Let's Hear it for Ebay!

So there I was minding my own business... looking for faux zebra-striped rugs on Ebay when I randomly searched for a baby-sized "grand" piano.

By some musical miracle, there it was... the adorable, functional instrument, priced in Bellevue Square at $250 retail, had no bids, a $20 minimum and 12 minutes left on the clock!

So what did I do?

You bet your ass I was shaking while I scrambled to figure out what my log in and password were so I could buy! buy! buy!

With 4 minutes left, I hit "refresh" every few seconds waiting for some bastard to break my heart.

3-2-1 and now it's all mine.

The back story goes like this. My mom and I were browsing through JZ Rose at Bellevue Square in September. It's got a lot of square footage and since it was like a museum (on crack) we had to look at everything. I think we were in there for two hours; long enough for me to change D's diaper under the Christmas tree, but that's another story.

When we finally made it to the children's section, we came across the most adorable child-sized baby grand piano. Dahlia was just starting to stand, but I set her down in front of it and she stood there and started playing! After that, I couldn't get the piano out of my head. I put it on my list, but Santa Clause said that there's no way we're paying $250 for that thing and I let it go.

I looked all over the Internet for the piano and found only crappy plastic, tacky, multi-colored kiddie pianos. Then I gave up.

Fast-forward to today and sha-zam, it'll be here in 7-10 days!

I'm turning our unused living room into a "piano salon" and will be decorating the space accordingly. This should be fun, especially for Christmas!