BUILDING our future..

Phew I'm pooped after this weekend! I told you previously that I came back Christmas night from Winston-Salem because I had to work Friday and Saturday! I am so happy to have Lee home with me now!! Yesterday was a fun-filled day of building, shopping, more building, and a birthday dinner for Lee! One of a few birthday dinners actually! Anyway..this is how our day went. Lee's mom had given us money for Christmas to buy the table we wanted from Target! We have not had a place to sit down and eat! We've been eating meals on our couch at our coffee table..and that was starting to get very old/messy. I didnt bring my table from the old apartment because it was way too big and ugly for this place...ick :) The new table is totally us..and the leafs of the table fold down in case we need to make more room. I would just like to say for the record..that if it wasnt for me..that table NEVER would've came to be! I was a complete and total badass when putting that thing together. I think Lee was impressed with my wood-working skills..it's ok, Lee. It's hard following those step by step directions sometimes! Next we tackled the lovely entertainment center that Dad and Tina bought us for Christmas! That one was a little harder to put together but I do think that we bonded a little over drills and camlocks and plastic bolt covers..im a DIY kinda girl so I'm hoping these building skills will come in handy soon! I think soon I might need my own toolbelt to go underneath my apron! After building the entertainment center and setting that up we decided to go shopping for some seat cushions for our table! We decided on some VERY Cute ones from Pier One as well as some fun placemats to match! here's a few pics.. I didnt have my camera when putting the furniture together but I'll be sure to take some more pics for those who are truly interested..haha



these lovely seat cushions really liven up our table!
and here are our placemats..only we purchased them in red :)



I love how one table and a few accessories can change an entire room!! After our quick trip to Pier one we went to Lee's favorite for dinner..Red Robin! Its such a fun place to eat and they are so nice there! We ordered nachos (WHICH WERE AMAZING BTW) as an appetizer and it was 9 dollars. They didnt get the appetizer out to us until our food was up so they gave us the nachos for free! Pretty good deal I'd say! Needless to say, I left our waitress a nice little tip! This was a little bday present from me..i cant afford much after the whopping christmas but im sure there may be another celebration or two..i think lee's mom and grandparents may be heading up here tomorrow for his birthday and dinner!!

After dinner we decided we needed a leather ottoman! Im sorry..its not real leather..but thats ok I like to find the cheap way around these things! We thought that our giant coffee table looked a little to large now that we have an actual table so we decided to get rid of it for good...as hard as that was for me being that my great grandfather built it! We both agreed that an ottoman would look a little better. We will in the near future also be purchasing a rug..I have one in mind..i hope it stays on sale! hahaha! I think new couches and bookshelves are most definetly in the future this year as well...we really want to turn the place around!

Hope everyone is getting ready for the New year..im excited to spend some time with my girls!! Have a great week..for most of you its short im sure! :)