My very first piece of furniture I bought....is now SOLD to the first bidder!

Back in 2003 I bought my very first grown up bed and made my very first furniture purchase.  I worked very hard to be able to buy a nice bed.  One thing I didn't take into consideration when I bought a bed was would it fit in my bedroom?  I eyeballed and thought oh yeah that bed will fit with no problem.  WRONG!

When the furniture company delivered my bed to my parents house I couldn't shut my bedroom door.  The first thing my dad said was "did you measure the bed & the bedroom before you bought it?"  Ugh no dad why would I ever do such a thing as measure?....finally we moved the furniture around enough to close the door.  If I wanted to get to my closet I had to jump across the bed or squeeze at the foot of the bed.

When I moved out on my own I didn't make the same mistake twice.  I had my bed measurements with me when I went apartment shopping.  I measured each bedroom carefully to make sure my bed would fit.  BINGO I found a place with enough room for the bed that wouldn't break the bank.  

Fast forward a few years to when I get married and found an apartment with my husband. Time to move the bed again......the bed barely fit into our bedroom.  It fit...I didn't have to jump across the bed to the closet or squeeze around the foot of the bed.

Each time I moved the bed I was lucky enough to haev a moving company haul the massive bed.....well when we bought our house we were cheap and didn't hire movers.  I decided I wasn't going to move that bed one more time on our own!  It also looked like a twin bed in our massive bedroom.  We decided a couple months ago to buy a California King Size Bed = HEAVEN!!!!

I didn't want to sell my bed because it was my first big furniture purchase.  I hung on to it for a little while before I listed it on Craiglist.  Then I watched a few episodes of Hoarders.....People keep furniture because it was their grandma's, mom, first bed, etc.  That did the trip...I am NOT going to be a hoarder and keep things because it was the first bed I ever bought. 

Today I sold my very first piece of furniture on Craiglist.  It had taken up a large amount of room in the garage.  I made a deal with the lady if she would pick it up today I would take money off.  She showed up tonight and hauled my bed away. I didn't even feel bad because cash in my pocket felt better. :)

BARGAIN!!!!

I have been searching Craiglist ads for a couple weeks now. I started looking this past weekend at washers & driers. I wanted to buy a washer & drier as a pair or from the same owner. I was hoping we could get a good deal and it would be less work to pick up 2 items.

I feel like we got a HUGE score tonight. We bought a washer & drier by Kenmore 400 series that is 6 months old for $300. They sell about $330-399 each at Sears. We picked them up this evening and they look brand new.

I think that is probably the end of our big purchases for awhile. Probably in the next 6 months we will buy a new fridge. I have a list of items I would like for the house, but that is another post. :)

Score!!!!

Tonight as I was driving into our apartment complex Art calls. He said when you get here go to the dumpster and see if you want whats in there....we can dumpster dive together. I go look at it's a cute little cabinet! I ran to the house and said YES I want it....so off we go to the dumpster! Pulled it out. I started dry heaving because something gross looking was on it. Art is laughing at me because I am dying. He said get the front and help carry this thing to the garage. Off we went dry heaving all the way.

We get in the house change and out the door we go.....time to go pick up my craigslist find. I found a chandelier on Craigslist for $30. It's very similar to the one we paid $80 at Costco. We need another one for the kitchen.

Armoire

Look at this beauty I found on Craigslist. Yes, I know it isn't a beauty right now. I emailed the guy who was selling it on Sunday to see if he still had it. It was listed for $10. He emailed me back to let me know he still had it. I asked Art and he thought we should wait to buy any furniture until we buy a house. I agreed. The man emailed me last night saying I could have it for FREE if I came to pick it up. Art agreed this time to go pick it up since it was free. I can't wait to paint my beautiful cabinet! I am sooo excited. Probably will be awhile before it's done. The garage is filled up with stuff at the moment. I can't paint it on the deck since it's raining.