our first craigslist gem!

although i've done my share of browsing craigslist, until christmas eve, i'd never actually purchased anything from it. usually what happens is, i browse, i find some stuff, i show kenny, and kenny convinces me it's not worth the time or energy (or the "deal" i think i'm getting) to contact the person, look at the item, transport the item back to our place, etc. however, on the eve of christmas eve, i was browsing craigslist for a glider. now, for those of you who are not/have never been pregnant, those puppies are EX-PEN-SIVE! so i've been looking on craigslist every so often for a deal. well i found my deal!

a woman pregnant with triplets was selling her glider loveseat and ottoman for--get this--$100 to make space in her house/nursery! now, just a little background, chair and a halfs (which are slightly smaller than loveseats) are priced around $800 at the baby furniture stores (and that's the only place i'd been able to find them) and that's NOT including the ottoman. kenny and i daydreamed about sitting together with carter in our chair and a half one day, but eventually snapped out of it and decided that there was NO WAY we were going to hand over THAT MUCH CASH! when i showed kenny the item, even HE couldn't pass up on the deal!

on thursday (christmas eve), we drove out to citrus park, tried 'er out and loaded 'er up! the only small problem was that since it's a glider loveseat, it's rather large--too large in fact, for the nursery. however, we like the idea of making a space in our master that carter can come lay in and we can read to him in for years to come! now we just need to completely rearrange the furniture in the master to make this happen, which is easier said than done since the furniture is so freakin' heavy. here's a pic of our find in her temporary home.


oh, and she even came with a khaki cover for the loveseat and ottoman (not pictured here).