Lately I’ve been looking on Craigslist almost every day for good deals. We have absolutely nothing in our dining room & living room. Yesterday I decided to look online searching specifically in the town where we live. I came across this beautiful sofa that was just purchased for $1,000 and was the woman was selling it for $175. I knew I had to get this sofa under my roof so I e-mailed her. A few hours later she e-mailed me saying that 2 other people were going to come and see it and if both of them didn’t want it then it’s ours. She gave me her phone number and said to call at 8:30PM.

We called her and she said it was still available so we went over there. Surprisingly she only lives on the street next to my parents’ house. After only 5 minutes of talking about the sofa and looking at it we decided to buy it from her. Tyler went outside to call my parents since the sofa would only fit in my dad’s truck.

I stayed inside to talk with Katie this woman who was selling the sofa. She explained that she was downsizing because she and her fiance just recently broke up and she couldn’t stay and rent this huge house by herself. She’s a personal trainer and had her own gym inside the house for her private clients. She was just about selling everything in her house. I was tempted but knew we shouldn’t spend anymore money right now since we just bought a sectional couch for our family room.

We’re so excited every time we add something new to the house. It’s an overwhelming feeling of knowing that every small thing is worth it in the long run. We need to pay attention to our front yard since our neighbor told us that the community association has people come all the time and make sure everyone is following the rules. She got fined $50 for an overgrown plant that barely touched the sidewalk. I’m just glad we don’t live in the Country Club where my parents live. They have more rules. They recently got a letter saying they need to add more rocks to their yard because it’s “bald” which is insane!

This weekend we’ll be building a platform bed. I came across Freckles Chick‘s blog about her beautiful bed. I am absolutely in love with how high their bed is and how much room for storage they have under their bed. She told me of this DIY tutorial to create a platform that they did. This is our project for this weekend. I’m so excited because I have no energy in the mornings to pull myself up and out of bed. I’d rather climb down or fall out of bed. My goal for this weekend is: NO INJURIES for both me and Tyler.