my search for a dresser: a little guilt, a little satisfaction

For those of you who don’t know, the decorations in my bedroom are made up of the colors black and white with accents of a deep red. All of my furniture (nightstand, desk, shelves) are white, while most everything else is black (bedspread, pillows, frames, lamp, clock, etc.) and just a couple things are red (bulletin board, lampshade.)

A couple months ago I started searching for a white dresser to complete my bedroom set. (In the future I will probably not choose white for my bedroom furniture (it kinda looks cheap and youngish after all) but for now, I think it’s OK.) But I could never find anything I wanted for a price I wanted to pay. As I mentioned, I don’t plan on staying with the white scheme forever so I don’t want to put a lot of money into something I don’t want to hang on to. So I searched and searched. After a while I didn’t think I’d ever find what I wanted on craigslist or ksl. Anything that I ever seemed to remotely be interested in was always long gone before I found it or could possible arrange a way to pick something out. In a Kmart ad, I saw some white dressers on sale for $30. This was pretty good; the only problem would be that I’d have to put it together. While I’m pretty confident I could do that, I don’t think I have the proper tools to do it well….plus the boxes were really heavy and would require strength beyond my own. In fact, I even bought one but it sat in my trunk for about two weeks before I gave up and returned it, (easy transport from car to store with grocery cart) not wanting to have to face the venture of bringing it up to my apartment and assembling it.

Then last Saturday… Well, Grace and I were doing some errands and ventured into D.I. to see if anything caught our interest. I was surprised at the assortment of white furniture. We passed a couple side tables and even a white desk with a hutch. I really wanted the hutch but it only came with the desk. We decided to try somewhere else but out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpse of one more white piece a couple rows over. I said, “OK I see one more thing that’s white so I want to check that out first.” So I check it out and it’s actually another piece that Kmart had on sale for about 75. It was a little beat up but that was ok. In addition to being a dresser with three drawer, there’s a part of the side that has a door and opens up to four shelves and a big open area that could be used to hold a tv. So I’m going through everything and thinking wow, I may have found exactly what I was looking for … and more.

Then one of the workers comes up to me and asks if I want to buy it. I was a little surprised because I wasn’t used to D.I. workers being so proactive ya know. I respond “Yea, I’m thinking I do.”

“Well, if you don’t get it, the girl behind ya is gonna snatch it up.”

a quick glance reveals a girl standing right behind me waiting

“Uh…yea I think I want it."

The employee proceeds to fill my information out on the little card they stick on sold furniture. As he’s doing this I’m realizing…uh maybe it really should have gone to that other girl. And things are starting to make sense, I think she probably decided she wanted the piece, went and found an employee to reserve it for her, and then I stepped in. So she returned back and found that I was now claiming the piece. I didn’t look at her anymore…I couldn’t bring myself to. But Grace said she looked ticked. I would have too…..

Honestly I felt really bad.

But I also felt really good that I finally found what I was looking for. Plus, I saw this girl going on to claim another dresser…so obviously something else would work for her. She didn’t need that EXACT dresser to complete her bedroom décor like I did.

So while there is still a little guilt, I think I’ll get over it.

P.S. Sorry I ramble on and on about these almost meaningless stories :)



So here's me with my find. Whuuhooo. And thank you thank you thank you Chris for helping me pick it up today. You are amazing!!! AND there's a quick look at what I ended up doing with my hair...yea it kinda looks the same :) But I do love how she did my bangs!