I Think I'll Need Four Sets...

I suddenly got inspiration of how to decorate my kitchen/living room area.

I've always had a theme kind of started [color-wise], but I'd never found the aha! idea to pull it all together and really be able to run with it.

But now I have it all planned out, and everyday I sit in my kitchen and imagine more and more.  I'm still utilizing everything I already have, just getting all the additional pieces I need to make it a complete thought.  And a lot of if I can do by crafting it myself.  I'm so excited about it, but terrified that I'll hate it once I've made the commitment and have everything done.

I'm weird like that.

Don't believe me?  Refer back to the post where I found divine inspiration for my Christmas tree this year, spent a good 3 hours at Hobby Lobby shopping for 200 some odd ornaments, came home and made the hubby pull the tree out in the middle of November, set up my masterpiece, and......spent another hour at Hobby Lobby the following Monday trying to return it all.

For reals.

Like I said, I'm weird like that.

Jeff has told me that he's decided that I get a thrill out of returning things.

I do it that much.

I thought about what would make him come to this conclusion, and  I wondered if he likened my "sickness" to bulimia.  Does he think I just binge and buy up everything in sight, only to take it home and then purposely decide to return back to the store and purge it all on some unsuspecting cashier who has to process my return?

I think not.  How could he think that I'd enjoy wasting my time in return lines?

I just want things "just so", and when it doesn't happen, I return.

So sue me.

I'm a girl.

I have that prerogative. 

Anyway....let's get back on track.

How do I know that I might be onto something big with this whole design idea of mine?

Dinnerware.

That's right.

Jeff and I have been using the same $15 black dinnerware set that we purchased as a "temporary" set back before we were even married.  Jeff was living in our newly built house by himself and just needed some basics to get him by.

These were the same dishes that we had to return to Walmart three times just to piece together a full 16 piece set that didn't have one or more pieces shattered in the box upon purchase.

Like I said.  $15.  For 16 pieces.

Ghetto.

We've been needing new dishes forever.  I've just never gotten around to figuring out a theme for my kitchen, and thus the matching dishes since we've been in-between homes and financial ability for quite some time.

But today, I get online, do a little Google searching, and I found myself a beacon of happiness that signals to me that this whole idea just. might. work.

Behold:

They are so right for so many reasons.

I am officially in LOVE.

For now.

Do you think it would be bad taste to get them for Jeff for his upcoming birthday?  Ha, ha.