Happy 6 Months to My Husband

More on our weekend in DC/my new hairdo later, but for today, we celebrate 6 months of wedded bliss!

Ginger's First Ride in the New Car

We got her a little basket so she doesn't scratch up the leather interior. We took a ride to Sonic to get a cherry limeaide. All and all, I think it was a success, though I got a few "are you serious?" looks from her.

In Case You Were Wondering....

In case you were wondering how the sweater issue played out, here it is. I am officially a person who puts their outfit on their blog. Now, you may detect a bit of judgyness in that last statement, but also know this; if you people didn't show me how to dress, I don't know what I'd do. It's seriously useful people, keep them coming. I'm still riding the short bus to fashion school.

In any event, here's my look for casual Friday last week:
-Sweater: Old Navy
-Jeans: Flirt Boot Cut, Old Navy
-Shoes: Wannabe Topsiders that I got at Walmart (and I get a ton of compliments on these shoes, Walmart for shoes, who knew?)
Underneath I had a blue and white striped V neck from the Gap

Bedroom Set Shopping

In short, I ate way too much yummy food and didn't exercise nearly enough this weekend. We spent a good part of the weekend running around looking at furniture for our bedroom. My first question is, where do ex-supermodels get off designing furniture? Cindy Crawford and Kathy Ireland have lines. What the heck do they know about furniture? They're dried up coat hangers, for heaven's sake.

Pottery Barn-Farmhouse Set

First we started at Pottery Barn to give Darryl an idea of what I wanted. We're trying to be budget conscious and Pottery Barn furniture is notoriously shoddy, so this was more of a fact finding mission than actual shopping. Here's what I showed him. Dark wood, simple lines.

Bassett-5th Avenue set

We went to Bassett next and we fell in love with this 5th Avenue set. However, it was a little spendy for our budget, but Bassett makes some really high quality pieces, so while we'd be spending Pottery Barn money, we'd be getting excellent quality.

Bassett-Redin Park set

Also at Bassett I fell in love with this Redin Park ensamble. Great quality and style (we would get it without the posters) and it was about $1200 cheaper than the other set. I was sold. Darryl was not, he liked the more expensive one. Next we went to Lacks and found this Kathy Ireland set. The style might be a bit too Asian inspired, but it seems like good enough quality and the price was reasonable.

Lack's-Kathy Ireland set

Finally, we went to Rooms To Go, a store that is craaaazy cheap but I have some concerns about the quality of their furniture. I think I could have overlooked that if it was exactly what I wanted style-wise, but it's not quite there. But I think this is the set we'll end up getting, and they're going to throw in a flat screen TV. ::sigh:: Any thoughts? I think I won't be completely happy with this set, but there will be plenty of money left over to buy a really great mattress and sheets, so maybe it's the smart way to go? Still, I look at that Bassett stuff and sigh.....

Rooms To Go-Whitmore set

Hair and There

This just in, I'm going to attempt a big change in my hair color. Contemplating a light brown with lots of golden highlights, a la Giselle. Hey, Tom Brady did ditch the darker brown gal for the lighter haired one. We'll see how this all plays out...I'll keep you posted.