Chairs and Cookie Cakes

I've been wanting a chair in our living room for a while but haven't seen on that I liked in my price range (read: under $50). So today I headed out to Virginia to hit up some Goodwills. I would have gone to a Goodwill closer, but here in the District, all the Goodwills and Salvation Armys seem to be the actual job centers and shelters, not the thrift shops.  At Goodwill #1 I managed to drop and subsequently shatter a really cute Pyrex pot, enormously loud shattering noise included, so I didn't feel like hanging around that one too long. Luckily, at the Goodwill #2, I found a chair that I could see some potential in. 

Also, the cushion was already pulled up from the chair so I had a better idea of how to get fabric around it. 

I had some paint leftover from my old dresser that I had painted blue. I loved that dresser and had accented it with a mishmash of adorable Anthropologie handles and pulls, but unfortunately it literally fell off the back of a truck in my last move. The leftover paint was still good though! 

I didn't have anything to stir the paint with so I used a handful of straws (patent pending). 

For the cushion fabric, I had some old curtains that AS had given me. I think they were using them as a drop cloth. Either that or a cat bed maybe? There was definitely some sort of animal hair on them. A quick lintbrushing and ironing took care of that issue instantly though. 

After gathering supplies, I put on a Bieber Pandora station and went to work. And no, I am not obsessed with Justin Bieber. I know I seem to talk about him a lot on this blog, but honestly, in general I probably talk about Zac Efron a lot more. Anyway, I was just getting in the mood for the Bieber-themed Glee episode tonight.

Here's the finished product. 

I'm pretty pumped about how it turned out. And the best part, since I had all the supplies already, it cost me all of $10 (the cost of the chair). I still want to get a comfy lounge chair at some point but am happy with this for now.

I also went by Harris Teeter today hoping to pick up a heart-shape cookie cake at a post-Valentine's Day price (Is that not the saddest sentence ever?). Unfortunately there were none left (Okay, that's the saddest sentence ever). So I came home empty handed and decided to make my own cookie cake instead.

I found a recipe online that was unbelievably easy and only had one stick of butter in it (rather than two). 

I learned two things from making this cookie cake: 1) Don't bake at 6:45pm before you have had dinner 2) Always preheat the oven or else you will find yourself scraping little bits of dough off the top of the cake to eat while you wait to put it in the oven. I also licked the bowl, the spatula, and the mixer attachment completely clean.

Teaser: I have a match date on Thursday. Stay tuned.