Thrifty Tuesday

I was having a bit of a rough day today. My patience was very limited and the boys were just constantly at each other this morning, fighting like mad and making each other cry and cry and cry. Needless to say I was losing it just a little bit. Thankfully I have an amazing hubby who came home to my rescue when I asked him if he could skip out on studying for the afternoon (which he normally does after his morning classes.) It was such a relief for him to get home and deal with those little "monsters." Who I really do love, but sigh, some days I just really lack the patience. Anyway Dan took, the boys out to enjoy the beautiful Spring weather we have been blessed with and I got to go out and spend some much needed quiet time alone!

After picking up a couple storage shelves which we needed for the basement (I am slowly trying to organize before baby 3 arrives) I decide to pop over and check out the GW. For those of you who don't know the GW is my favorite thrift store. Lots of great finds and always really great prices!

In the past couple weeks I have started working on how I want to set up/furnish my new baby nursery. I got super lucky and scored this hot pink crib at Ikea which was being discontinued for only $49! How could I say no to a price like that?

Not my nursery but this is the crib I got. Picture from: http://pickedandpainted.blogspot.ca/

I also picked up this rug from Ikea which I love but never had a reason to use before, yay for having a baby girl!

I knew that I wanted to find an old dresser that I could repaint in the same hot pink as the crib to help finish the look that I am going for in the nursery, and guess what?! Today I scored the perfect ugly old dresser just begging to be refinished at the GW for only $25. What makes this even better is that I was there a few days ago and the same dresser was there but marked at a whopping $85 yikes! I think someone must have mis-priced it, but only to my advantage, because today when I walked in and saw the new price tag I jumped and hurried over to cash as quick as I could to pay for this bad boy. 

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with this purchase! And the fact that I found the perfect dresser so quickly. I am really looking forward to refinishing this and showing you what it looks like once it's done! With all the detailing on the dresser I think it's going to be really beautiful once it is painted pink! I also feel pretty sweet about how quickly this nursery is coming together so far. 

I know I still have 4 months until my due date, but trust me when you have 2 toddlers, a husband, a part time job and a really big church calling 4 months is pretty much nothing. So seriously I'm glad I found this today because there is not a moment to spare!

I also have to throw in that I scored a couple other great deals at the GW today like a brand new pair of black leather jazz shoes for me to teach dance in, a great pair of heeled brown boots, two nice pairs of shoes for Marshal, alphabet fridge magnets and a brand new Fisher Price baby aquarium still in the box! I was pretty happy and it was just the pick me up I needed this afternoon! Plus it was a super bonus to take my time browsing through the GW without having to rush because my kids are getting into all sorts of trouble. 

All in all it made for what could have been a super stressful, cranky day for me and the kids, turned into a super awesome day thanks to my sweet man!

Jordan