Since we decided we weren't moving right away when our lease ends on October 31st, I've begun to give the apartment a really good cleaning. Lat week I worked on the kitchen, although it needs to be done again. On Wednesday I started with the bedroom: vacuumed the lampshades, dusted and washed the bed side tables, vacuumed the carpet and even got in that stubborn area that butts up against the trim and while I was at it, I changed the sheets and duvet, took off the mattress cover and washed it. Sorted all the junk that was piling up on our bed side tables, books, magazines, coffee cups, etc. Thursday I cleaned up our entry way swept/mopped the linoleum, put away needless clutter, etc. I still have a whole lot to do.
I found some awesome things at goodwill yesterday. A couple brand new, still wrapped shadowboxes with a decorative key in them from IKEA, $0.99 each.
A framed replica of an antique map of Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, with pieces of Pennsylvania and New Jersey near the edges. It's in a really nice wood frame, professionally framed too, only $3.99.
A vintage jar that I want to use to make a moss terrarium like
madebymavis makes, here in the C-bus area, actually. I just can afford to spend the extra money on her beautiful works of art. I'm just gonna have to settle for a DIY one. So the jar was $0.99, now I just have to figure out where to get the moss. The moss mostly takes care of itself, that's why it's the perfect plant for me. We also need a little bit more of the outside, here in this dimly lit, window-starved apartment.
A cute little blue dish that looks like a flower for my night stand. I wanted something to put my earrings, necklaces, hair things, and such in when I go to sleep. It's such a pretty blue, $0.49.
Last, but not least. A set of 4 old office stamps. I'm not sure how old they are, but they're that vintage green and actually have metal on them, so they can't be too new. I'm going to try to figure it out, but either way, they were a steal at $0.49 each. They say "Paid, Copy, Entered, and Billed." I wasn't 100% sure they would work, they weren't covered, they are self-inking so I wasn't sure if the old ink would be dried up or not, and they were a little dirty, but I wanted to try anyway. I took them home, ran them under really hot water so that I could hopefully get the most cleaning effect out of the least possible amount of water. Lucky me, it worked! The hot water cleaned them, and they stamp perfectly on their own.
So all-in-all, my Goodwill trip yesterday was a success, and I found some things that will help me spruce up our apartment.
