Big people furniture

So we were only shopping for a coffee table and two end tables, right?

But...we saw a beautiful dining set and matching china hutch on SALE for much cheaper than the other ones we had perused. Both of us loved it at first sight (and we ignored it the first time, when we were just looking for the tables, but when we went back, we saw it again and looked at the price).

And Derek needs a desk for his study.

So...if we spend $3500 (surprisingly easy to do), no payments for the first year and no interest for the next 3. As long as it's paid off before then, it's same as cash. We could pay cash now, but we'd rather not deplete our savings that much. This is almost all the stuff we'll be needing in the new place. We were going to buy all these pieces over the next few years anyway. And it's so beautiful, and elegant, and is solid wood, not particle board! We're going to put in the order tonight. We're really big people now. Scary.

We're also making reservations for hotels for England and Scotland. Edinburgh is proving to be somewhat of a challenge...could the release of HP6 have anything to do with it, I wonder? We will buy it hot off the press!

P.S. Sorry guys, but I could NOT get past the awful dialogue in Star Wars. It just ruined the whole darn thing for me. My personal favorite was Obi-Wan to Anakin: "Don't make me kill you!" A friend pointed out that it might have been better if the actors didn't speak at all and instead had those silent-movie line screens. I was also ticked that all Padme got to do was stand around and be pregnant. And NOBODY said a word about it until Obi-Wan toward the end! At least in the last movie she got to have her clothes strategically torn off during the battle scene and help in the fighting a little. Grrr. No amount of eye candy makes up for crappy dialogue and continuity, in my opinion.