Yesterday was my day not to do much of anything. My husband and daughter had yet another busy day, though; they finished painting all the white trim upstairs. The room is now ready to get painted with her colors.
I had to pick up my son from a sleepover. We had a fairly significant snowstorm yesterday, so that was an adventure, driving to the other side of the city to get him. The plows were out in full force, but they just couldn't keep up. Plus, it didn't help that plowing contractors for businesses left giant snow piles in the streets. Later in the day, I made it to the store to get paint, though. We got the primer, the paint for my daughter's room, and the paint and primer for our room.
Looking at how nice the trim looks painted white, I'm kind of kicking myself for leaving it black for so long. I suppose I just always assumed that we'd have to strip the black to do anything with it, and that was a project I didn't want to tackle. If my daughter wasn't moving into that room, I expect the trim would stay black until, well, forever because I wouldn't have researched painting it.
I probably never checked into painting it because my husband doesn't like to paint wood. Probably 90% of the wood in my house is original and natural. My kitchen cabinets are original to the house, and when we moved in, they were a form of white. Well, I'm sure at one time at one time they were white, but by the time we got here, they were more like an ivory/gray/dingy color.
The original (I'm assuming) wainscoting in my kitchen is a darker, mahogany color. I'm sure it would brighten my kitchen immensely if we painted it white, or even stained it lighter, but that's not a project we've ever considered.
Today is the first day of painting. My husband, daughter, and son are going to tackle painting upstairs. I have errands to run. I ordered some things from stores that offer buy online, pick up in-store, and I have to go get those things, lest the orders get canceled. I try to do the buy online, pick up in store whenever possible. It saves me energy from walking around the store, and it saves me money because nothing catches my eye while I'm heading to buy whatever it was that brought me to the store in first place. I especially like the stores that have the order pick up in the front of the store. Plus, I get Ebates for shopping online. Win, win, win!
My husband's friend once told me that I have a black belt in shopping. I guess it's true, because as I said yesterday, I'm frugal. I will pay what I need to pay, but I really dislike paying more than I have to. A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughter and her friend to the mall. We only went to a few stores, but one of the stores had clearance racks. Now, I've needed jeans for a while, but I really hate shopping for jeans. On this clearance rack were jeans marked .97¢. I asked a sales associate to check the price, and the price was correct. There were 3 pairs of the same size. I tried on all 3 pairs, and they fit. I got 3 pairs of jeans for $3.05 including tax. When I got home, I went online to get more, but they were on clearance for $20 online.
Anyway, time for me to get ready to run errands.
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