that card is on its way. I ended up going home from work sick the day after I spoke to you, and spent two days regretting putting anything more acidic than bread into my stomach.

On to pictures! This is what you got me for Christmas, thus far. There are $12 left on the card.

We start with not very exciting yet highly necessary trash cans:


These were actually quite a deal - they were on super clearance because they were meant for storing rolls of gift wrap. The lids snapped on securely (too securely!), but there was a little extra top storage area on top of the lid with it's own hinge cover for storing bows. Alex enterprisingly took a hot blade and cut the bottom of the bow storage area out and sanded down the edges, and presto - trash cans with easy open lids. They were the right size (we needed narrow ones to fit in that space and allow our cabinets to open), and less than half the price of "real" trash cans in that size.

Next? You finished my bathroom. See Rainbow Fish toothbrush holder, next to the previously purchased Rainbow Fish soap dispenser.



Remember how I bought some of the Rainbow Fish collection from my local Target, but they only had some of the pieces left because the collection was on clearance? Well, I went to a different Target this time, and they had different stuff. This next find was the most exciting of all:



That's right, RAINBOW FISH BATH MAT! Complete with my soggy footprints.

Because not everything in my bathroom is Rainbow Fish:



A lovely cabinet for storing extra bathroom goods, because the built in shelving over the toilet was overflowing with stuff:





Let's leave the bathroom! Another highly necessary buy, complete with crumbs:



Finally, a toy. Civilization II was the computer game that I played for hours in the basement, as did Shaun, Anthony, Nicole... conquering the world is fun! I saw this new version and had to have it: