My find of the week.

Well, I actually found it earlier this summer, so this is a bit of a retroactive post.

One of my rules is: only buy things that make you HAPPY/that you LOVE.

One of my other rules is: if you find something you LOVE (and its cheap), snatch it up then and there, even if you weren't out shopping for it at that moment. Don't pass it up, because finding it when you are looking for it is unlikely.

So, I was following these rules this summer when, in Boston, I walked to a tiny yard sale with my dad and spotted this white pedestal table with green birds on the top. Upon receiving the price ($5), I knew it had to be mine, and I knew just where to put it.

Turns out that it works perfectly with this white lamp purchased at St. Vincent De Paul in Austin last year for $3 -- purchased as part of my campaign at the time to buy only light colored furniture because I was living in a cave-like dwelling with dark wooden ceilings. Happily, my new living space is light and airy, and these light accents fit in just right.

I'd been using another small rectangular table (from Room Service in Austin, purchased for $7) for this lamp between two chairs. It was a little too large for the space, so I'd been keeping an eye out for something else. The rectangular table now works great as a coffee table. I'm still thinking about painting it... That will be a post to come.

So, that's it. My find of the week. My cute, bird top table that makes me happy.

PS: Just so you know, everything else in the picture is second hand: the basket for magazines came from Goodwill ($1), the pink saucer on the table was my grandma's (priceless), and the coasters in the saucer belonged to one of my best friends/roommates of yore, Jo Jo (also priceless).