Thinking I knew where Harmon's is and borrowing the truck from my in-laws, I went to get some chairs. I went to Macey's by mistake and spent about 20 minutes secretly rolling my eyes at the not-so-helpful employee who had no idea what chairs I was talking about. She asked me to point it out in their ad before I realized I was the stupid one. Off I went to Harmon's for real. Of course the road was under construction around Harmon's and I had to drive to Sundance before I could turn right. (Exaggerating is part of my charm.) Bah! I came in the back way, found my chairs, went to the register where the Employee of the Month was working (seriously - her picture was up on the wall) and bought 6 chairs in boxes. As she handed me my receipt she said, "You saved $300 today at Harmon's." Oh, I know it!
That was Tuesday. On Wednesday I thought I would surprise Brian by putting a couple of chairs together so we could sit in the backyard and watch Maggie dig.
This was the chair after I'd been working on it for a little over an hour. I blame the hand drawn instructions. Brian was not surprised. (We've been married for almost 12 years. He's seen my work before.) While I made raspberry jam last night, he put the chair together. In my defense, he did have to adjust the angle on a couple of pieces to make them fit together. He is the muscle and the brains of this operation.
Beautiful, right?
11 comments:
The chair is beautiful! Well done.
Those are beautiful chairs! What a steal.
And I'm pretty sure if you followed what The Secret says, you would be sitting in those chairs, doing nothing, and a million dollars would come flying out of the sky, and land in your lap. Great concept.
Have I mentioned my love of The Secret? ;)
I love adirondack chairs - surprisingly comfortable! And I'm diggin' the red. Is it crazy that I've never been to your home? I was trying to picture all this chair action goin' down and I realized I have no idea...
Hey - you are supposed to call when you find great deals like this...it is part of the "you are a cheap woman club" motto!
That is one fine chair...and Yes, I AM jealous! The color...is my favorite!
Oh - and good job Brian on putting those bad boys together! I won't tell Nicole that you had a whole box of parts left over after you paid the guy down the street to finish it...he he!
Despite watching Ellen & Oprah parade those wizards who wrote "The Secret" on their shows, I still don't get it. You put a picture of something you want on a bulletin board and then think positive and it shows up on your doorstep? What? Oprah's story about finding a bubble blower in her office after she thought about wanting to blow bubbles was the dumbest story I've ever heard. (And I read Twilight.)
Allison - come to my house and sit in a chair in my backyard, okay? I bet your feet will reach the ground. I, on the other hand, need to start making some awesome outdoor pillows so that no one will know I'm secretly representing the Lollipop Guild in my own backyard.
Your Twilight comment totally made me laugh. You can definitely be my friend. :)
they came painted! that is a total double bonus. i think you saved more like $3,000 just for the money and time it takes to paint something and have it shine like that.
thanks for making me laugh today!!
Way to go! You sound like my friend Rebecca. She gets every coupon on Sunday, takes them from her neighbors who don't use them, or buys extra papers on Monday morning (for the coupons) and then waits for things to go on sale, which is all coordinated by the grocery stores and the manufacturers. So when the item goes on sale, she gets about 8 of it, plus double coupons, she ends up spending $.25 on something that normally costs $2.00, and she has 7 left over for food storage. But the down side is, she will buy it even if she already has 12 of whatever it is. Gotta have limits, people.
Nicole, yeah, "Biff" is Adam. I don't know why he uses that stupid nickname. It's his family's nickname, and I've never called him that, ever.
We do laugh a lot, I must say. I'll make sure to tell him you said he's ALMOST as funny as I am. :)
I have a friend who can get cash back on a cart full of groceries because she is so good at working the coupon system. P.S. Did you know that I can see The Adirondaks from my house? Those chairs are very popluar here. Congrats on the great deck to put it on.
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