Shopping thoughts
I'm itching to shop for something. Bargain-hunt. Or the like.
But don't have much that I can think of to shop for.
I need a new bathing suit sometime in the next 3 weeks or so, but I'd like to shop for that with a buddy. Not sure what my odds are of finding one for such a shopping trip are, though. My sister needs to visit me!
I need a lamp for my apartment living room. Currently sitting here in the dark with the laptop and the TV on, and not liking it much. The lights from the dining room and kitchen just don't cut it. But any lamp I buy for this room needs to be cheap (like ~$10 cheap) or free, since I'm doubtful we'll need it at the new house. I've been thinking of hitting up some thrift stores to search for that, but not sure how much fun that would be with Corwin in tow. Unless I could maybe get away with buying a matched pair of Tiffany-style bedside lamps and parking them in the living room for a few months (they'd be too small for the space, but better than nothing -- and would have a place to go in the new house). That's another thing that's been on my wishlist for years and never been purchased. I'd love to have a Tiffany-style lamp on each of our nightstands in the bedroom.
I suspect I need a new desktop machine. Mine is more than 5 years old, reboots itself at random, and spent the last couple of days off and on making a strange noise that is either a hard drive getting ready to fail or a fan blade rattling against a cord or something else that Andrew and I haven't imagined yet. But I don't want to spend the money on a new machine right now. I want to SAVE money during these few months we're in the apartment. (Thought -- wonder if we could get a docking station or such that would allow me to hook the laptop up to my desktop monitor and keyboard?)
I need a new refrigerator and dryer for the new house, but not sure there's much point in shopping for those now, since I don't have anywhere to put either if I found a good deal on them now, or anytime in the next 3 months or so. Guess it's a good thing we sold our refrigerator with our house, though, since the kitchen appliances at the new place will be black, and our old white fridge would thus be mismatched.
Other stuff for the new house -- landscaping for the yard. Window coverings. Would love a nice entertainment center and flat-screen tv and Xbox for the living room, but this has been on our wishlist for years and we just never seem to budget for it. Probably need more bookshelves, as we were getting very close to running out of space on our existing ones (which we are taking with us to the new house -- at least for long enough to SEE if they fit anywhere).
Need to figure out how to move a piano from Dallas, and then get it tuned and possibly restored once it's here. My mother-in-law told me today she has the name of someone she can give me for the tuning/restoration work, so not much to worry about on that front at this point. I'll worry about the moving after I have a house to move it to.
Not immediately, but near future -- new bedroom set for Corwin so his potential future sibling (still very potential, this is NOT an announcement of any sort) can have the baby stuff. If we go for a twin bed for him, we'll definitely spring for the Twin XL mattress, since he's on track to be 6'2" and would have his feet hanging off the end of a regular twin in no time. Means he'll miss out on a few years of "cutesy" sheets, but hopefully he won't miss those too much. [I was always mad growing up that there were never any "cute" sheets for a double bed, which is what I had.]
But don't have much that I can think of to shop for.
I need a new bathing suit sometime in the next 3 weeks or so, but I'd like to shop for that with a buddy. Not sure what my odds are of finding one for such a shopping trip are, though. My sister needs to visit me!
I need a lamp for my apartment living room. Currently sitting here in the dark with the laptop and the TV on, and not liking it much. The lights from the dining room and kitchen just don't cut it. But any lamp I buy for this room needs to be cheap (like ~$10 cheap) or free, since I'm doubtful we'll need it at the new house. I've been thinking of hitting up some thrift stores to search for that, but not sure how much fun that would be with Corwin in tow. Unless I could maybe get away with buying a matched pair of Tiffany-style bedside lamps and parking them in the living room for a few months (they'd be too small for the space, but better than nothing -- and would have a place to go in the new house). That's another thing that's been on my wishlist for years and never been purchased. I'd love to have a Tiffany-style lamp on each of our nightstands in the bedroom.
I suspect I need a new desktop machine. Mine is more than 5 years old, reboots itself at random, and spent the last couple of days off and on making a strange noise that is either a hard drive getting ready to fail or a fan blade rattling against a cord or something else that Andrew and I haven't imagined yet. But I don't want to spend the money on a new machine right now. I want to SAVE money during these few months we're in the apartment. (Thought -- wonder if we could get a docking station or such that would allow me to hook the laptop up to my desktop monitor and keyboard?)
I need a new refrigerator and dryer for the new house, but not sure there's much point in shopping for those now, since I don't have anywhere to put either if I found a good deal on them now, or anytime in the next 3 months or so. Guess it's a good thing we sold our refrigerator with our house, though, since the kitchen appliances at the new place will be black, and our old white fridge would thus be mismatched.
Other stuff for the new house -- landscaping for the yard. Window coverings. Would love a nice entertainment center and flat-screen tv and Xbox for the living room, but this has been on our wishlist for years and we just never seem to budget for it. Probably need more bookshelves, as we were getting very close to running out of space on our existing ones (which we are taking with us to the new house -- at least for long enough to SEE if they fit anywhere).
Need to figure out how to move a piano from Dallas, and then get it tuned and possibly restored once it's here. My mother-in-law told me today she has the name of someone she can give me for the tuning/restoration work, so not much to worry about on that front at this point. I'll worry about the moving after I have a house to move it to.
Not immediately, but near future -- new bedroom set for Corwin so his potential future sibling (still very potential, this is NOT an announcement of any sort) can have the baby stuff. If we go for a twin bed for him, we'll definitely spring for the Twin XL mattress, since he's on track to be 6'2" and would have his feet hanging off the end of a regular twin in no time. Means he'll miss out on a few years of "cutesy" sheets, but hopefully he won't miss those too much. [I was always mad growing up that there were never any "cute" sheets for a double bed, which is what I had.]