What did you buy today?

I just bought dinner! I love takeout. Hate sitting in a restaurant. The sweet potato fries and crabcakes were mine.

5/16/2010

LC...
Looks good. I looked at my
calendar, I"ve been on my new food change
since APril 12th, one month , that means 2 lbs
a week, 8 lbs total. Tnorrow Rotisserie Chicken
and vegetables...

Cheers..Joe

These arrived yesterday evening. I "bought" them with gift cards I got on Mother's Day. Odds and ends that I've been curious to read, but wasn't quite ready to spend my own money on.

Groceries.

I'm always amazed at how you can turn the everyday into art, LC.

Ann

Ann -it wasn't intentional, lol. Maybe if Joe does a watercolor of my groceries, I'll call it art.

Bedding! New comforter and sheet sets. On sale, with BB&B's lovely 20% coupons on each item.

I did the same. Painted the bedroom walls, bought extra length curtains with enough material to make the box pelmet. Bought new duvet cover and cushions (there's a matching comforter too!)

Looks great -what a tidy room! I'd never take a photo of a room in entirety, they're all just too messy.

I took the photo after decorating. It will never look this tidy again!

6/3/2010

Shelagh..

Your room looks fantastic ! Did you buy the
cornice or did you make it ? Last Saturday and Sunday
I moved furniture around, liivingroom looks much larger,
the fireplace dsoesn't take wood, it takes Gel Fuel cans
and you can move it around the room. 1st photo my
dinning area.

Cheers..Joe

6/3/2010

This is one wall in the livingroom with the
fireplace....

Cheers..Joe

6/3/2010

This is the opposite wall of the liivingroom
facing the dinning area.

Cheers..J

Very elegant rooms, Joe! I made the pelmet over the curtains in the bedroom. I designed and made the pelmet for the summer curtains in my lounge. I used the shape of the fireplace as a template for the pelmet. This is the fireplace:



This is the pelmet:



The painting over the fireplace is a limited edition print of Sam, a black labrador by Steven Townsend:

http://www.chelmerfineart.com/itemDetail.asp?work=3738

We bought the print at Inverbeg Galleries on the banks of Loch Lomond for much less than you would have to pay today:

http://www.howardpage.co.uk/SITES/InverbegGallery/index.htm

6/3/2010

Shelagh..

I love your livingroom, it's beautiful
and I love the colors, you have great taste. Is
the candlesticks and clock Wedgewood ? I have to
look on the internet how to make cornices , I hate
when you see drape rods...

Cheers..Joe

Thanks Joe! Yes, all Wedgwood. The clock was a present from my parents and we bought the barometer and candlestick holders to match.

6/3/2010

Shelagh..

Your bedroom and livingroom are
elegant and done in great taste..

Cheers..Joe

Joe, your rooms look very nice. I used to be into the Queen Anne style a long time ago, with furniture very similar to yours. In fact, I still have a blockfront chest that looks like that sideboard. But my tastes turned to less foo-foo stuff, and I replaced the Queen Anne with Stickely.

The Wedgwood is also nice -in another life I used to collect such tschotskes -Wedgwood, David Winter cottages, Lladro statues, Swarovski crystal figurines, Royal Doulton mugs...I bought it when we lived in Germany and the Willi Geck shop was right behind us. Every payday meant buying another stupid dustcatcher, lol. I still have the stuff, but don't display much of it.

6/8/2010

Yesteday I sinned, I went to the nursery
and bought a blood leaf Banana plant..

Cheers..Joe

6/8/2010

This is the parrot that lives at the nursery.

Cheers..Joe

joefrank wrote:

6/8/2010

Yesteday I sinned, I went to the nursery
and bought a blood leaf Banana plant..

Have you put yourself on a plant diet? lol, I do that with clothes and purses. But when I come across a great deal, sometimes I sin.

I bought plants and compost for hanging baskets and planters. Back left to right: Petunias F1 Patriot Mixed, Coreopsis, Osteospermum Front left to right: Impatiens Mixed, Lobelia Trailing White, Marigold Triploid Gold:

Looks like we buy the same kinds of flowers. I bought coreopsis and impatiens last month, when I had a bunch of yardwork done.

I got new shoes! Check out those gold heels.

I bet they made a hole in your royalties.

6/11/2010

My Orchid Cactus bloomed last night.

Cheers..Joe