Don't judge me...

You know the quote: "One man's trash is another man's treasure..."

Well, I've been needing a short dresser to fit in my closet for a very long time now, (because my adorable, silver, 3 basket thing from IKEA broke forever ago.) My tiny side of the closet just wasn't working anymore so I looked on craigslist to see if I could find a $ 5.00-10.00 dresser. I almost choked on the prices I saw: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I know everyone is poor right now, but really, those prices were shameful people! So, I kept hoping I could wait until yard sale season to score a little one.

I was on my way home from picking up the girls from a b-day party on
Saturday and I drove home a way I normally never do- and guess what God lead me to that day??? You guessed it- this ugly brown dresser!!!
When I passed it, it looked like a bookshelf (because all the drawers were out of it.) and I thought to myself: I wonder if that would work in the closet? I quickly thought: No, probably not, so I kept driving. A few blocks later I turned around and drove down the garbage alley were it was because I had to check it out. I looked all around hoping no one was witnessing what was about to happen next, and with no peering eyes staring at me through windows- I hopped out of the van. I looked it over and thought: You know, this might work! And to my surprise, the drawers had been thrown right next to it in a crazy upside pile. It was clearly garbage: sitting right next to the trash can with drawers thrown to the side and a broken piece of something right next to it- so I quickly tried to make my get-a-way, but it didn't go that way.
I opened up the trunk and lifted up the dresser to realize I left a huge tote of clothes in the back, my carpet shampooer and 12 bottles of pop. I tried rearranging stuff but I kept getting caught on stuff and I was certain by this time some crazy person was going to have me arrested for stealing their garbage. I finally got everything thrown in the van while the girls were yelling as loud as they could, "MOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???
I drove away with my heart beating wildly in my chest & a smile on my face. Oh, what a marvelous day! And guess what? It fit perfectly in my closet too! We cleaned that puppy right up and then sprayed enough Lysol on it to kill a small village. Although I HATE the color and HORRIBLE handles on it- I'm super happy that it was free and didn't go to a landfill! Now, one of these days I will paint her black and add some super cute silver handles on it!