Oil & Vinegar

I think I've mentioned Oil & Vinegar multiple times on my Live Journal. It was one of my favorite stores in Aachen, but there were locations elsewhere in Europe. Whenever I saw one, I would stop in. Some of their stuff was a bit spendy, but I loved their bruschetta dip mix, and then found something that tasted almost identical (and was much cheaper) at a discount retail chain in the Netherlands and Germany.

There is one here in the Seattle area! I wouldn't even have thought to look, but last night at The Red House, a woman walked in carrying an Oil & Vinegar bag.

YES! Must stop by next time I'm up in Bellevue. I'm surprised there isn't a location in downtown Seattle somewhere, near Pike Place Market, say. But there are already stores in that area that sell similar types of stuff.

I know there is a LUSH in town too, but since I no longer have a good soaking tub, I am no longer feeling the LUSH love.

Time to paint again

Next weekend, Lance and I are painting the hallway, entryway and living room, which all pretty much encompass the main area of the house.

I'm actually sampling a paint color this time before I buy. Should've done that in the kitchen, but I ended up loving the color that I chose. Lance, not so much.

So this time, I looked at the color swatches online at behr.com. Found a nice color that I thought would look neutral enough - Creme Brulee. It looked like a very light tan.

But when we looked at the actual color card today, it was more of a cream color. No brown tone in it at all. Too neutral, if you ask me.

So we looked at the second color on the color card, Castle Stone. It's a light brown. Still pretty neutral, but will give a little life to the room.

And now I have a little jar of it to paint in various spots on the wall to see how it'll look in the light.

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The Castle Stone paint color isn't going to work. I painted spots on several walls and it's not anything like the color on the color card. It's a rich golden honey color. Beautiful, but doesn't particularly coordinate with our furniture or carpet.

So...I guess we're back to the Creme Brulee. But I should probably get a sample of that color too.

This is why you should always sample the color before painting the entire wall. We would've went through huge amounts of time and expense for a color we would've hated. And I still have quite a bit left in the sample jar. Not sure what to do with that.

I had a hair appointment earlier, and I'm discovering that a flat iron would be a handy thing to have. I'm very low maintenance when it comes to my hair, but I also hate those mornings when it seems to be sticking out in every which direction, as it's wont to do. So my stylist recommended a flat iron and she told me not to spend a ton of money on it...a $20 one is perfectly fine for my purposes.

So I got the cheapest one at Target - $14. Got a bunch of other stuff at Target too, particularly a new purse, which I needed. Still looking for a new pair of walking/running around shoes. The ones I have currently have seen better days.

We're waiting on a pizza (free! Because Papa John's pissed us off once and they sent a coupon for a free pizza to apologize). Lance has on the OSU-Minnesota game.

Just going to hang out the rest of the day. Don't have any reason to go anywhere. And we're looking out for Reece. I took her for a walk earlier and she came back and shook herself and splattered blood all over Lance. The sore on her ear burst open again and was bleeding. We had to pin her down so I could clean the wound, and she was actually really good about it. There was a blood blister that popped, so I picked off what was left of it and cleaned everything up really well and put Neosporin on it. Wondering if I should get some peroxide to pour over her ear, but I really don't think she would stand for that.