teddy_radiator | Happy Sundays

Finally! A day off. This has been a tough week, and next week's schedule is looking pretty hairy. Hey, it's work, it's money, and those are good things.

Per

stgulik's suggestion, I've been watching Sense8. It's very elaborate and stylish and compelling watching, but after about 8 episodes I still couldn't put hand to heart and tell you I truly know what's going on. Still, it's fun to watch for the soft-core pron and sexy actors. After I complete the series I'm going to need to sit down with Jules and ask a lot of questions.

We had a great time with our friend BC last night. He came over and recorded a podcast with us, in which we broke our taboo about talking about religion. Even with that, we had a very fun time and didn't say goodnight until after 2am. We are both a bit flat and out of sorts this morning - just tired and burned out, I guess.

I managed to stumble upon a terrific deal at one of our local thrift stores on Friday. We finished work in time to treat ourselves to lunch, and stopped by a relatively new thrift store next door to our favourite Indian restaurant. I found a couple of really nice wooden candlesticks, as well as a brass candlestick that is hollowed out through the middle - I'm thinking I'll do another 'hand lamp' like this one:

Did I mention I saw one of these on Etsy that was smaller than this and they were charging over $300 for it? I'm in the wrong line of work.

While we were there, I also spotted a really nice pair of pillows with leather covers. The leather was in super shape, and when I unzipped one to make sure it was genuine leather, I saw the Pottery Barn label. When we got home we looked them up - new the covers ALONE cost $129.50 each!!!! Look what I paid for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judging from the tag, they had just put them out that day (8-21), so I really lucked out. The photo doesn't show it, but the leather is in superb shape. I must be cashing in all my thrift store karma lately - I've had some excellent results. Last week I found a brand new coffee/food grinder for $1 and a gorgeously ornate brass candlestick (about 18 inches tall) for $4.