(picture of us on our first Valentine's Day. we'd been dating less than a month)
Well maybe not Mr. Mudpie :) You want to know something sad? We have never had lamps in our master bedroom. Ever. We have always had hand-me-down bedroom furniture. Why buy an expensive lamp to put on furniture we don't love? Plus, have you priced lamps lately? Those suckers are expensive!
Well guess what? Mr. Mudpie bought me lamps for the master bedroom today! And guess what else? I picked them out and he actually agreed on the style. --- insert huge gasp here! --- We don't exactly have the same taste is home decor. To let you in on how different we think, here is a conversation we had the day after Christmas.
Me: "Where are we going to put that big ass
gun safe at?"
Mr. Mudpie: "In the living room"
Me: "Ok...." (trying to stay calm)
Mr. Mudpie: "And we can hang my grandaddy's old
shotgun above that doorway" (he's
pointing now and getting all excited)
Me: "Oh dear lord" (clutching my chest, I feel
the pains coming)
Mr. Mudpie: "We can do a WESTERN THEME!!!!"
Me: "I'm in hell" (I think this is the point I
may have checked out of the conversation)
You see, I love love love modern, contemporary decor. I could live in an Ikea catalog and be a very happy girl. One day, our home will reflect that. Maybe when the kids hit the road. Mr. Mudpie says he likes traditional, but he really likes this interesting cross between frat boy & country.
So to go with our Brand Spanking New bedroom furniture we got in September, Mr. Mudpie bought me the lamps today. It helped the cause that he has started reading. Seriously.... the boy did not read until the last year or so. So now, we get to act like grown ups and read in bed. You have no idea how happy that makes me. :)
