petite poisson: treasures

seth and i woke up early this morning. well if you call 8:45am early....we wanted to make it to the OU surplus store (only open on wednesdays) before all the good stuff was gone. i am currently in the market for a shelf and/or filing cabinet to organize all my Pistachio supplies. Usually you can always find something to make your heart smile at the surplus store. today was no exception. there was this ridiculous glass case with two stuffed iguanas placed in a natural (but fake) habitat. this definitely made our hearts smile. we sort of made fun of it but then to our dismay we saw someone carrying it out. we hope that they bought it for a joke (because it was pretty ridiculous). and we also wish that we would have taken a photo of it.

today we didn't find anything. boo, i know. but in the past we have found some of our favorite chairs, fun desk accessories, a chalkboard the size of texas, the list goes on. i think our favorite find was this beautiful couch and its matching chair. not that we needed another couch (because we didn't!!!). but for $65 how do you pass up something so cool looking? i guess when you love something you make room for it in your life because i made room for the couch in my work room.

being the treasure hunter that i am i wasn't satisfied walking away from the surplus store empty handed so i talked seth into going to the Habitat for Humanity REstore. this place is really hit or miss. i have found a couple true gems here in the past though. the chandelier (which i plan on owning until the day i die) that we hung over our cake table at the wedding was from here along with a couple other more practical items (ie. coffee table).

today there was this amazing buffet and china display case. i wanted it so bad. already having way too much furniture we couldn't justify bringing it home. i am not sure what it is actually worth but it seemed like a steal of a deal. i told the ladies at Stash they needed to have it.

the other amazing thing that they had was the below light fixture. i loved the big globes so much i just couldn't leave without it. there is no better way to update your home than to hang new light fixtures and our bedroom is crying for us to rid it of its ugly ceiling fan. i know this type of light fixture is typically hung in a dining room but we are going to give it a new coat of paint and try it out in our bedroom*.