infomercial addict

I have an addiction to late nights and with that comes late night television.  Now, most of you know that there is next to nothing on tv late at night, except for infomercials.  You know the ones...Call within the next 15 seconds, and we'll double the offer for free!  Well, I am the reason those people stay in business.  Seriously...knife sets, blenders, exercise equipment, videos, eating plans, and now...a bra.  That's right, I bought the ahh bra.


In my defense, I didn't buy it from the television.  It was more of an impulse buy from the As Seen On TV section in the local supercenter.  I saw it sitting there on the top shelf, and it practically jumped into my cart.  Okay...that's a lie.  I carefully looked around to see if anyone was watching, and I nonchalantly reached up to grab the box so I could quickly wheel away and look at the packaging.  It just so happened that the box that I grabbed was in my size, so I threw it in the cart.  When I got home, I quickly took it out of the box, disposed of the evidence, tried it on...and was sorely disappointed.


Perhaps if I were a petite woman with little going on in the chest area, I would think it were fabulous, but I am not that girl.  Nope.  They mention in the informercial that it gives so much support that they can exercise in it.  No way.  It gives shape.  Not so much.  The one positive that I have to say is it's comfortable.  It might be one that I would wear around the house if I have no plans to leave, but to go out in public...I'd rather not.


So, there it is...my opinion.  I need to learn one of these days that just because they say it's the solution to all of your problems on tv, does not make it so once it's in your home.  Ahh well.

trash to treasure

First, since I haven't posted since before we went to the Bahamas, I wanted to say that it was an amazing trip!  More than we dreamed of!  Absolutely incredible!  Here we are during our dolphin excursion.

And now for my trash to treasure...

I'm horrible about upkeep to my car, so when it started shaking once I got up to highway speed, I knew that I needed to do something about it.  Not only was my balance off, but also the back two tires were practically bald...not a good thing when I had plans to drive out of town on Sunday.  The tire place could fit me in on Saturday morning, so I woke up early and headed in to drop it off.  Knowing that my hubby got back in the wee hours of the morning from DJing a dance, I didn't wake him to give me a ride back home while waiting, so I walked to my office.  On the way there, I passed a garage sale and found a sewing cabinet that had great potential, and it only cost me $1.

I was so excited about it and had some time to work on it while waiting for my car to be finished that I got started right away.  I wiped it down (and found a few spiders in the process) and removed the pulls.  I had black spray paint left over from a previous project and had some cool knobs that I bought at Hobby Lobby when they were on sale for a different project.  I lined the drawers and the top with a zebra wrapping paper that I bought for another project, so I had everything on hand.  And this is what I ended up with...

I absolutely love the transformation!  This is by far my favorite trash to treasure project!  It has totally inspired me to do many more.  I have a few end tables in my house that have seen better days.  I can't wait to see what I can do with them.