Can you keep a secret?

I don't want to ruin the surprise for my husband but I am going to meet with my realtor today and buy this house. It was just listed in my neighborhood and it's perfect for us. It's just 4 blocks away from us (still walking distance to bestie's house), 3,800 sq ft, close to a great park, everything inside is brand new AND it's only 1.5 million. He'll be so thrilled he likely won't be able to speak for a few months.

Come on inside and see my new house....

I'm going to ask that they sell the house fully furnished so that will add a bit to the total, but hubby won't mind...we're only talking millions here. ☺ He won't have to lift a finger to move, we'll just simply take our clothes and few special things and have someone haul all of our old furniture away to goodwill.
His very own office. This will be the first thing to win him over. No longer will his business papers get lost in the kitchen, dining room or the bedroom because he will have this whole office to himself where he can pile papers up endlessly and I won't touch them, I promise.
He'll have a spot to visit with adults in this fabulous formal living room.
We'll throw extraordinary dinner parties right here in this dining room, which is adjacent to the butler's pantry, for ease in serving food and wine.
We'll have family movie nights here in the cozy family room.

He won't even have to pause the movie to grab a drink or more popcorn from the kitchen.
I'll be able to talk with my daughter while she's doing homework or watching tv in the family room from this grand kitchen. Of course I'll re paint the green walls first.
We'll once again have an eat-in kitchen so family dinners will happen regularly.
I'll spend hours in the kitchen cooking lavish meals and baking sinful treats. Another big selling point because hubby just loves my cooking. ☺
Our wine collection will finally have a proper home! He's going to love that.
Our master bedroom won't have rolling racks and plastic tubs of clothing because we'll have grand walk in closets, one for each of us.
We won't have to fight for the sink or mirror space in our over sized master bath.

I wonder if he'll miss the 3X3 shower and blue tile in our current house? hhmmm....
Superbowl parties in the game room perhaps?
Two large guest bedrooms, one for buddy Jeff and one for granny when they come to visit.
They'll even have their own guest bathroom, no more sharing with our daughter.

His precious daughter will have this sweet room with her own private bath.
We can park both cars in the garage here because all of our Christmas decor boxes will be neatly tucked away in the massive storage closets in our new home. Heck, gone will be the days of doing laundry in the garage- not hearing me complain about that any more is certainly worth 1.5 million plus, right?!
Max will even be happy with this small but well kept yard.

A sprinkler system? Ah, heaven.
It's also the perfect size for a small putting green for hubby to practice his golf swing.
He's going to be SO happy with me I can't even stand it, what a great way to start 2012. He might even take a long celebratory trip somewhere far, far away with his buddies and let me have some time alone here to get everything all set up.

Well, I'm off to sign some papers....

....likely two different sets of papers if I really went through with this without him, if you know what I mean. ☺

xo~
Tricia

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