I was gone pretty much all of last week shopping, looking, and eating a portion of the 600 mile yard sale/127 sale.  I'll write about that later.

I finally was able to finish a project I started awhile ago.  It started with my local Lowe's having a 75% off sale on some of their succulents.  I purchased/saved a bunch of them and purchased three fish-style glass bowls from Michael's using a 50% off coupon, of course. :)

The result?:

Gorgeous, easy-to-care-for plants for my porch!

I bought a few normal-priced succulents to add color, but most of them were 75% off.  I also added a few plants I already owned (ex: Jade), and they seem to fit right in with the new-comers. 

Just one more step closer to having a finished porch. I still have a ton of other projects to do to the porch, but I'll get to them eventually. 

Fall Decorating

I love decorating for Fall. So, so much. Fall scented candles, witches, pumpkins on the doorstep. Since it's officially October, I started to decoration a bit around my house.

Ignore the price sticker on the mirror, haha!  I plan on painting the mirror frame a darker color at some point because I'm not too keen on the gold. Anyway, the left pumpkins were purchased at Old Time Pottery a few weeks ago.  The center candy dish is from Target, the Runner from Kohls (I believe) as well as the hour glass, and the cute skeleton to the right was bought at Michael's.  

I also was able to spruce up my mantle today.

 The cute little plastic mini jackolantern garland came in a pack of 8 for $2 from Walmart.  All I did was use a piece of dark orange yarn I had on hand and knotted them on.  Cute!  Not bad for $2.

Trash =/= Treasure

This is the loot I found while cutting back some of the bushes around my house.  One of the Holly Bushes was so leggy, the tallest leg was probably around 20+ inches tall.

We have: one angel statue, one plate, one plastic pot, one cat stuffed animal, an old bottle of pepto complete with some left over (and yes, it's still pink!), random plastic pieces, a little black thermos, a cup, and some plastic bags.

My house is somewhat secluded.  I jokingly refer to it as the "haunted house at the end of the cul-de-sac" because it has little-to-no curb appeal from the street. In return, I have loads of privacy.  Unfortunately, the first, and pretty much only, feature you notice from the road is the mailbox. This is what it looked like when I moved in:

The first thing I did was give the poor mailbox a much needed haircut.  I went with a clean shave.

Progress:

And.......... *drumroll*

So, so much better.  However, I think anything would have been an improvement.