the bathroom vol. 2: update ii

well, this weekend, i went to school and philip went to work.  and we gots ourselves a new tile floor.

fancy new tile! 

i was a little worried to be honest... at dinner on friday night, philip made a comment to mom about how the tile 'doesn't match at all,' so i was a little worried.  that wasn't quite what we were going for.  but because of our crazy time constraint, we had to go to home depot separately, take pics of the tile we liked, and text them to each other.  we are such a modern couple.  but i was a little unsure that we were making the right choice via SMSing.  i mean, we didn't have the shower tile to compare to and we were kind of just choosing blindly.  but the results are - so far - kind of AWESOME.  i love the way the new grey tile has amber striping that perfectly matches our shower tile.  our old shower curtain is still up. but that will be changing soon too.

floor is done! just drying now.

tile shot with new shower. disregard the curtain.

yesterday i was charged with the task of picking up our new bathroom vanity from ikea.  it was the ultimate test of trust in my marriage - me, a credit card with no balance and time alone in ikea.  yikes.  i only picked out a few extra things... the bulk of my time was spent picking up the box of the bathroom vanity, trying to push the cart to jim (our subaru legacy is named jim), then going BACK inside to pick up the sink, and loading that into jim.  not the best two hours, but i did get a little something as a treat for myself :)

i've been wanting that comforter forever!  or at least since my last trip to ikea.  and i'm very sorry to say that i went to ikea before and didn't blog about it.  but it was largely an exploratory trip, there were no large purchases made or big decisions agreed upon.  but back to the bathroom.  next up is picking up paint  for the bathroom, and we will be painting this week.  i'm thinking a very light grey... suggestions?  after the paint we will install our new vanity, then the fun decor stuff - picking out the new light fixtures, mirror, shelves, etc.  it's going to be so much fun.

my first trip to ikea, last month.  please forgive me.

it's been a pretty good weekend folks.  i had my last session of my first class this today (whooo!) which means i'm halfway done with my classes this semester.  six full day sessions down, six more to go.  i start my next class on saturday - organizational change agents.  riveting, right?  but in all honesty, i can't believe i'm halfway done with my first semester.  it's actually gone by pretty quickly when i look back.  of course there are days when i've worked 8+ hours then come home to spend 4 hours on homework where it feels like it's dragging, but it hasn't been all that bad.  i have a meeting with my advisor on friday to plan out my next semester.  should be great.  i also have an exciting opportunity with the campaign that i will share more about later...

but i would be remiss if i didn't finally post our halloween costumes from the costume party friday night...

jack the ripper and his victim

ahh! 

jack the ripper and his victim - a dead 19th century lady of the night.  i bought a vampire queen dress (whatever the hell that is), ripped it up, and we put some scars on me.  philip was a perfect jack, with a top hat, cape and fake facial hair.  it was fantastic.  tomorrow we'll have our halloween tradition of pizza, scary movies and giving out candies to trick-or-treaters.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN friends!  be safe out there....

...BOO!