Spending money on our apartment

Despite our difficulty with shopping for tasteful home furnishings we were able to buy some items on my birthday (July 27). We went back to Ikea and finally picked out a living room wall unit. It will hold our 27 inch screen Philips tv (sorry, no big screen plasma or LCD!) Although I did buy a used 20 inch LCD screen from a colleague. That will go in Darcy's sanctuary room. Anyway it was difficult to find a piece that was the right color wood and design. Naturally the style we chose was out of stock for the tv cabinet. That will be available in about six weeks. But we spent 2,000 Dirhams ($600 USD) and got free delivery and installation. It should come on July 31. Then we went to the Bose store and spend 5,400 Dirham on a 3-2-1 GS Series II DVD Home Entertainment System. I was reluctant to spend that much money on one item but figured that it was worth to buy a top of the line system that will last a long time. It has a universal power outlet so we can take it with us when we move back. I also wanted something that was easy to set up since I have no patience with putting together gadgets and reading instruction manuals!

We returned home late and changed clothing before heading back out to the Beach Rotana Hotel. We went to a restaurant called Pregos which was where we had our celebratory last dinner before moving into our new apartment. We had wanted to have dinner at restaurant called the Rodeo Grill but they were full. Pregos was our second choice but their indoors section was full. Their patio was empty so we braved the elements and sat outside. The solitude and scenery was nice but the humidity was high. So it was a nice birthday but it strangely did not seem like it. Perhaps it was because of the new surroundings! Scary though as I edge closer to hitting middle age. We'll take more photos of our place as we acquire more furnishings...