This Girl’s House

Desperate to get out of the house after 2 weeks of being snow bound, I headed off to the mall for some after Christmas shopping sales.  It wasn’t quite the madhouse that was advertised, but it was crowded.  I headed to JC Penney’s, an ad placed in my mailbox indicated a linen sale.  We needed new towels for the both bathrooms.  Stevie was tired of using the rags that I had collected over the years (I think I last purchased a set of towels 2 decades before), and I was ready for a fresh statement that not even new paint can convey in a bathroom.  Paint a bathroom, great.  Plush towels are even better.  I figured that with the 50% off sale, plus $15 dollar off coupon, we could afford to get some pretty neat towels. 

 

I paid $12 a piece for the Chris Madden towel collection (regular $24.99), a gorgeous Artic Blue (a combination of dark blue/dark gray), the 58″ length.  I bought 6 towels and 6 washcloths for the master bedroom. 

I also purchased another Chris Madden towel collection in a sage color for the guest bedroom.  Not the hotel special but still a nice weight and feel to it. 

All totaled, I purchased 2 towel collections for $175.  I had never spent that much for towels, but they make a nice addition to the bathrooms.  After I finished my shopping at the mall, I stopped by Target and picked up for 4 towels in a dark navy blue for $2.99 a piece. 

Now you might ask why I didn’t buy all of my towels at Target.  First, even though these towels were still a great find, they were not the quality and weight of the Chris Madden towel collection.  In this case, you get what you paid for.  For one thing, they were thinner.  Also, in the washing machine, these towels had a tendency to bleed and pill.  They won’t last long, and after a single washing, they’re not the dark dark blue that they once were.  I was only using these towels to lay on the floor when we get out of the tub or the shower.  I was no longer interested in having rugs for the bathroom floor.  I had found that keeping bathroom rugs was not sanitary, and the cats and dogs just used them as play toys.

 Now if I only I could decide on the perfect towel rack.  Towel racks didn’t come with the home that I had built.  Neither did toilet roll holders.  I’m not sure what to get for both bathrooms.  I’m thinking that I would like the hotel type of towel rack that usually juts over the toilet filled with plush towels and other supplies but I’m still thinking about the possiblities.

We ran out of composite deck boards about 8 short.  Oh well, most of the deck is done.  Not counting railing of course.  We need the railing to get approved.  For now I enjoy sitting on the deck without the railing.

We ordered the Marquis fair special.  I hear they sold almost 40 of them.  It’s a 3 and half man hot tub, 110/220, with the light show.  The day it arrived, Steve spent all day filling it with hot water from the hot water tank and heating water on the stove.  It was raining that night, when we slipped into it, but boy did it feel good.  The next night it was even colder but the stars were out.  They say that most hot tubs get used more the first 90 days of ownership.  I can’t figure that out, because I’ve always been a tub person.  I think we’ll get years of enjoyment on this one, and maybe upgrade to a better model a few years down the road.  This has great jets, but if I had my wish, I’d prefer the “top of the line” jets.  Stevie thinks we’ll need a system with two pumps.