curtain call

Over the weekend the husband installed shades and new curtains for our bedroom! I'm quite excited. They were expensive but so worth it. There is, however, one small problem - they weren't at all expensive! Did I fool you?! Well, if not... just humor me. We had new windows installed recently, which meant that I had to buy new window shades. The old windows had Roman shades mounted inside the frame of the window, which is pretty standard. For the new windows, I wanted to mount any window coverings outside the window. As it turns out, windows are expensive and I'm not drilling anything into them. Or if I do, it's going to be for good.

So I started looking. I ordered Roman shades that I was kind of indifferent about and the husband didn't like them. I had to get something though - I had sheets put up as makeshift curtains, which were oh-so klassy. I finally decided to go with a roller shade that has a scalloped border and curtains. The roller shades are cordless and black out, and I can always replace then when I find something else. The curtains are from.... Wal Mart, as are the curtain rods.

I have to say, the curtains are pretty nice. They look like silk, though they're polyester, and from a distance you really can't tell. The only part I don't like is that the edges aren't sewn with much precision. But I kind of rolled them under and it's fine. For $20, I'm impressed. I'm rarely a Wal Mart shopper, but they do have a lot of cute things. I can't get over how bright that place is though. I need sunglasses to go in. At least they have a website where I can avoid the burning glare.

After I strung the panels up and put the curtains in place, the husband remarked "it looks like grown ups live here!" So I guess that's it - we're grown ups. We've got curtains. From Wal Mart.