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Rugs, car tripping

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By Natalie
Yesterday we woke up to the pouring rain and decided to go to the Pottery Barn outlet in Gafney. We had some free money to spend there and wanted to use it toward a rug.  We looked through rugs for what seemed like hours, almost rationalizing ourselves into a huge purchase of a gorgeous rug that was WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.

We ended up selecting this one in a 8x10 version, paying about $200 for it after our discount.  The other very beautiful rug would have cost more than 3 of these.  So this now lives in our living room and is being positioned, vaccumed, and adored by Harris and the cats.


On the way back, we took a bunch of remnants back to Ikea. Life lesson - do not buy handles or knobs at Ikea...we never use them/always take them back. There we picked up a scrap piece of wood from the As-Is section that Harris will turn into at least two floating shelves for the kitchen. We also got pot holders because, well, we had zero pot holders and some candles for the house.

After all of this car tripping we went to RuSan's in Charlotte for sushi dinner. All in all it was a pretty nice way to spend my birthday.  We got to look at stars on the trip back with Madeline and spent the day being silly and getting something we wanted for the house.
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  1. Colin and HollyJanuary 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM

    sounds like we should celebrate our birthdays together cause i sure like the way you think! -holly

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