Album deal

Kind of surprised this popped out to me from the shelf at Goodwill. It's a Creative Memories travel destination album that came new with a set of natural pages, but this pre-owned one had three sets of natural pages in it. There was also a package of white pages shoved in there with no price tag so I assumed they were selling it all together? Made the $4 purchase even sweeter.

I'll take the pages out of this to use but I'll donate or pitch the album itself. It's kind of ugly.

Yes, I’ll wash it

The problem with getting the linens out early for a holiday is that the cats think I've given them a new place to rest.

Palm Sunday

My artsy Palm Sunday photo.

They had us march into church yesterday with our palms.

Not really my thing, but I do like how the sanctuary looks in these pictures.

What a game!

It didn't look great for the Illini in the first half against Iowa yesterday, but they won 71-59!! They're going to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament. I-L-L...

I blame Ruby

I grabbed my coat to go move my car during work yesterday and noticed a slit in the back. The stuffing was poking out!

Pretty easy to put the blame on Ruby who loves to sit on the backs of the dining room chairs. And look at those claws! Maybe I'll learn to hang my coat up? Probably not.

‘Loud cat’ is back

"Loud cat" loves to sit on our railing. He hasn't been around much during winter but with the temperatures warming up, he's back.

Another wedding

We're so excited to celebrate these two this summer!

Piper kept going after the wax seal so I had to put everything back in the envelope. Weirdo.

Yoga cats puzzle

This was one of the puzzles I picked up a week or so ago.

It's all there. It was still wrapped, new in the box, but with these cats you never know if a piece or two will go missing. Now, I get to clean off the table and start preparing for Easter so no puzzles for a while.

Day of bargain-hunting

Allison picked me up Monday morning and we met Julie at the Savers by her house. Mondays are 50 percent off of everything and this was my find - a luggage rack for $1.50. I had been looking for one for the guest room so how could I pass it by?

I was tempted to get this jewelry armoire for $8 (really) but upon closer inspection the top was loose ... and where would I put it? It also didn't have compartments in the various drawers so I left it behind. We had lunch at Taco Bell then went to one Goodwill.

For $3 how could I not buy this light-up car? There's a light underneath so the headlights and tail lights light up! Googling it at home I discovered it's a wax tart warmer. Apparently there's supposed to be a red tray that the truck sits on and holds the wax tarts.

And this light-up, snow-covered church was $7.

My theme for this Christmas will be peppermint/candy canes so when I found this bag of glass candy canes, I thought it could come in handy - either sitting on each napkin, hanging on the tree or just sitting around in this cute mug. The little Christmas tree is glass and lights up too. Must have been my day to find light-up Christmas decorations.

Allison bought this cute U of I shirt (she's a proud aunt.) I sent this picture to L and she replied that Allison needs a UCF shirt. That would be a lot harder to find here.

Blume & Ferris

Andy and I were out and about yesterday and popped into Blume & Ferris, a recently opened Irish pub-style brewery in Downers Grove. From the outside, it absolutely looked closed but there were lots if cars in the parking lot so I said we should at least try to see if the door were open. They were.

It was really cute inside. The bartender said they'd been open just eight weeks.

The bar was quite busy but bartender said it was the fewest people they've had on a Sunday.

This was the seating area as you walking in, looking from the bar. Not sure what they can change but it definitely needs a "we're open" look from the outside.