What a hot ass week it's been. I mean, hellishly hot!
Turns out that Vagabond in South Park was booked up for Friday night due to an event called "Walkabout" (conjures up images of Crocodile Dundee). Lotus saved the day by choosing a very nice Italian place, Cucina Italiana in Clairemont. You can read her blog about it. Shogun chose a very nice white house wine (sorry, I don't like reds unless they're super sweet) - his gnocchi was also yummy! Thanks for letting me have a bit! Dessert was at a fairly new dessert place on 30th and University, called Heaven Sent. I still think that Extraordinary Desserts and Just Fabulous have better presentation, although I really liked my dessert. (pictures to post later).
Saturday was spent furniture shopping with Bert. Lotus was kind enough to have TC over at her house so she could have fun running through Mt. Tiki-Soki instead of slogging through furniture places with us.
We headed to PB:
Garnet - We got there, but it was closed (at 11 am?).
Underground Furniture - Got our tall 5-drawer dresser there and two nightstands. It has a bit of an Asian look to it and the wood is Espresso colored with brushed silver handles on the dresser and drawers.
Garnet - Decided to check it on our way back and it was open (11:40 am)! Got our bed there. A king size. Low profile platform bed with a fairly big headboard. Also same color wood as dresser and nightstands bought at previous store.
Ikea - lunch and off to look for a TV stand and shelving. Although we didn't get anything from Ikea that day, we have a good idea of what we want. The Benno TV stand in brown/black with two narrow brown/black Billy bookcases (with doors on the lower halves) as well as one or two brown/black Lack shelves to be placed above the TV.
Mission Valley Target - Got 2 lampshades on clearance ($3.48!!!); they are white with a black botanical print on it. Hmmm...wonder if this will work. Also got 1 sculpural black lamp base (this will actually be returned).
So...all we need is a new King size mattress, sheets, comforters, pillows, etc. A TV too... Oh yeah, and paint for the walls. Need to decide what shades also. Decisions, decisions...
By the way, the 600 threadcount sheets at Target may be a nice price but the colors are hideous. Our crappy choices were: burgundy, sage, cream and navy blue. Fk!!!! Whatever happened to plain old white??? I think I'm going to have to shop at a higher end store now dammit.
I went to Mervyn's today in Pt. Loma to see their choices. The highest threadcount was 500 but the colors, were again, mofugly and lacked the one color that I need and want the most: white.
Comic Con photos to be saved for a later post.
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Canine,
If you’re looking for White sheets you may want to consider a store that specializes in linens and would have a more extensive selection such as Anna's Linen's in CV Shopping Center, Bed, Bath & Beyond in CV on East H St and Linens N Things up the street from Grossmont Shopping Center. You probably will find the best deals at Anna's Linens and of course they also sell comforters and pillows.
Another great selection of Bookcases and Entertainment Centers is The HauSpot; they sell Asian/Contemporary Loft style furniture in Black and Coffee color. They are located on a little street (Don’t remember the name) off the 5 freeway on Pacific Highway.
For lampshades & bases, I like Lamps Plus Outlet store; there located in La Mesa behind Grossmont Shopping Center and for Mattresses we got ours at a Furniture store in CV on Broadway. They advertised in the Pennysaver all the time and have really good deals on mattresses.
For paint, I don’t know how competitive in price Home Depot is to Frazee, but there is a Frazee store in CV on Otay Lakes Rd. They have good quality paint, plus you have a 30% off coupon for them in your Gold C Book.
Best Buy have the best deals on TV’s; there in CV on Broadway.
Thanks for the recommendations! : )
I'll look into those this week.
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