Anthro Spree Saturday

So since I had the weekend to myself, I did some extra girlie things! I got a great facial and went shopping :-)

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I feel like I went overboard, but the grey pants are for work and the hooks are for our new bathroom :-)

Not so bad right? Right? ;-)

It Begins!

So I'm home alone this weekend and look what I've started doing!
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I Must (Almost) be a Homeowner...

Because I just subscribed to Toronto Life Magazine and Style at Home!! I found out that through visaperks.ca you can get pretty great deals on those so I just went for it!!

We are 2 weeks away tomorrow!! I am starting to pack this weekend - I usually pack up pretty last minute but since I have the time I'll start with the den and at least get that out of the way.

Not much else is new - banks lowered their mortgage rates by a bit so that worked in our favour. That's about all that is new!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Question for Toronto Bloggers

One more thing - when you kids moved into your place, I assume you changed your lock or had it rekeyed? Does anyone have a recommendation on how to do that? The handle on our door is pretty nice in that it matches the mail slot and age of the house so I'm not super keen on changing it with any old lock set from HD.

I've heard we can either re-key it ourselves (??) or have a locksmith come. Any recommendations/referrals?

Pillow Lovely-ness

I just found these gorgeous pillows from Crate and Barrel through the lovely Belle Maison blog:

Sigh. Aren't they lovely?! Not sure if or where they would work in our place, but I'll have to keep them in mind!!

Dining Room Furniture - Done!!

So we went back this weekend and made the leap and ordered our dining room furniture!! We ended up going with pretty much this set, however we are going in a darker stain (more like a dark brown - less red colour) and they are custom making the chairs to have pop out seat cushions so we can re-upholster them ourselves should we decide to down the road.

The colour of the fabric for the seat is similar, but in a chenille as opposed to the microfibre. Originally, we were going to go with the "Logan" style chair (one big X on the back) but it was a tad small and when the chairs were pushed in (or being sat on for that matter) you couldn't see the X. This one gives a bit more design when just sitting there I think. We went with all arm-less chairs for the time being - figured that down the road we can add something fun to the ends if we need two more chairs, but it will be hard to order 2 more armless.

We also ordered the sideboard which was the true 'must have' for us as all of our beautiful china is sitting in a box :-(

It is a relatively traditional looking set, but I figure with a modern light fixture (maybe) we can mix it up. Ideas?

We should receive everything mid November so there is something major to look forward too!

Moving To Do List

Okay so since I am off work today recovering from a migraine, I thought I would reconsider our to do list before the move.

Find and buy house

Change address with Canada Post

Get a lawyer

Start throwing stuff out

Buy boxes/Find free ones on craigslist

Change addresses with credit cards, OHIP, drivers license etc.

Purchase new couches

Get a new bed

Purchase new linens for new bed

Rent moving truck

Cancel utilities at condo

Organize insurance for new place

Get amazing design ideas from Mrs. Limestone for master bedroom

Keep eye out for patio furniture on sale

Set up appointment to move cable

Think about security system. Thoughts?

If you have other ideas, please comment and let me know and I will add them to the list. I'm sure I'm missing a zillion things (even stuff I've already done!).