The Appraisal + Paint Cards

We had a stressful day yesterday. The appraisal came back for $5,000 less than we offered. After a few phone calls yesterday and today, they worked it out so we can get our house. The seller is taking the appraised value and offering $1,000 toward closing costs. The loan interest rate is being increased slightly and adding $2,100 up front to closing costs. The realtor is giving up $1,000 of his commission. All that together will cover the closing costs, and we may get some money back at closing.

I saw my grandma for the last time until next spring. Since her holiday season will be kind of crazy, she gave my husband and me a Lowe's gift card for our birthdays, Christmas and a housewarming gift. We'd like to get paint, shower doors for the master bath and lumber for our projects. We'll have to take measurements for the shower before we can figure out which doors are an option.

I picked up paint cards today, which was exciting.

I really like the chocolate with the greenish blue on the larger card. They didn't have any of the actual cards in that shade.