Quick Sneak Peek

 I hit the ground running this morning thinking that if I got home early I would have the whole rest of the day to finish up my tweaks and packing up the guest rooms. But, as often happens these days, I was wrong. Lol The soccer game that granddaughter #5 has tonight, that I thought was in Mt. Dora and I was going to pass on, ends up being here and so, of course I am going tonight for fear of missing out again. Lol And, when I asked my daughter if I could tag along with them, she invited me to join her and my son-in-law for dinner out first. And so, there went the rest of my day. I did manage to find a few of the things I was looking for. Here's my haul.

I grabbed the two candles because they were BOGO at Publix and I'm thinking ahead. These are the best sized candles for my candle lamp and I got the red for the 4th of July and the lavender for Easter and spring. Then, when I saw my favorite little frame with the faux oil painting in it-and just $1 more than the empty frame-I grabbed that because I think it will not only work out for spring but it will also complement the prints I just bought. I also saw the shamrocks back in Walmart. They had some similar last year and I didn't get enough before they sold out so I went ahead and grabbed a few of these right now too.

I also bought the scalloped heart shaped cutting board and put it here...

If one heart shaped cutting board is good, two must be better! LOL

And then I actually found the brass entwined hearts that I went after...which surprised me. I wanted them for here...

And I wanted them there because of this candle-which is hard to see because of the light flooding in from the skylight overhead but it too is "brass".

And then I not only wanted more of the "real feel" tulips but some rose buds to give a bit of a variety. I found these at HL and they are really realistic looking-right down to the thorns on the stems which I thought was great until I started taking off the price tags. They are sold as a single flower and I bought a dozen. If you are anything like me, the taped on price tags on florals that they wrap around the stems are just a royal pain to get off because they don't even leave enough room to get a blade into it. I actually ended up getting a few punctures from those "fake" thorns. But, I do like the way they look. They are here for now because I have to head in to get ready to head out so they might not be here the next time you see them but I do love them...and they will last longer than fresh roses-which I will get at some point a bit closer to the holiday.

Stay safe and stay tuned. And next time I come back we will start the tour...I promise.