[ entertainment ] :: sunday funday!

The Hubs and I switched it up and went out for lunch today at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants - $5 Speedy Gonzalez lunch special? Yes please! I'm feeling a little spent-out since we ate at Studio Movie Grill last night, but we were both so tired from waking up at 6 am yesterday morning we just didn't care.

We did a little couponing at Publix ($2.97 for $15 in groceries) and then hit up The Hubs' favorite shopping destinations:

The store was mostly cleaned out, but The Hubs managed to get two really nice ties for $2.92 each (retail value $79.50 each). That's $6 for $159 worth of tie. He was quite pleased with himself!

Before watching the Falcons game, we did some work in the garden and finished off the second garden bed. I'll probably pick up the dirt for it tomorrow afternoon so my broccoli seedlings have a place to live!

'scuse the mess!

I also picked some veggies today. The first round of bush beans were ready to be picked (and eaten!) and I went ahead and plucked some peppers. It's been in the 70's overnight and my banana peppers and jalapenos are not loving it. What finicky, spoiled plants they are!


- Maggie White

[ home ] :: old lady pictures

I had another great Goodwill find!

Well, I guess that depends on your definition of great. Gillybean, The Hubs, and I went to Goodwill and I found these little beauties for $1.91 each. GB thought they were atrocious and belong in an old woman's house. But I don't care. I love them.

Love is an irrational thing. They are actually very nicely framed with a paper back. Here they are in their new home!

Can you smell the old lady perfume-mixed-with-mothballs?

Yay, Goodwill! Not too shabby for $3.82.

- Maggie White

[ home ] :: poppin' tags + a mirror makeover

Ok, so there were no tags to be popped this week, but check out this mirror I got for under $5 for my guest room! It needed something so our guests won't have to run up and down the hall just to look at their reflection. More specifically, I wanted a white mirror that would fit on an odd portion of the wall. However, I was not about to shell out $20+ at TJMaxx for a mirror.

I found this thing at Goodwill. It was beat up. Dirty. Plastic gold. It was perfect.

Perfect for a can of white spray paint, I mean! First, I taped off the glass and covered it with newspaper. Then I put it on a cardboard box, and sprayed away using multiple, thin coats of paint. I used a can of white Valspar paint that is formulated for painting plastic. Easy-peasy!

Here she is in all her glory. My $5 mirror:

I just noticed that the mirror is hella dirty - how did my dad manage to make it so gnarly the one day he visited? Oh well! In the picture you can also see the Pottery Barn quilt my grandmother got me before I went to college, the free artwork that Pottery Barn sent me by mistake (they sent the same thing twice - lucky!), and the crown molding and hardwood floors we painstakingly installed ourselves when we renovated our house last year. Being cheap is fun!

I can't wait to find more cheap goodies! Goodwill is hit or miss, but sometimes you can find great items that suit your needs.

- Maggie White