Score!

It seems like very other day I am hearing stories about how so- and- so scored an awesome deal on Craigslist. Or so- and -so's hairdresser got a free something- or-other from their neighbor. You catch my drift? I am somehow, never so- and- so. Until this week.

Chris and I were taking a walk with the boy and the dog when we saw a well loved Little Tikes playhouse sitting on our neighbor's curb with a FREE sign on it. I got that look in my eye and Chris knew it was best not to argue. I was going to be that so- and- so. So help me. It was MY turn.

Cue us walking briskly back to our house to get the CRV. Chris mumbled something about being a bit embarrassed about taking something from his neighbor's curb in the twilight, that maybe we should wait until it was completely dark outside. I argued that taking the house when it was completely dark outside was WAY more creepy. We laid the seats down in the CRV, piled into the front, and totally crept up and parked in front of the neighbor's house. I saw they were out grilling, and walked up to the front door to ask if anyone had claimed the playhouse yet. They were very sweet and said it was all mine. ALL MINE! I AM SO-AND- SO! I run back to the car and tell Chris to move it because these things are VERY popular and I don't want to have to take someone out in front of this nice family during their dinner. We pick up the house, and because it is my life we are talking about here, it does not fit into the CRV. I suggest walking it back to the house. It can only be 1/4 of a mile or so. Chris then gets that look in HIS eyes and proclaims that we will put it on the roof rack of my car. And so that is how Chris ended up driving down our street going 5 mph with his wife hanging out of the back window hanging on to a used playhouse that is resting on the roof racks. I am pretty sure we are the most awesome people in our neighborhood now. Officially.

The next day I went outside and scrubbed it down twice, then popped the window shutters off and spray painted them a navy blue. They had faded to pink, and I just wasn't feeling it. I may take free houses off the curb, but I DO have standards. If I hadn't lost complete usage of my right arm after spray painting 4 small shutters I would have totally done some more painting. Maybe next Spring.

So $5 (worth of spray paint) later, this is what we have:

 There it its. My awesome find. 

So nice. So FREE.