But the other day I was on my way to Newton to get a new dress altered. Well, while I was out in that direction I thought: What do you know? The Apple store is just a few minutes away, I could go check out those iPad cases I’ve been eying! So I bought an iPad cover from the Apple Store that just happens to be in a mall that just happens to have a BCBG store which just happened to be advertising a 60% off sale in the window.

I went in. Obviously.

I mean, literally drooling. Unfortunately almost all of the dresses were $98, and I couldn’t stomach dishing out that kind of mula for a dress right now. Especially since I have an entire closet filled with dresses that still have the tags on. Dresses are one of those things that I love to look at, love to buy, and seldom wear. So the $98 dresses were out of the question.

That was Saturday. Fast forward to yesterday. I wake up, roll over, check my email.  Sitting in my inbox, this morning was a pleasant little surprise from my friends at Loft. 50% off all full priced dresses. In stores and online.

Purchase Loft dresses here, here, here and here.

You’ve got to be kidding me. Thank you fashion gods! Thank you Loft! Now this is something I can justify. Two amazing fall and winter dresses from Loft for under $100. Now I just have choose two.

Anthropologie sweaters

Well, what we found was not your normal yard sale.  This yard sale was stacked. Not with random knick knacks and used crap, but with barely used, tags still attached pieces… by the dozens.  An entire drive way of wall art.  An entire backyard of pillows.  Lamps and lamp shades, tables filled with candle sticks, decorative bowls and baskets. Area rugs, smaller rugs, runners, door mats.

I’m not lying. Take a look:

Unfortunately, although we still have a long list of things to purchase for the new apartment, a huge shopping spree isn’t in our budgets this week.  So we picked strategically, and found a few things that we really, really needed.

Like a large framed, thick white matted print for above the living room. In case you forgot, this was the 3rd and final step to brightening the living room. We both wanted the print the second we laid eyes on it. It’s a great size (40 1/2″), the light greens mixed into the print match our couch perfectly. And did you know, that I’m kind of obsessed with birch trees?  The print reminds us both of our childhood, of being in Maine, the woods, the nature, the beauty. Score.

In addition to the large print, we picked up two matching chairs, two matching gold framed prints and two small striped pillows.

The framed bicycle pictures are perfect for our kitchen wall, but the chairs aren’t perfect. They’re pretty tacky with their black metal legs, but we thought for such a low price, we could try to work with them.  Maybe they’ll live as reading chairs next to our couch with a small table and lamp in between.  Maybe they’ll serve as two extra dining room chairs.  Maybe they’ll even be the matching chairs for our new work desk.  We’ll see.

And now for how these new pieces are settling into their new homes.  We still think the birch tree print is perfect. And how nice do those damn white throw pillows look? Sorry, sorry. I’ll stop. They just make me so happy.

And now for an up close look at the two darling bicycle prints in the kitchen! Don’t worry. I hate the butter yellow paint color just as much as you do. But repainting the kitchen will have to wait awhile. Probably a long while. Back to the bikes. Aren’t these prints awesome? I love the old wooden fence and the field of yellow flowers on the left. So bright, whimsical, and aah sweet. If only I owned a bike.

And there you have it. Once we find a more permanent home for the two chairs, I’ll snap some pics. Until then, just let out a squeal and do a little happy dance with me. Considering we left the house with absolutely no intention of buying things (that’s a lie, I was going to pick up some cork coasters), this random yard sale was a miracle. Crazy, humungo success.

Until we do a full fledged grocery shopping trip, we’ve been making little trips to the next door market for things like yogurt, fruit and veggies.  Cheese and milk too.  Oh, and of course enough pb&j and tuna (eaten separately, obviously) for lunches.

Sounds like lots of good, healthy and adult food. Right?

Fridge is also stocked with some of our favorite good fall beer and wine.  Can’t go without beer during the first month of the NFL, can you?