Wednesday, November 30, 2005

The Apartment

The new couch and chair arrived last weekend, and the people have been asking for pictures. So here they are.



That's the couch and chair. I know. They're amazing. Don't you wish you had a red couch too? I know that it needs something on the wall over it, but I haven't had a chance to get that perfect piece of wall art yet. Mostly because it's bolted to the wall at the hotel, and I don't think it would fit under my jacket.

But wait...there's more.



Yes, a whole wall of shelves. Yes, they are all from Ikea. No, they were not as cheap as one would have hoped. I was a bit surprised when I went to checkout, because I had dome some poor mental math. I blame being on the third floor of that place. I think the lack of oxygen messed with my multiplication. It's like baking instructions for places in high altitudes: lower your math expectations at such heights, otherwise you're just going to have a burnt pie crust, and no one likes that.

(Oh and yes, that is the menu screen of a Friends DVD on the TV.)

But it's not all magical new furniture. I also put up a tree.



Purchasing all the new ornaments is an example of some of the poor choices I make when spending money. I had a perfectly good set of ornaments that I had used for years prior. But I wanted something new, and the old ornaments would have clashed with my couch. Plus, I love these new ones, so there.

It was a lazt weekend with my parents. After the couch extravaganza on Tuesday (they brought up the stuff from KC...I bought everything at Nebraska Furniture Mart) we pretty much just sat around, ate, and caught up on my TiVo. But then, in a burst of energy on Saturday, we finally finished unpacking the kitchen. Finally, all the good wine glasses are where I can reach them, so I can stop drinking out of those 50 cent Ikea ones. Now we're drinking out of $3 Ikea glasses.



Because kitchens are kind of boring and it does you no good to see a bunch of closed cabinet doors, you just get to see the magical baking rack. Yes, that's a pie on there. No, I rarely use any of those pans. I use the wine rack on the bottom (which you can't see) far more often. It seems to fill itself up pretty regularly, which is why it's magical.

You can also see the matching rack that my mom decided I absolutely had to have when I first moved in. There's another one with the microwave on it that I was sure would not fit. But it did. My kitchen rules now.

Try to ignore the big pile of boxes in the living room on the edge of the kitchen picture. That's the pile for Salvation Army, but I had to wait until a day off to take it all in. It may be messy, but at least I'm a good person.

So now you know. It's like we just had a little housewarming party. It might have been nice if you'd brought a bottle of wine or something though.

You know, just to be nice.