Ghosts, scones, and cabinets

Last night started with a jolt.  I turned off the light to go to sleep and then noticed that there was a light above me.  I looked around, wondering if it were coming through the windows.  Nope.  It was shining down around the attic door.  Huh.. I haven't been in the attic in months.  And I definitely didn't see the light the night before.  I woke JD and asked him if he'd been in the attic.  He said no and immediately fell asleep again.

My adrenaline stepped everything up a notch.

Given that it's a really old house, lights turning on and off immediately takes me in the ghost direction.  Or, hell, in the raccoon direction.  It's not like there have never been animals in the attic.  For that matter I need to get up there and remove all the mouse poop that has accumulated in the last five years.

Anyway, I had more than an average amount of difficulty falling asleep.  In the morning I asked JD to go up and turn the light back off.  He found that the switch needs to be replaced - it no longer solidly moves to the on or off position.  One more thing for the to do list.  While he's at it he'll replace the iffy one in the guest bedroom as well.

The first thing on our agenda today, however, was tea.  JD had bought a groupon for afternoon tea at Moulin de Paris.  It was delightful.  They had dozens of teas on the menu.  The little restaurant was very cute, and it was fun to sit there with my tea (and champagne) and have a date with my husband.  He did note that he was nearly the only male in the room - afternoon tea is apparently a girly thing.

My tea had flowers!

I am pretty sure I have never had a serving of shrimp come in a unit of "two" before.

The adorable tea tray full of yumminess - all the defaults, there were only ordering options on the beverages.  There were various sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, chocolate dipped strawberries, and more.

Champagne is appropriate at any time of the day

My beloved, who is secure enough in his masculinity to go out for afternoon tea.  Thanks, sweetheart.

After that, JD suggested that we stop by Ikea to see if they had furniture which would suit our storage desires.  We took notes on a bunch of items then came home to see if they would fit into the spaces we had available.

This Hemnes glass door cabinet is exactly the right height for our towel cabinet, but is one inch too wide.

The Edlund chest is exactly the right height, width, and depth for a larger entryway chest.  However it has been discontinued.  They kept the floor model only to taunt us.

This Hemnes three drawer chest is a couple of inches too deep,  and would leave the space from the entryway to the hall just a little too narrow to comfortably walk through with a laundry basket.

This eensy (24" high) Rast chest is completely inadequate to store everything.  It's what is in the front hall now.

The Hemnes six drawer chest would be AWESOME but is also 2" too deep, same issue with the laundry basket.

The Hemnes shoe chest is *perfect* for the other side of the entryway, but it doesn't have back legs.  We don't wish to bolt things to the wall.

This Hemnes glass door cabinet with drawers would fit the entryway nicely, but would have to be bolted to the wall as well.  And there is a good chance that we would shatter the glass by opening the front door too enthusiastically.

It appears that we are going to have to bolt things to the wall.  It's that, or not have enough room to walk.  Or not store things.  One of those.