Last night I had the hardest time going to sleep, I just wasn't tired! So, I decided to "surf" craigslist and see if I found anything interesting. Sure enough! I found an awesome looking black coffee table for $20 - emailed the link to Jared. I saw a gorgeous 5 piece kitchen table and chairs set for $20 - emailed the link to Jared telling him "um, I want this" as the subject ;-) I had no real intentions of getting either one, but they seemed like amazing deals to me, and they were our style. I decided to go out on a limb and email the person selling the kitchen table set. I sent her an email just asking if she still had the set and then went off to bed.
This morning, I woke up to an absolutely GORGEOUS day! Oh, it was so hard to get out of bed - just lying there hearing the wind rustle through the trees and feeling the gentle breeze floating through the window was so peaceful, but I had to get up for our special date day! So, I sat up in bed and decided to check my email quickly before getting ready. Among my emails was a reply from the lady with the kitchen set. She said, "You're the first that emailed back so you get first dibs. :) Would you like to take a look at it today? Please let me know asap." I get first dibs?! Oh, that's got to be a sign! Haha...I quickly replied letting her know I was very interested and that me and my fiance' would try to come by today. She replied letting me know the earlier the better for them because they had errands to run, so I let her know that I would get ready quickly and then go the 30 minutes to my fiance's house where I would do my best to convince him that we have something really important we need to do right away. :-)
On the way to Jared's house, I spent time talking to God and thanking Him for the absolutely gorgeous day He had given us and the beauty of the creation He made that we get to enjoy. The ride there was incredible!
Once I got to Jared's, I ran into his house exclaiming my excitement about the absolutely gorgeous day and then quickly told him about the table and how I have first dibs and we have to hurry! He kept telling me to calm down 'cause he wanted to show me something quickly, but I really wanted to get going, and from the look on his face - it probably was car-related. I went outside to see what he wanted to show me, still raving about the table. He looked at me and said, "It's not the one in my car is it?" I said, "What? No, you can't have it - She said I have first dibs." He smiled slyly and opened the back door of his car where I looked in and saw....
the awesome black coffee table!
I said, "Oh, no, I was talking about the kitchen table set, but I love this, too!" He then looked at me and said, "Wait, you're the first person?!" Jared then explained that he emailed the lady with the kitchen set(he wanted to have it there to surprise me with, as well), but she told him she was waiting to hear back from the first person who contacted her. If she didn't hear back from that person, Jared had second dibs. Well, we figured since I had first dibs and he had second dibs, that must mean we were supposed to get the table and chairs, or at least go check them out. So, we called the people and set up a time in the evening to meet them.
Jared had an appointment to get his timing belt replaced, so that was our next step of the day. We drove in both cars, so that we could get around while his was being worked on. We went to the mall and walked around and looked at a few things (and smelled the amazing fall candles! - poor Jared - one of the employees walked up and said, "Hello, ladies" then apologized profusely). After the mall, we went to Noodles and Co. where we both got our favorite - Wisconsin Mac 'n Cheese - we had to sit outside 'cause the place was packed! It was a bit chilly, but we still enjoyed our date. Then we went next door to Starbucks where I got a (fall drink!!) Spiced Pumpkin Latte and Jared got a bagel and cream cheese (and a marked down expensive chocolate bar). We then went and got Jared's car and headed back to his house, where we had some down time and I made Peach London Fog's for both of us (though he hates tea, he loved it!). We headed out and picked up the kitchen table set and then came back to his house to enjoy a delicious meal of steak, corn on the cob, garden green beans, and garden tomatoes.
After dinner, we drove our incredible purchases to the apartment and set them up. We then decided we are going to have to get a centerpiece for that amazing, huge coffee table. We stopped by Wal-Mart and looked at their decorations for a while and then headed back to his place.
After an amazing day, I'm back home now, in my cozy little apartment with it's amazing coffee table and super-cheap kitchen table set.
I realized that if we had gone to IL, we probably wouldn't have the tables and chairs, and would have missed out on the amazing day we had today.
God is so good!!
Here's the coffee table...
and the kitchen table and chairs...
I love them! :-)
