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Number 19

19) Re-decorate a room in my house. This project has taken the better part of the last three weeks, but I think it's been worth it.  It started out with a simple paint job.  I figured I'd just throw some paint on the walls and paint the ugly wood trim white and be done with it. As with any home improvement project, what started as a simple paint job ended as a complete overhaul of the whole room.  Here's what the room started out looking like:    First and foremost, the trim needed painted.  I just dislike the yellow-ish looking trim that is all through my house.  It looks so 1970.  And I'm eager to bring my house into the year 2013.  :)  So... Step 1.  Paint yellow-ish trim bright white. Step 2:  Paint accent wall dark grey. Step 3:  Paint remaining 3 walls light grey. Step 4:  Scrape old paint off of closet walls and give it a fresh coat of paint. Ste

Number 9

9)  Go to the city and do some shopping at an outdoor shopping center. A month or so ago, I drove to Dayton, Ohio to meet up with two of the best friends in the world!  It was a quick trip, but jam-packed with lots of girl-talk, shopping, and yummy treats!  On the way home from this trip, I felt the "call of the mall" and I gave in.  I stopped off at a beautiful outdoor shopping center in Dayton called "The Greene."  Oh.  My.  Goodness.  I could've shopped for two whole days there!!  I only had about an hour, so I limited myself to a store called " Charming Charlie " that I LOVE looking through.  They have just about ANY style and color of jewelry you could ever possibly want.  I had lots of fun dreaming of all the fun jewelry that I would have loved to have purchase, but I was a good girl and left it all in the store.  ;)