Shopping with Mom
Had a fun day out shopping with my mom. We went to a bunch of fabric store looking for fabric for curtains. We both have curtain projects going because the Round recently had all the windows redone (as originally built there were some serious leak problems), and as a result of the remodeling, the curtains that came with all the condos no longer fit. Curtains are expensive. Particularly when you have really big windows. The window in our living room is 8 feet tall by almost 12 feet wide. That's a really big window. I didn't actually buy much as I wanted Josh to look over the choices before I spent at least $50 on a curtain rod and over $100 on the fabric (and that's for relatively cheap fabric at 50% off). Josh and I went back out to JoAnn's this evening for him to look at my favorites. We'll be getting this, probably ordering it online as the store didn't have anywhere near the 16 yards we need in stock.
We also went to a nice second hand store in Tigard, the Union Gospel Mission. I picked up a 15 inch electric wok for $6. We've been talking about getting a wok for ages, as we've been cooking lots of stir fry and Thai food lately. Not sure where I'm going to store it, but used it to cook dinner tonight and it worked wonderfully. My Pad Thai didn't come out that well, but not through any fault of the wok. It was a joy to push food around in.
My mom got a bunch of stuff there too, including a really impressive table that expands all the way up to seating 12 people or down to seating 2 people, and is sturdy enough for her to use her sewing machine on... I think it will be perfect for her 1 bedroom condo. They currently do have a table there, but it's pretty funky. (It would have been a nice table for our condo too, but I have a bit of a table-buying addiction. Josh and I own no less than 3 dining room tables, plus a card table, coffee table, end tables, etc.) She also got a pasta maker, which I look forward to helping her experiment with.
We also went to a nice second hand store in Tigard, the Union Gospel Mission. I picked up a 15 inch electric wok for $6. We've been talking about getting a wok for ages, as we've been cooking lots of stir fry and Thai food lately. Not sure where I'm going to store it, but used it to cook dinner tonight and it worked wonderfully. My Pad Thai didn't come out that well, but not through any fault of the wok. It was a joy to push food around in.
My mom got a bunch of stuff there too, including a really impressive table that expands all the way up to seating 12 people or down to seating 2 people, and is sturdy enough for her to use her sewing machine on... I think it will be perfect for her 1 bedroom condo. They currently do have a table there, but it's pretty funky. (It would have been a nice table for our condo too, but I have a bit of a table-buying addiction. Josh and I own no less than 3 dining room tables, plus a card table, coffee table, end tables, etc.) She also got a pasta maker, which I look forward to helping her experiment with.