For the past few months, I've been slowly making changes to our apartment.
Good deal here, good deal there..
It's been a work in progress:)
Sometimes I just have to force myself to be content with how it looks and stop brainstorming ideas..
However.
Recently, we've been looking for a new tv stand.
This little guy just wasn't cutting it!
That champ was the first piece of furniture we bought as a married couple.
And it fulfilled its purpose..
Which was to hold our tv and dvd's for only 10 bucks.
Thank you DI:)
Recently however, I've decided it had to go!
Since KSL has always been my go to, I started searching frequently.
I've learned that being patient, and checking everyday for at least a month,
you are sure to find something amazing for cheap.
That white couch?
15 bucks off ksl.
A college student from Washington sold it to me because she was moving back home..
I don't think she knew what a gem it was..
It's amazing how you can love something, but the fact that it's a great deal just makes you love it so much more.
That's what happened with the tv stand hunt..
I searched and searched for over a month!
One night, Jon was in the library and I was at home. (I probably should have been at the library..)
And I casually checked ksl once again..
That's when, I found it.
The perfect tv stand for our apt!
The owners even offered to drive it here and bring it in for me, free of charge.
How could you even say no to that?
So I got it.
I measured the tv before hand and everything..
However, I failed to notice that some little tiny (annonying) plastic things that stick out half a centimeter to help support the tv, caused the tv NOT TO FIT!
Our friends came (love our Polynesian neighbors) and helped me try to fit it in, and it literally didn't fit by a hair.
We tried three different times, nothin.
The good new is: The tv was free from an old friend. And the volume down button only works half the time.
The bad new is: I forgot to ask Jon before I bought the tv stand.
Ok, forgot, is an exaggeration.
To be fair though, he wouldn't answer his phone.
I called two whole times.
So I thought "I'll surprise him. He'll love it."
There are two things wrong with this statement:
Jon hates surprises.
And he prefers to buy things new if we buy them at all.
And I could probably count on one hand the amount of things on this earth that Jon actually loves..
Hopefully, one of them is still me:)
Anyway, so I knew he wouldn't get home until after midnight.
Around 10:00 I posted the picture you see above, on facebook.
I admitted my mistake: that I bought a tv stand that doesn't actually fit our tv, and that Jon doesn't know.
I guess I was just hoping someone could make it all better..
Like maybe they'd say:
"Oh you can easily just saw the plastic things off the bottom and you'll be fine."
Or,
"Here, have my tv, it will fit perfectly."
Something like that.
You guys, Jon rarely gets on facebook.
And that's not an exaggeration.
So this should have been fine!
But whether it was karma, or the heavens, whatever it was..
(I found out later it was for a class)
He checked facebook that night.
You can imagine the horror when I saw "Jon Bowen commented on your photo"..
He posted this meme:
I laughed so hard.
Well, nervously laughed..
I wanted him to love it as much as I did.
Long story short.
He was fine.
He did mention the tv looked really bad where it was.
And then I said that's why it's good Christmas is coming up.
And he agreed.
And now we love it.
Well mostly I just love it..
But our little (very little) apartment is coming together quite nicely:)
And that mint green cookie jar above?
I guess some things you just have to buy new:)
Good thing that didn't require any measuring before hand..
My bad.