my extreme {frugal} makeover!

When we moved into our beautiful Tennessee home, one thing we quickly learned was how {small} our furnishings were since they used to have to fit in a space less than half the size of where we are blessed to live now!  For the most part, that is a GREAT thing because we have uncluttered beautiful empty space with room to walk and just peaceful open space.

One thing that has been BUGGING me though is our hallway.  It's LONG, which means we certainly didn't own anything nearly long enough for it.  All we had were two cheap Wal-Mart berber mat-like carpets that we had to just make do with, which barely cover enough of the beautiful hardwoods to keep them protected.

I have been RESEARCHING and been so discouraged by the prices of carpet runners... the cheap ugly ones are 90 inches (which means I would need two) and at least $40.  The beautiful ones, well let's not go there.

So, I saw two of these in the Clearance section at Wal-Mart and thought they actually weren't too bad.

But, they didn't have a price, so I put them in my cart and went over to the price checker thingy...

{wish I had a picture!}

Because they were just
THIRTY FOUR CENTS each!

So, Ladies & Gentlemen

I bring you my 

SIXTY-EIGHT CENT 

Extreme {Frugal} Makeover!!

Wish you could see it in person.

The colors are just perfect!

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Gratefulness 

is the key to a happy life 

that we hold in our hands, 

because if we are not grateful, 

then no matter how much we have 

we will not be happy -- 

because we will always want 

to have something else 

or something more.

{David Steindl-Rast}