some new target finds

i've been keeping my eye out for a few new pieces of furniture and some different things to finish off rooms.  lately target has been where i have found everything.  

i am obsessed with target!  they have the cutest things and always at a great price.  

plus if you have a target debit/credit card, they give you 5% off your whole order.  better than the 10% discount i got at wal-mart when i worked there, because i hate shopping there, so i rarely used it.  

anyways....

first, i got some new bookcases for my office.  (i haven't done a whole post on my office yet, but will soon!)

originally i was going to get the really cheap bookcases that they sell and have Marky Mark put some trim on them and fancy them up to look like built-ins, but he has enough projects on the house.

instead i waited for these to go on sale and snatched them up.  they are originally $110 a piece, i got them for around $75 each.  such a good deal, and they ended up looking so good in the space.

i got white to match the whole feel of the office.  i have added more things to the bookcases since this pic, but would like to do some more styling to them.

second, i got a front entryway bench.  this was really important because we had been noticing that anytime someone came over they had a heck of the time taking their shoes off.

originally i was just going to put a table here, but decided a bench made more sense.  we wanted a place for people to sit down or set their things down.  there is also additional storage in the bench.

it was $170, but i got it on sale for $110!

eventually i want to get a pillow. (i saw one at TJ's that said "happy home."  i passed cause i wasn't too sure on it but might go back for it)  and i was thinking of possibly putting a table next to the bench on either side.  i have been eyeing a really pretty silver one at, where else, target.

and we definitely need a new rug for there ASAP but i have been having a hard time finding any rugs I like.

i got these baskets for my office.  they look a little funny in the picture but they look really good in my office.

they says mail, stuff and magazines on them.  i actually needed a place for all of those things so this was perfect.

they were originally $20 and i got them for $16!


these are just a few of my recent buys from target lately.  i also ordered some bedside tables for the master that should be here next week!  excited to get those, especially cause Mark has always used a garden table as his bedside table.  he will finally have drawers!  and a place to put his things!  it will be awesome :)

fun finds

I made a quick stop at TJ Maxx yesterday to do a little browsing and found two really fun items!

I wanted to find new salt and pepper shakers because the only ones we had go with our old dishes.  I wasn't desperately searching, but happened to find these, and they are perfect!  As you can see, the granite in the kitchen is black, white and gray, which these match, along with my white dishes.  They are roosters, which is perfect since Marky Mark works on a chicken farm!  And these fit VERY nicely on the little shelves in the kitchen that I have no idea what to do with.

Although this isn't a Boston Terrier, it's a bulldog, it looks a lot like our little Remi.  She is a Frenchie/Boston, we like to say she is "Froston".  Plus, how cute is he?!  For now he has a made a home on our mantel, but will probably find a nice place in my office at some point.  Maybe when I actually have some place to put things?!