Weekend Update

We had one of those weekends that was so jam-packed that we feel more tired today than we did on Friday. But it was also one of those rare situations where we managed to have fun AND get a lot accomplished. Our weekends tend to skew one way or the other, so this made us feel nice and organized.

On the fun side, we met up with friends for drinks on Friday night, and I got to bust out my $6 thrifted sequin dress. Also thrifted in this outfit are the jacket (from Canada!) and boots (not from Canada). Sidenote: do you think this dress would be too short to wear without tights/leggings? I can't decide.

On Saturday we ran all of our errands and then met up with Hubsey's little brother for dinner. We also sat around wistfully thinking about the basement because...

We started the floor yesterday! There are still holes in the wall and we haven't painted any of the trim, but THE FLOOR. We bought the saw and Hubsey spent two hours assembling it while I put down the vapor barrier and underlayment:

And then, THEN, after almost two months of not having floor down there and dealing with piles of crap all over the house, we got all Action Jackson down there:

Wheeeeee! It's a SwiftLock floating laminate from Lowes, and it was $2 per square foot. My goal was to keep it under $2.50, so I was thrilled for that. Not because we wanted to get the cheapest thing we could find, but at the end of the day this is still a basement, and while we've fixed the water problem for now, there's always a chance more cracks could form down the road. I'd hate to spring for real hardwood and have it get ruined.

Anyway, I love it and the basement is officially going to surpass the dining room as my favorite. If I could give the floor a hug, I would. Not all of it is down yet, but we're hoping by the end of the week.

Also, I planted some flowers on the porch:

I hope I don't kill them too quickly.

So how was your weekend? Have you started planting yet? Working on anything around the house? Any thrift scores lately?