My sister and I have this thing about late night shopping on a Thursday night...
The novelty of shopping at night I think stems from the fact that we grew up in a small town where everything shut at 5pm... 7pm at the latest!
Now although we are trying to make a conscious effort to reduce our spending.... and most of our renovations to the house are done on bare minimum expenditure I can't help but get a tingle of excitement when I get a 'SOS' txt from my sister saying a late night shopping trip is in order!
And here's the confession... we both love trawling the shelves of stores such as Target,, Kmart and Big W... OK so they're not the fanciest, but it's incredible what you can find, on special, and at ridiculously low price compared to the 'fancy' full priced designer stores!
For instance on our recent late night bargain hunt I fell in love with this black metal 'welcome' sign.
It is something that I would never pay full price for - but it seemed to keep calling out to me... as it sat dejected and lonely all by itself on the clearance shelf.
It needed a home... and I knew just where it could go!
And whilst I was umming and ahhinng about whether I really NEEDED this..
My sister swooped in to the rescue and decided to buy it for me as a belated 'house warming' present...
...and don't you just love it when something scans through at the checkout even cheaper than the sale price!
This was on sale for $15 and we got it for $10!
I think Jeremy thought it was a bit weird when we came home with it - before it went up on the window - but now we both love how it welcomes everyone into the hub of the house... our kitchen!
And in the kitchen is another new addition... this black metal stool.
Again something we found on the late night shopping trip and something that I have been keeping an eye out for for the past 6 months or so.
We have a slight overhang on our kitchen bench and I have been on the hunt for a stool about 65cm high which will fit underneath it and still allow 'knee room'!
This is now a favourite spot to sit and eat breakfast... and a spot where we can sit and chat to each other about our day whilst someone is busy making dinner.
It's also nice to be able to have a spot for those informal meals on the go - or those meals alone when the other half is out for the night and it's just you!
