iris lily
1-2-12, 2:41pm
When DH said that he was going to Lowes today, I jumped in the car with him because I had a long list of household purchases to discuss with him and possibly, to buy.
I have often said on this board how I love my kitchen cabinets and I DO! I LOVE THEM! They are classic white paneled cabinets built by DH. But everything else, I do not love. Our countertops are a plain jane grey Formica and I had decided not to replace them since I didn't want to spring for granite and don't much like other choices given their cost.
But inspired by my friend Laura's wonderful French themed kitchen, and suspecting that my own fabulous cabinets feel under dressed and forlorn, I wanted to look one more time at granite. I want a big grained, rock-y looking product. Well. He hated absolutely the granite I liked. He refuses to entertain the notion of that granite in our kitchen.
So, we were not able to spend $5,000 today in the kitchen department.
Moving over to blinds, I pointed out to him what I wanted, custom shutters for 3 windows. He had many objections to that. We were not able to come to terms with a product we both liked although we have two potential compromises. But still, no sale, unable to order $1,000+ in shutters.
Moving on to the lighting area, I decided that TODAY I would get rid of 2 fixtures that I have hated for 22 years. I loathe them. They are sconce type lights and Lowes had only a small selection. Each was as loathsome as the ones I already have. No sale.
Looking at dishwashers next, by then, I'd run out of consumer steam and I didn't have much interest. I hate buying appliances anyway, they are so boring. I always let DH buy them because I just don't care. We both hate the dishwasher we've got, but we don't have the will to buy another one. We passed.
Today was a perfect day at Lowe's because there were hardly any shoppers. As usual, the help greeted DH like a rock star because he is in that store 3 -4 times weekly. They were ready and available to help us! But alas, we were incompetent at spending money. We are terrible consumers. In most of the purchases we canceled each other out by vetoing the other one's choice. This is one excellent way not to spend money, I will say.
We didn't buy anything at Lowes, but we next went to Target. DH had a list. They did not have 2 of the things on his list. The third thing, an expensive baby gate, I had to talk him into. He thinks it should cost $50. It in fact cost $77.
When we got home he installed the gate and I think it will be a good thing to keep our Tazmanian Devil Dog in her room. So, we got one practical thing today and the consumer machine did not win.
I have often said on this board how I love my kitchen cabinets and I DO! I LOVE THEM! They are classic white paneled cabinets built by DH. But everything else, I do not love. Our countertops are a plain jane grey Formica and I had decided not to replace them since I didn't want to spring for granite and don't much like other choices given their cost.
But inspired by my friend Laura's wonderful French themed kitchen, and suspecting that my own fabulous cabinets feel under dressed and forlorn, I wanted to look one more time at granite. I want a big grained, rock-y looking product. Well. He hated absolutely the granite I liked. He refuses to entertain the notion of that granite in our kitchen.
So, we were not able to spend $5,000 today in the kitchen department.
Moving over to blinds, I pointed out to him what I wanted, custom shutters for 3 windows. He had many objections to that. We were not able to come to terms with a product we both liked although we have two potential compromises. But still, no sale, unable to order $1,000+ in shutters.
Moving on to the lighting area, I decided that TODAY I would get rid of 2 fixtures that I have hated for 22 years. I loathe them. They are sconce type lights and Lowes had only a small selection. Each was as loathsome as the ones I already have. No sale.
Looking at dishwashers next, by then, I'd run out of consumer steam and I didn't have much interest. I hate buying appliances anyway, they are so boring. I always let DH buy them because I just don't care. We both hate the dishwasher we've got, but we don't have the will to buy another one. We passed.
Today was a perfect day at Lowe's because there were hardly any shoppers. As usual, the help greeted DH like a rock star because he is in that store 3 -4 times weekly. They were ready and available to help us! But alas, we were incompetent at spending money. We are terrible consumers. In most of the purchases we canceled each other out by vetoing the other one's choice. This is one excellent way not to spend money, I will say.
We didn't buy anything at Lowes, but we next went to Target. DH had a list. They did not have 2 of the things on his list. The third thing, an expensive baby gate, I had to talk him into. He thinks it should cost $50. It in fact cost $77.
When we got home he installed the gate and I think it will be a good thing to keep our Tazmanian Devil Dog in her room. So, we got one practical thing today and the consumer machine did not win.