Funny you should say that. I did buy a piece of furniture (very minor), a new cabinet that I placed in my breakfast room to store DD3's art supplies so she has ready access to them to be creative at the kitchen table and they won't be in her play area where DS9mos can eat the crayons and such. What makes this unique is that I bought a really pretty cabinet with decorative staining and painting that is simply completely unlike anything else in our house.
Our house is stick plain in terms of decorating because being H's bachelor quarters I have gradually introduced more decorative elements but kept to a neutral bachelor type look so as not to offend H's sensibilities. H seemed mildly surprised but says he isn't sure it "goes with" everything else - I then explained "eclectic" decorating and told him that I really like the cabinet and that it had been an excellent buy. He seems fine. On top of that I purchased some new linen napkins and set the table. I also cooked up a storm all weekend like I used to. Not sure that it stoked his passion but it made me feel better.
I am not an artistic person, my major creative outlet is cooking, writing and keeping my home. I can't draw, paint or anything like that. The sheer length of my commute and exhaustion from the pregnancy had made it where I have dropped out of a lot of the day to day in my own home except for when all the planets align so that I had the time, energy level and kids occupied long enough to do something like cook a decent meal or whatever (we have eaten so much take out crap in the past year it is sick). It felt good to set the table properly, it felt good to think about what else would make the kitchen/breakfast room look great and pretty. I will probably work on it while H is on his annual guy trip this summer.
No, H didn’t sex me up but then again I almost feel like he is a not very hungry shark circling, his circles are getting nearer but he isn’t biting yet…….
