Score!

On my way back from the gym this morning (I am working this weekend but as it is the weekend I'm not getting started until 11 a.m.) I discovered, just two houses down from mine, two really great, really sturdy solid wood chairs painted to look like cows. A gift from the sidewalk furniture gods that fits perfectly with the McPolack early-to-mid whack-a-doo style.

And not only do they look fabulous, they apparently smell fabulous, too, as my little kitty, Miss Daphne-Moon, has been crawling all over one of them and doing that weird sniffy thing where she half-opens her mouth.

My apartment is made up of many such deals. Last month, I found a mint-condition solid wood folding bookcase on the street. I folded it up and took it home. My dining room table, coffee table, and microwave table with stools came with the apartment. Friends donated a second bookcase, a night table, and a chair to go with the desk I got for 40 dollars. I got a futon for free from a couple I met at a party. On top of my TV is the top part of a self-leveling chicken waterer from the 1930's that was dug up from OSB's backyard during a construction job.

I am all about the free.