Hooray for finally finding a couch and loveseat for our living room!
Hooray for Labor Day sales! (20 percent off, baby!)
Hooray for also randomly finding a dining room table plus four chairs (not the ones on the end) that we love!
As you can see, we were quite successful after driving more than an hour to Daytona Beach to scope out some furniture.
Any NASCAR fans out there recognize this track?
Right across from the furniture store where we were shopping was the Daytona 500 International Speedway.
I’ve been to the Daytona 500 one time and it was when I was working a table during my internship with SeaWorld. (The same job that required me to drive this fancy schmancy set of wheels.)
Along with the view of the speedway, some other pretty awesome sights were seen during our drive.
How much for that chicken!?
Ryan and I could not get over this place. Holy lawn ornaments on crack!
I joked that this place would be my dad’s personal hell. He cannot stand “knick knacks” and figurines on the whole, so this place would’ve made his skin crawl.
Once we paid for our furniture (it will be delivered on September 15), we made a pit stop for gas and some sweet sustenance before heading home.
I love the BIG CUP Reese’s cups. They have so much peanut butter filling in them. Right up my alley!
Dinner
Once we arrived back at the house, it was dinner time.
We felt like making steak and onion subs and Ryan was the onion chopping extraordinaire since onions make me tear up terribly.
Our steak and onion subs were served on hot dog buns since we didn’t have any hoagie rolls on hand.
And yes, that’s a normal-sized hot dog bun. That should tell you how ridiculously large the corn on the cob was that we ate with our sandwiches.
We used top round steak on our subs because it was super cheap at the grocery store and it was quite chewy. At least the flavor was good!
Off to enjoy what little is left of this holiday weekend. Hope you’re having a relaxing Labor Day with loved ones!
Big corn on the cobs are the best part of the summer! Lately I’ve had trouble biting them off the cob though and it just isn’t the same!
I’m going to have to try those Reese’s Big Cups, they sound amazing.
Melody
Congrats on the couches and table! They look amazing!
Bee Goes Bananas
I have never heard of Reeses big cups before!!! Where have I been? Yummmmmy!
PS you should’ve totally bought the jumbo dinosaur and chicken for your new front lawn, Hahahaha!
Anna @ Food Fitness Frolicking
ha! i think sadie would pass out if she saw that thing in our yard!
peanutbutterfingers
So glad you found some furniture! I am not a fan of “knick knacks” either – aaahh it’s like my worst nightmare!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey
To avoid the tearing up with onions.. Keep your onions in the fridge . Works everytime.
Erica @ Eating on the Run
Loving the couch and love seat, so cute!
Stephanie @ A Hungry Bookworm
Yay! Love the new couch!! So Glad you’ll get a new one soon.:) That ear of corn looks amazing!
Sweet and Savvy
Furniture shopping can be so stressful sometimes. It took two months to find a bedroom set my husband and I both liked, could afford, and felt like it would last a really long time. Glad you had such a successful trip!
Emily @ Life on Food
Yay, I’m so happy for you both on your new purchases! If I saw that couch and loveseat in the store, I would’ve picked it out to be your style too…it has that yellowish tone!
Rachel
The dinosaur takes the cake. For real.
Hooray for finding furniture!
Hillary
Your neighbors would love it if you put that dinosaur in your front lawn. I love the couch and loveseat. Are those leather? If so, be very careful with Sadie. Dog’s nails just murder leather furniture.
Alisa @ Running with Knives
I love the furniture you selected! Gotta love all those random shops when you’re driving out to the coast!
Jessica @ Sushi and Sit-Ups
Horray for furniture! What a productive Labor Day! I have family in Daytona so I know exactly where you are talking about, haha. Lawn decor is certainly “cringe-worthy”; your Dad is right!
I can’t wait to have a home to decorate…I am so excited I want to start saving now for that day!
P.S. I’ll take one giant dinosaur for the front lawn, por favor HAHA
Claire @ NavigatingNorth
CONGRATS on the new furniture. Love it in the pictures. I had to shame my husband at Ikea today. He didn’t like the desks so I told him that he has had 4 yrs to pick one out and that was long enough. I would buy one and put it together myself. He told me later he would have one by the end of the week.
The Kidless Kronicles
Wag More, Bark….
Nicole
Office pics???
Leighann
yay for the couch! clearly you weren’t meant to find one until labor day – for the sale!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats
You must have small corn on the cobs in florida because in California that’s about standard size! I tried cooking them on the barbeque on Friday, so good!
Lorin
You should definitely buy the giant dinosaur to go on your front lawn, very elegant
Love the furniture you did buy! I love furniture shopping…especially when something is actually bought!
Jackie @ That Deep Breath
Sometimes the universe makes sure that you don’t see something you want until it’s on sale!
Stephanie @ Love Life Project
Woohoo! So happy that you were able to find something that you love and that you didn’t have to settle. Love the dining room table and chairs too.
Tabaitha
Yay for your furniture success!!! That’s awesome
. And omg those lawn figures are too funny….you should totally get one that Sadie could “attack” and play with haha
Lindsay@ In Sweetness and In Health
Congrats on the new couches! They look super comfy
Grogeous dining room set too!
I now want corn on the cob…
Shaya (Eye Girl Eats)
YEAH!! You found the stuff on sale-that ROCKS! Congrats!
I love corn on the cob
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife
You should’ve bought the chicken as an homage to the bloggess & her giant metal chicken, Beyonce.
Brittany
I thought the same thing! Knock knock, mofo.
Jen
Agree agree, read through the comments JUST to make sure I wasn’t the only one thinking about this.
Jordan @ food, sweat, and beers
we thought of the exact same thing! oh, beyonce.
peanutbutterfingers
whoa, those lawn ornaments are something else. i can’t believe anyone would EVER want those, haha.
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef
By enjoying the last little bit of weekend I hope you mean watching bachelor pad!
Kait @ One Love Run
Amen for passing the mecca of Race Tracks! Go Dale Jr.!
But as for the yard gnomes and animals…I take it your father agrees with me about those goofy blow up over sized Christmas snow globes should all be shot with BB guns so they deflate and never appear…ever…ever again?
Nathan Miller
i love fresh corn on the cob! so sad it’s going out of season. hooray for finding new furniture… can’t wait til you’re settled in!
kathleen @ the daily crumb
Oh that furniture looks nice! BTW I’m totally stoked to meet you and the other fine blogger ladies in a couple days!!!!
Roz @ Fit Blogging for Fun, Family & Profit
yayy congrats on the new furniture!!
Nicole @ Giraffelegs
That lawn ornament place makes me think of the Blogess’ big metal chicken. I can’t believe people actually buy those things!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen
We thought of the same thing!
peanutbutterfingers
Yayy for finding furniture!! Also that place is hillarious but lawn ornaments totally freak me out…and the people who have lots of them usually end up being CRAZYYY! One of our neighbors had a lot of war-themed ones and when we were kids we would play near his yard and one day he could out and threatened us with an old-fashioned rifle…not okay!
Emily
Cute couches! They look like they’ll be super cozy.
Holy ginormous corn! It makes the dinner plate look like a bread plate!
Rosa – Fitness, Food, Fulfilled
The first thing that popped into my head when I read Daytona Beach was the racetrack lol! I was there once on a vacation waaaay back in the day and sadly haven’t been there for a race. Can you tell I’m a country girl from Wisconsin? haha!
Amy
Woo you guys scored- love the couches and dining table! It must be so fun watching your home come together!
Khushboo
Yay for Labor Day store sales, glad you found some good stuff!
I love Reeses too – chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven
Jaclyn
I love that you don’t deny yourself the treats in life Julie. Congrats on finding new furniture!
Rebekah @ Medicine, Munchies & Movement
Congrats on finding furniture!
Sales are the best!
I had corn on the cob with dinner last night too! Yum!
Hope
I’m just thinking that Beyonce, the giant metal chicken, and Paul, the slinkster cat, would be a match made in heaven. They’d probably go on romantic dates to the Daytona 500.
True love.
Congrats on the couch and the dining room table!! I love that table/chair set.
Jordan @ food, sweat, and beers
they truly would be. i’d love to see their babies.
peanutbutterfingers
Congratulations on your furniture!! I agree with your Dad, knick knacks blahhh just things to collect dust.
Have a beautiful day.
Nicole
is your couch from raymour? i think it is the same as mine in a different color.
raquel
it’s from ashley furniture!
peanutbutterfingers
also love ashley! congrats on the purchase!
raquel
Yay! Im glad you found a couch set AND a table and chairs..double win!
Shannon
Yay for furniture!! and 20% off
Laura @ Unchartered 20s
My husband bought me onion goggles for Christmas last year. Every time I use them, he laughs and takes pictures. He’s so thoughtful.
Annie @ Assorted Annie
Love the furniture! We looked for 6 months before getting the same set at Ashley, but in the brown (that the chair on the right is)! We got it this year at the Presidents Day sale =) You guys will LOVE it. So so cozy!!
Michell