curtains!

[supercheesegirl]

Last night I stopped at Walmart on the way to my mom's house for American Idol--wait a sec. Hang on. I can't believe I just typed that sentence, and it's true. Dear God. ANYWAY--because I needed cat food and stuff. I decided to look at curtains while I was there, because I still need curtains for the living room. And I found some perfect ones! They're the right colors, and they're stripey and not too thick so light will still get in, and they tie up, so the fact that they're too long for the window won't be a problem. And of course, Walmart only had one. I need two. I wrote down the style so I could look them up on the website later, which I did (um, obviously, I just linked to it), and I ordered two of them. And the Walmart website offers this neat thing where they'll ship to a local store for free and you can pick up your order there. I thought, hey neat! and punched in my zip code. Well, apparently no stores in my area--not the two that are closest to me, not the ones a little farther away, and none of the ones WITHIN A 100 MILE RADIUS--participate in this ship-to-store thing! What the hell, Walmart? Why do you even include it as an option on your website if none of the stores on the freakin' eastern seaboard participate?

So I had to pay $8.94 for shipping. That was the cheapest option. The curtains themselves were only $10.88 each, which is a pretty good price, so I don't mind too too much since I would probably be paying a lot more for them if I'd gotten them at Boscov's or something. I figure I'm about breaking even in cost (between getting them from Walmart plus shipping versus getting other curtains at another store in person--plus I haven't been able to find any I liked at any other stores). But dang! If the stupid Walmart near my mom's house had just had two of the curtains, that would have saved me nine bucks. Argh. I am using my Bob the Builder icon for this post because it's pretty darn descriptive of Walmart.

But I did find a really awesome table runner to put on my short bookshelves, the ones that sit back-to-back next to my couch. Now, from the top, they look more like an end table because the runner covers the edge where the two bookshelves meet. If that makes sense. Um, wait, here, I'll show you:


So, those little bookshelves, right next to the couch, that's what I'm talking about, and the runner covers the seam between the bookshelves. It's a sort of bamboo-looking table runner, all natural and crap, so it goes well with the room. And the bookshelves look like a one-piece thing now, instead of two bookshelves I just stuck there. It looks super nice!

Comments

[myras-girls.livejournal.com]

Your bookshelves make me horny. *giggle*

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Eek, my goodness! I'm glad to hear you appreciate them! :)

[robotpistol.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a TON of bookshelves. I am so completely jealous right now. They are sexy as hell.

Every time I move, I keep getting rid of books. Then later I wish I hadn't gotten rid of them--I'll be hunting for one, can't find it, and realize I gave it away. I'm the same with sweaters, too. My natural proclivities are those of a nostalgic packrat.

[digital-e.livejournal.com]

Walmart acts like it's convenient shopping, but it's a total pain.

I get rid of books when I move, too.

Cute living room!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Stupid Walmart!

Thanks!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I keep getting rid of books and clothes every time I move, too. In Boston there were several used bookstores that I was able to sell things to, which was nice, and my mom and I go back and forth with books so often that I'm usually able to unload books I don't want to keep by sneaking them onto her shelves without her noticing. :) Then if she doesn't want them, they'll eventually make their way to the local library book sale, where they'll make 50 cents for a good cause.

But, yeah, even with getting rid of books ALL THE TIME, I still have so many bookshelves. There's a third tall one on the wall to the right of the couch that didn't fit in the picture. I can't get rid of poetry books or photo albums at all, and they take up a lot of room. Everything else, I'm down to the essentials. I usually get rid of everything I don't think I'd want to read again or that doesn't make me look smart. And I still have tons.

The short shelf in front is entirely devoted to books I haven't read yet. Three shelves' worth. Many of which I've been lugging around for a few years, but every time I make any sort of dent in it I buy more books. Sigh.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I just bought all those bookshelves, except for the one under the TV. The tall ones were like $40 each on sale at Boscov's, and the little ones were like $30 each at Walmart. Kind of a significant investment, but I had too many boxes of books and too small an apartment to not unpack them!

[allthefishies.livejournal.com]

Your apartment looks FANTASTIC!! :-) Rock!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Did you get the email with the link to the full snapfish tour? That's where this picture is from. And thanks, it is in fact totally awesome!

[amazonsun.livejournal.com]

I love that you have so many bookshelves! It's so strange when I go to someone's house & don't see any books.

[unique-unknown.livejournal.com]

WALMART IS EVIL, DON'T SHOP THERE!! You know they pay their female employees less than their male employees?!?! And the walmart corporation gave money to the Bush administration during election time and crap! Walmart is evil!

Oh!! Those curtains are super cute! I hope I can find some roman blinds for my bedroom, you think Target has curtains too?

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

This is such a funny Chelsea comment. "Walmart is evil!! But oh, those curtains are cute!!" That's actually how I feel about them too: they're evil, but they have the cheapest prices on stuff. And those curtains *are* cute.

Target totally has curtains. At least, I'm pretty sure. They definitely have curtain rods.