Today's Adventure - 5 Days Ago!

I sent an email to a friend and she told me a few days later "Blog it, girl!" So here it is, my shopping adventure from 5 days ago.

Feb. 21 - Had quite a day today. I am sooooooo pooped out! (Not literally, mind you). I finally decided to let go of my big ottoman/bed and use the space for file cabinets to get all of my Americana Stars Memorial project files off of the floor. It was such a long chore finding cabinets that I could afford and wouldn't make my apartment look like an office. Took at least 2 years of searching.

I had been to Target last Sunday and saw them - $49.99, shiny silver gray steel (like a new car or my computer, not like an office gray), nice decorative handles. Not only do they have 2 file drawers, but also a 3" drawer on top - a really good height to use as a desk someday with a wooden top over them. And they were space efficient enough that I could put 3 of them across the back of my apartment and still take up less floor space than my ottoman/bed. I can't wait to start filling them. Oh and guess what - they were made in the USA!: )

I have a tower of plastic drawers in the back corner between my desk and back terrace door. I put one of the cabinets there and it is so much more stable. (When I say tower, I mean tower!)

I think I will go to Home Depot soon (after my feet recuperate - I had to go to Target 3 times today, bringing each one home on top of my shopping cart. So much walking!). I want to put a wooden top on it that is slightly larger than the total area of the cabinets. Just to create another work space. You would think I couldn't find another place to work in a one room apartment - I already have 4 - 3 desk/table tops and my couch. But when you live in a studio for 30 years, you learn to adapt and rearrange.

I was going to go back for a 4th cabinet for the back of my computer area, but I used my female smarts (the kind men can never seem to find). I insisted they let me check the last cabinet in stock for defects so I would not have to make a wasted trip. Guess what - it was defective. Thank G-d! After the third trip, I know I could not have done it again.

So I will use the ottoman/bed to put my painful feet and legs up for the next few days - just a way of saying goodbye before I let it go. Everything's a ceremony. When you have things as long as I have, it takes a while to let them go.

See you later! Thanks for reading!