From God's House to Ours

I've been looking for some new living room furniture for a long time, even before we bought the new house.

I knew the style and color scheme I wanted. But buying them from a store was always far down on the list of budgetary priorities. So I'd scour the craigslist and "leaving the state, can't take it with us" yard sales. But hadn't had much luck.

A couple weeks ago, I was scheduled to watch the 2-3 year olds during Sunday school in the newly renovated little-kid room at the church. In the room was a new couch and love seat. I complimented the pastor's wife, Judy, on how nice they were. She said someone had donated them to the church, but they weren't sure if they'd keep them in the toddler room or not. I told her if they chose to get rid of them, we'd buy them from the church.

The next Sunday, she asked if we were still interested. Absolutely! They were the exact style I'd been looking for and the perfect colors for our living room. As it turned out, the set also included a chair and ottoman. We offered her a price, she dropped the price by almost half and we now have an awesome new set of living room furniture for about 25% of what they'd have cost us at the store.

Ain't life grand?