new pretties, silly cats, silly me & big day

 I didn't find anything at TJ Maxx the other day when I went hunting for

an entrance rug, a pillow for the little black chair, and some possible art

work for the bathrooms. So I tried Target and there I found the

perfect size and color pillow. It's harder than you think to find tiny

 pillows. And it was on sale, too. Hooray!

Still no rug and art work for the bathrooms, but that's OK.

I'm hoping to hit IKEA soon, so maybe I'll have luck there.

I also had to run into Michaels for some craft items and I found these pretty 

little vases on sale for only $1 each. Not sure exactly where I'm going to put

them yet, but I'm thinking they'll look pretty on the floating shelves in the main

bathroom, each with a flower in them.

 

And then in the $1.50 bin at Michaels, I found these bright blue decorative

balls. They had ribbon attached to them so that you could use them as some

sort of ornament, but I just cut the ribbon off. I thought they added a nice pop

of color to all the beige going on in this vase.

Also, in the $1.50 bin ~ brightly-colored mini picture frames. I just need

to put pictures in them! 

 

 And a few of my latest thrifting treasures ~ an enamel pot, sweet

little bucket, and...

a vintage kitty.

 

Speaking of kitties, Zippo was zonked out on the blanket on the couch the other 

night. Monkey wanted to lie on the blanket too, so he smooshed his body

against Zippo's. I guess Zippo got tired of being smooshed and simply 

put his legs up on Monkey's back. I don't know what Monkey thought about

that, but Zippo certainly looks comfortable!

 

I know those of you in the warmer states (and countries) have trees and

 flowers in bloom already, but here in northern Illinois, the weather is still

 pretty nasty. The temps are in the 30's with lots of rain and some snow

 flurries. So I was quite excited when I went out to the mailbox yesterday

 and saw green shoots (tiger lilies) poking out of the dead leaf and 

rock-filled ditch in front of our house.  If my neighbors saw and heard

 me, they probably thought I was crazy. I grabbed my cell phone and called

 my husband and animatedly told him the news. Then I ran into the house

 to get my camera and took pictures of the ditch. :-)

Well, tomorrow's the big day. The Midwest Bloggers Meet-Up.

I'm excited, but a little nervous, too. And I have to get up at 6:00 a.m.

because I have a long drive. That's a super early hour for me, as I'm

a night owl. I'm rarely in bed before midnight. I've been baking cookies

all day for the swag bags. Now I have to go package them up. I'll

be sure to take lots of pictures tomorrow. See you on Sunday!