A middle class, white girl problem

Say someone looked into our front window for purely innocent reasons...they'd see nothing but seafoam green carpet. No, we don't have living room furniture (yet.) But my husband tells me we're getting it soon. We're trying the whole "save before buying mentality." However, I feel our homestead is very crack house chic because we literally look like squatters. I had this cute idea that I'd flea market our furniture and reupholster our new couches with love. That's until I learned reupholstering is super hard.

Because I'd like furniture within the next century, we've decided to suck it up and pay for it at a "big kid" store. We're down to two choices:

First here's the room:



Note the carpet. And matching curtains.

So choice number one (keep in mind the carpet is staying for now)


The Nines Sofa from Crate and Barrel. We'd order in this color because the other ones cost a bit more.

OR....I really like the Silhouette Sofa, and it's about $200 cheaper:
And here are the chairs (but we don't have chairs picked out if we get the Silhouette sofa)




Now for our West Elm likes. This one is a lot more expensive than the CB stuff, but the chairs are cheaper so it balances out (so we tell ourselves.)






Hmmm....

The girls

I wanted to introduce the blogosphere to in-my-own-bias-opinion the cutest dogs on Earth. Maddie and Brandy Kirk. They went in for their annual check up this weekend at the Munster Pet Hospital down the street. We were really impressed. The staff was nice, and it didn't break the bank. Bonus: We can now prove Maddie doesn't have rabies...not that we were concerned...

Here's our Maddie girl:




The things you should know about Maddie:

• She used to live with Phoenix drug dealers, which is hilarious.
• She doesn't get out of bed until you do in the morning. I'M SURE real kids do the exact same thing.
  
• She's feisty and has a huge personality.

Here's our Brandy:



About Brandy:

• There's a 100 percent chance she's allergic to the flowers in that picture. We have a sneezing dog.
• She knows when you're having a bad day. It's like she has ESPN or something.
• She likes to ruin holidays, which is why Joey's never leaving me on a holiday ever again.
  

Fall is upon us

Since the last blog:

• I turned 25. Quarter of a century. I'm not mad about it. People still think I'm 16, slightly annoying when I was 24 but a happy mistake when I'm 25. Another perk: Rental cars are more affordable even after I get the really expensive insurance cause I suck at driving.
  
• Theresa Schneider drank a margarita at El Salto. My mother recently rediscovered her party pants at the ripe age of 50.
• Joey's parents drove straight from Wylie, Texas, to Munster. We took them to Amish Country then because we're a sucker for juxtapositions the next day we went to Chicago. On the way, Joey finally, FINALLY saw Touchdown Jesus.
  
• We got a dining room table. It seats six, so feel free to invite yourself to dinner.
  
• We're planning (or maybe I'm just planning in my little heart) a trip to Europe. Chelsea's Eurovacation wish list: Paris, Rome, Czech Republic. Joey wants to hit the Eastern Seabord as in Washington, D.C., Boston, New York, upstate New York, Maine, etc. I think that would be way fun as well, so we shall see.
• My life goal is to live a year abroad. Right now I'm leaning toward Paris or maybe the CR. Maybe we'll end up living in Texas for a year and I can count that as "abroad."
  
• We're finding new places to eat, our next adventure is to Top Notch. Today we went to a Pancake House in Highland. LITERALLY the best thing ever...and it cost $15. We'll be back.
  

A foodie pick, if you will:



At Les Brothers Pancake House. Hot chocolate 10/10.