Patio Party

Mr. Welder surprised me with a date night.  The evening started with Mexican food that I mentioned craving earlier in the week.  After I finished choking on a chip, the meal was nice and tasty.  I'm at the stage of my sickness where everything tickles my throat.  It was bad.  Note to self: Wait until the waiter has brought drinks before devouring the chips and salsa...especially when you have a tickly throat! 

Following dinner, Mr. Welder planned to go shopping for patio furniture.  The first stop was Wal-mart.  They had a nice $et that was a tad out of our price range.  Next up was Home Depot.  They were completely out, but Mr. Welder was able to get some painter's tape-he was very proud of himself for thinking ahead.  Next, we visited Kohl's.  My sister graciously gave us her 30% off coupon, but no patio furniture in sight and though it was not looking very promising, we were on a mission for furniture so did not shop for clothes...hard to not look when you have 30% off.  Next, we went to the other Home Depot in town-nada.  Sears was next on our journey.  They had some nice sets that were on sale but still outrageou$.  The sales clerk cracked me up. He let us know they were on sale but still cost too much and he wouldn't buy one.  After a small detour of checking out a cool bicycle, we left and talked about how we could probably just build something cool...and my mom could make us some cool pillows.  Lowe's was next on the list.  We noticed some chairs with potential lined up outside the store.  We thought about buying the $20 chairs and Mr. Welder building the table.  We decided to go check to see if they had anything else...and that is when we happened upon the clearance section...Hallelujah Hallelujah!

There were several options with the rather stylish yellow price tags.  First, we decided on the table.  And then it was time to play musical chairs for a bit.  We considered the chairs you can see in the background first.  We had almost decided that four worked best when the salesman mentioned some other chairs that were on sale in a different section of the store.  Though the sign said one price, they were actually $10 cheaper...even better.  We could get three of these for the price of one of the other.  They were not as bulky so six worked nicely.  And we actually liked how they looked better than the others...and they were already assembled unlike the others that came in a box.

 So into the truck they were loaded. (After we paid, of course.  We are good citizens.)  Perfect fit.

 We stopped by Academy and while there looked at their selection.  They had a reasonably priced option that looked like it could be nice according to the sketch on the box-in case you are in the market for patio furniture, you might want to check there.  We had a $10 off coupon so purchased my fishing license and headed home to unload and unwrap the chairs.

 And remove sticky stickers.

 Ta Daa! Here it is.

 Oops!  Forgot to unwrap a leg.

And though it was past our bedtime, we had to hang out and enjoy the crisp, night air.

Thanks, honey for a fun night.

You sure know how to make a gal feel special.