take advantage of them!
As we move into the new studio, Ron and I a pulling out all the stops. Ok, we are and we aren’t. We’re watching our pennies (and dollars) BUT we’re also making sure the new studio has all high tech, cool stuff. That doesn’t only go for the gadgets and technical stuff, but my photography stuff.
For example, I have needed to replace my icky cordless phone for at least 6 months. I started looking for one a few weeks ago as it got worse and worse (essentially, people can’t always hear me). So we went to Staples today to look.
We found a cool phone! And it’s a 2-liner, so I’m doing to add a 2nd line to the studio. Well as we were there, the girls were spinning in the office chairs. I have a chair, but it’s falling apart (go figure since its only a year old 🙁 ). The chair just falls down anytime you sit on it (sinks down … not like it falls over). Anyway, it also doesn’t match the new decor, but I was just going to live with it because it’s suede and comfy.
Well while we’re looking for the phone and I chase the girls in the chair section I happened to sit in this small mesh-backed chair. I love mesh backed chairs but have never found one that is very supportive (in the lower back). But Oh My Goodness! This one was AWESOME.
So, I found my chair.
Figuring we’d spent enough money today … ha ha ha … we headed home. From N. Raleigh we generally travel on 540 all the way to Hwy 55. As we traveled down Hwy 55, we were about to cross High House and there is a huge semi-truck at the corner with a bunch of furniture. You know … like a sidewalk vendor of purses in NY … a road-side vendor with a bunch couches.
So Ron and I are rubbernecking looking at the couches and there it is … I spot the queen anne couch I have been looking for for a YEAR! An off-white, single arm feinting couch with queen anne legs! I have wanted one of these for ages because they make awesome photography seating.
We pull in, because I just HAVE to look at it and it’s perfect and the right price. After dropping off one kid and the extra stuff we have in the van, we go back to get it. 🙂 It seemed to just fall right into our laps! How cool is that?
I try very hard to take advantage of anything that’s put into my path and this was perfect! I have searched high and low — at furniture stores and consignment and flea markets, etc. and they are ridiculously expensive and/or online shipping is an additional 50% of the purchase price.
What an awesome day! Assuming we get our CO, we’re going to start moving all this cool stuff in!