This past week I went to the Habitat ReStore to look for bedroom furniture. While I didn't find any, I did find a china cabinet for $50.00. It wasn't really fancy, and it needed some work, but it was big. We are trying to find a new apartment and wherever we move, we won't have as much cabinet space as we have now. So, I thought it would be great. Toufik came and looked at it, but we decided not to buy it that day because you have to pay extra for them to hold it more than two days. So, we decided he'd come back the next morning and buy it. Of course, someone else bought it. We were kind of sad because we were imaging how it would look after we fixed it up, but I am sure that's exactly what somebody else thought too when they saw it.

I had listened to this story on NPR about how this lady furnished an entire model home with thrift store buys in about 3 weeks. So, I decided the next day to go to Goodwill and then another local thrift store. The second one I went to had stuff scattered all over the huge store, and I was feeling dissappointed that I didn't find anything when I came across another section with furniture in it. I stopped suddenly and realized that right in front of me, and directly in front of the entrance (although I didn't see it when I walked in) was a beautiful china cabinet. Amazingly, they only wanted $149.99 for it. I tried calling Toufik, but for some reason, his phone had no signal. I bought it and drove home to tell him, so that he could arrange to go the next day to pick it up. All this was on my lunch hour! I put some pictures of it below. All it needs is a good cleaning and we need to get new shelves for the inside and touch up a couple of scratches.