Yesterday was a definite spend day for us. Three main major stops and tabs well in excess of a hundred bucks at each. Orchard Supply was the priciest of the three at just over a couple of hundred bucks.
But oh the goodies we got!
In my garage now, I have a sweet Gorilla Tough workbench with a work light on a retractable cord. The bench now houses my power tools and random pieces, its got a peg board on the back so I'll be able to put the most used tools in easy reach at all times. It was even fun to put together, all except for the drawers and their stupid designs but that's alright. The bench kicks ass.
Upstairs, my office is now a very relaxing and warming shade of green. We bought a couple of gallons of paint to start working on the rooms. I also got something called a paintstick, its basically a paintroller with a suction handle that can be filled up with an amazing amount of paint. I was able to pretty well do an entire wall before having to refill it and I painted the entire room in under an hour. There is still the fine work to get to but the vast majority of the room is done and it was pretty straightforward and basic to do.
Downstairs, in the kitchen, we have a new dog crate for our pending puppy (who's undergone a name change most likely but I'll get to that later). Its a big crate with a door that opens to both sides and the entire crate can collapse into itself for travelling, it even came with a carry handle to strap around it. The other cool new goodie is an instant corral, eight or nine or ten sections of fence connected up together so its very, very easy to create a safe zone for the pup without crowding her in at all. And we continue to add to the stockpile of pup toys, we came across a goose that honks instead of squeaks at Trader Joe's.
And TJ's was a big trip this time. Some impulse purchases, some alcohol replenishment purchases and really just a whole bunch of food too. Along with some of the other goodies that are only at Trader Joe's like a quart of pomegranate juice, reggiano, Cabot extra sharp cheddar, the spicy hummus and jalapeno bean chips, edamame, gorgonzola gnocchi, and everything else that's unusual but great.
One thing I can tell you is that working a paintroller is pretty good exercise, especially having to push in the plunger to push paint. I'm not sore today but I can feel my back, shoulders and arms are a little leadened up.
But we're going to go and see the pup in a little bit and take the momma for a walk. Then we'll probably paint for a bit and get the office finished up and put back together.
[Update: Another trip to OSH and we're wrapping up the office right now. It's going to be a very cool spot to work from.]
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