Surprise Star Wars day

We were out today and made a surprise stop at the Disney store at the nearby outlet mall. The kids were thrilled, but I was happy to see a Black Series stormtrooper on sale for $10. And when I paid with my fancy Darth Vader card, the guy at the register also slid me a leftover pack from Triple Force Friday with lithograms for the next movies, the Mandalorian, and the new game. Fun surprise.

I've got a pretty strong Star Wars corner going on my desk right now, with the lamp, a poster from Solo I've got to put somewhere, and now the trooper.

He doesn't look thrilled.

He's posed better on the box but I like it.

The lithograms are cool too, I think the Mandalorian looks good enough to shell out for Disney+.

We have a Thanksgiving Disney trip completely booked, and the kids don't know a thing. It was awfully hard not to spoil something today...

Whoops, forgot a step

I think I did it subconsciously, but I forgot to add “get furniture” to my list of steps to get the basement done. I didn’t want to think about furnishing an empty basement, even to the point of already being done and then getting surprised by a delivery call this morning saying they were on their way. Whoops. That’s what happens when the wife is the one getting the email notices.  

This actually wasn’t a big step, we ended up only taking two trips to visit two stores each time so maybe it’s not such a big deal it slipped my mind. And I thought we ended up with something really cool; the only downside is that it got delivered while the fence people were here and I was trying to put up molding (more on that later), which meant there was something to work around. 

Have you ever tried to furniture shop with two kids under 4? Actually, good luck doing any kind of shopping with our two kids. But I can’t really DIY a 6-piece modular sofa. At least not yet. But two days of shopping isn’t terrible, and this thing looks comfy. Thankfully the work down here is almost done, and having a couch in the space makes it feel that much closer. At least I had a spot to sit down when I needed a break. 

Why is this photo so dark? B/c the fence people accidentally cut a power line this morning, and when the power came back on a fucking fuse blew. So now I'm waiting for an electrician too.

 We got this from Macy’s, where we got our last couch and chair, and thank god I did this renovation on my own, b/c there goes all the money we saved by my doing this myself. Woof. Hopefully we still have some tv funds left! As long as we get one by football season we’ll be in good shape.