New Clothes, Birthdays, Church Changes, Corona Update

Since my last entry, I've bought a few masks, a rug, a couple paintings, and several articles of clothing. 

All three masks are black. One says "Blessed" in blue letters, one says "There is Power in the Name of Jesus" in white letters, and one says "Loki'd" in green letters. I ordered the masks from RedBubble.

 

The rug was supposed to be for my bedroom, but after laying it out in the office, I decided I like how it looks in here.

 

 

****Click on the pictures to see them in full. For some reason the changes Blogger has made have messed up how pictures look in posts. *sigh*

 

                                                                   I have the rug overlapping both of the other rugs in this picture.

 

The first painting I ordered was for the dining room. I bought it to replace a painting I didn't really like anymore because it was kind of dark. I ordered this from Amazon for around $50-60. It's called View to the Amalfi Coast.

 

The second painting is one I saw when I was looking for a final piece of art for the office (I chose a tapestry/wall hanging) and fell in love with. I would search every couple days for a smaller version of it to put on the wall to the left of the master bathroom door (on the bedroom side) and finally found one at Art.com.

 

 

I finally had the bright idea to pay attention to the measurements of clothes. Now that I know what length of dresses and shirts I prefer (I've known for a while that 23-25 inches is the perfect skirt length for me), I've been able to order some things online. 

Of all the shirts I have in my closet, only about four are the right length. I recently took a chance and ordered a couple shirts online. One of them came on Saturday. The length is fine (22 inches), but I think another inch or inch and a half is closer to perfect.

Anyway, in the past 4-5 weeks, I've bought a few dresses, a couple shirts (I'm waiting for three more to be delivered), and a couple skirts. Oh, and a purse. And I'm waiting for a couple cardigans to be delivered. All for really great prices.

I ordered this Calvin Klein dress from Dillard's thinking it was the dress pictured below. When it got here, I was like, "I thought it was more blue than this." lol But I still like it a lot. It was originally $118, but I paid about $41 before tax and shipping.

 I bought this one at Dillard's for about $43. By Calvin Klein.

 

 I bought this Liz Claiborne dress at JC Penney for about $35.

 

I bought this at JC Penney. I don't remember how much I paid. Less than $10. But I didn't try it on and it's too big. I wanted to order it in a small, but they're sold out.

 

I bought this at JC Penney for either $13 or $17. I think it's Liz Claiborne.

 

I bought this Liz Claiborne skirt at JC Penney for either $13 or $17.

 

This was originally $139 at Talbots. I paid about $35. I wasn't sure how it would look on me, but when I tried it on I loved it.

 

Since dresses are easier (don't have to try to find a top to go with a skirt or vice versa) and I'm really loving shirt dresses lately, I ordered this from Saks Off 5th. I paid less than $50 before taxes. By Calvin Klein.

 

I ordered this from Gap. On sale for about $10. I'm thinking green might look nice with the floral skirt above. I have a shirt in a different shade of green on the way.

 

I bought this at Talbots. Originally nearly $40, I paid less than $15 after taxes.

 

Day & Mood purse I bought at Stein Mart. The one I got is a darker brown. Usually goes for $118, I paid less than $44 after tax. Genuine leather. I also looked at a couple tops at Stein Mart (going out of business), but they won't let you try things on or return anything. :-/

 

I'll post pictures of the other shirts and the cardigans after I get them. Now I need to go through my closet and get rid of some things.

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My daughter-in-law Ashley's birthday was July 21st and my mom's was July 25th. I got them each a galaxy light/globe from Amazon. They really liked mine and said they wanted one and since they hadn't gotten themselves one yet, I ordered one for each of them. I also got Ashley two books (Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Where the Crawdads Sing) and I got my mom a Moroccan style lantern. It's black with purple glass and you can put a candle in it.

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Our church is making some changes in the sanctuary. I still vacuum on Saturday evenings for the few people who show up for Sunday services. (Stupid corona.) Anyway, they extended the platform (no more steps on the front), put black carpet on the platform, painted the back wall of the platform black, ripped up the sanctuary carpet, and are trying to save money by dyeing the chairs instead of replacing them. There were pallets/boxes of new carpet in the foyer when I went to the church this past Saturday. I assume it's carpet tiles/squares. I saw a sample of it a few weeks ago - a medium to dark gray.

 I took these pictures on July 25th. The carpet padding on the floor has since been torn up.

 

 A few of the chairs that have been dyed. We'll eventually have to get new chairs though. These are old and some are not in great shape.

They've also started a K-12 school at the church. I don't know if it's because of corona or if the school is something they've been planning for awhile.

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North Carolina corona/covid-19 update:

Completed tests: 2,078,472

Positive cases: 155,113

Currently hospitalized: 898

Deaths: 2,521

Recovered: 127,749, as of last Monday. New numbers will come out today.

Active cases: 27,364, as of last Monday.

My county has/had 6,377 positive cases and 163 deaths. My zip code has/had 764 positive cases and 39 deaths.

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Since my last entry, I've only read the first chapter of The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri and I've read the first two or three chapters of Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer.

 

I've been in kind of a reading slump lately, but it's mostly because I've been falling asleep after only a couple pages, when I even bother to pick up a book to read. I'm trying to get back into it though.

 

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