We have been exploring options for Clyde's Halloween costume and my mother-in-law had this at her house for him to try on. Seriously, it kills me! I love the look of "get this off of me" on his face. 
Happy Wednesday!!
By the way, we are thinking of going the "pirate" route since he has the black and white already going for him :).
Here is a flashback: One year ago this was our humble abode adorned with a green door and matching green shutters (and terrible house numbers etc). We really have come a long way since then!
Well, as you already know, we tackled the front door this weekend! We left for Lowes knowing we had no clue what color to choose and were just hoping for the best. Lucky for us, we ran into a very knowledgeable paint expert and he gave us a can and told us to trust him. For the paint and brushes we only spent $16! I was thrilled because the color is truly perfect. It is Rustoleum's "Cranberry" oil-based paint.
Believe me, oil-based paint is NOT fun to work with. It took ALL DAY to dry. We had the door open and the baby gate up for Clyde from 12 in the afternoon to 10 at night! The worst part was when we finally re-opened the door this morning there is a small area (that you can only see when the door is open) that stuck a bit. So frustrating! But, the OCD inside of me has to get over it.
I just love it! It looks great with the black shutters and fixtures around the house. We repainted the trim as well because it used to be green as well. It makes the red "pop"! And, our Fall wreath and future Christmas wreath are going to look amazing with the red background. It's incredible what a little paint can do.
We are taking on the HUGE project of painting our front door tomorrow. The weather has been beautiful lately and we are going to take advantage of the cooler temps tomorrow morning and get the door painted. It is green now and a while back we painted our shutters black. So, the last piece of the puzzle is the door. I love red front doors...I love red everything!
Look how pretty this one is all decked out for Christmas!
At my school we have something called, Blessing of the Pets, each year. All the pets come with their families and our priests bless them for the coming year. Clyde got to experience his first blessing last Friday and all my kiddos were thrilled to be a part of it! I can't post pics of my kid's faces so some of the pictures are a little odd, but here is a general gist!
The hubs and I are starting an all cash budget TOMORROW. I have to tell you, he has been asking to do this for quite some time and I have been putting him off. We use a great excel budget and I promised we wouldn't go over the allotted amounts per category. Boy, was I wrong. There is something about that debit card that makes it just so darn easy to spend, spend, spend!
Dave Ramsay is the creater of using envelopes with pre-allotted amounts of cash in them for any extraneous category. We will be using envelopes for: my cash, hubs cash, groceries, trips, gas, and house fund. Obviously, we will continue having automatic withdrawal for pre-fixed payments such as cable and our mortgage.
Beth @ Design-a-Peele showed these cute envelopes today that she is trying out while using the all-cash system. So cute! You have to check them out.
I think the hardest part about spending cash will be the fact that when the money is gone, it's gone. There is no tweaking, no "oh well, we'll do it next month". I am excited to see how this next month goes. I will definitely keep in touch as to how it goes along the way!
My mom and dad visited this weekend and mom and I went "antiquing." There are so many fun shops around here that redo old furniture and sell antiques.
I picked up this iron wall decoration for between my two sconces and LOVE it. It really does pay to wait and find something perfect for a spot like this one!
My mom and I loved this little table so much she bought it for me to finish the look of our office. I think it looks so cute under the chalkboard. I just need to find the right object for the other side..ideas?
It has two leaves so that it could be used as a round end table or against a wall like I have it. I know I will be able to use this table in many different ways over it's lifespan.
I hope you all had a nice weekend. There was lots of football to be watched at my house. My mom also dropped off a Fall baking magazine and I can't stop oohh'ing and ahhh'ing over all the delicious recipes using pumpkin!
