becca complained this morning that i don’t update enough. i can only imagine that her comment was code for “you don’t update early enough,” because i do update every day. it’s just not the first thing i do when i get to work. besides, today i am not giving becca anything that she wants because she got that eminem song stuck in my head. “it feels so empty without me.” so sue me, the song amuses me to no end. i just don’t like having it stuck in my head. anyway.
i cannot believe how difficult it is to find a coffee table in this town! i couldn’t find one at ikea, and last night i couldn’t find one at roomstore or star furniture. actually, that’s not entirely true–i did find one i liked at star furniture…only it was $450. no thank you. i really don’t understand. my requirements are numerous, i’ll admit, but not all that complicated. i want something:
- rectangular (not square)
- not too high (ikea’s table was the perfect size, except it was like two feet tall)
- in a darker wood (to match what i already have)
- simple (meaning not ornate, which is officially referred to as a “contemporary” design i believe)
- reasonably priced (less than $150, ideally less than $100)
i didn’t think i would have such a problem finding something i liked that fit into all those categories, but apparently i am lacking in the furniture knowledge department. if anyone has a suggestion of where i could find something i like, please let me know.
actually, when i got home last night i was looking through the ikea catalog and saw a coffee table that would be perfect, but i don’t remember seeing it at their store. nor is it listed in their catalog…but it’s picture is there! it’s a mystery. i’m going to call today and just say “yeah, on page 74, do you have that coffee table, will you send me one??”
i just realized that i’m becoming an old woman. agonizing about furniture. this is just lovely.
i was going to go watch softball last night, but the games were rained out. as i was leaving work at 5:30, it was pouring down rain, my car was a good 1000 feet away across the road, and lucky me, i had no umbrella. nick, being the wonderful person that he is, volunteered to run to his car and then come pick me up and take me to my car. now let me explain–there are two parking lots for my building. one is out front and one is across the road, but because of reserved spaces and the fact that we don’t get to work at 7 in the morning, parking across the road will actually get you closer to the building.
so off nick went running into the rain to the lot across the road, because that’s where we always park. so i watch him go, and then a moment later, i see him running back. about halfway back, he takes a left turn and runs through the other parking lot, the one next to the building. at this point i started laughing out loud and had to explain to the two guys staring at me strangely that nick forgot where he parked and was still running around in the rain. it was amusing, even he admitted so.
