No, that’s not fraud, that’s my remodel

Oh my goodness, money is flowing through my fingers like water. Last week I ordered so many things from Home Depot online, the bank denied a charge, flagging it as potential fraud. I had to call the bank twice and Home Depot online twice to get things straightened out. At least I hope they’re straightened out now!

Today I’m trying to get everything organized. I started a google sheet to track all the orders, and both a real, paper folder plus a file folder on my computer with copies of all the receipts. (I use the Adobe Scan app to make PDFs of receipts from the store.) Here’s the list of what I’ve purchased as of now.

• demolition

• down payment

• Hall bath and shower faucet

• Hall bath rough plumbing

• Hall bath shower tiles white

• ovens (2)

• Kitchen cabinets

• Kitchen farmhouse sink

• induction cooktop, downward draft

• kitchen faucet

• marble countertops

• microwave

• Master bath medicine cabinet

• Master bath shower pan floor

• Master bath shower tiles

• Master bath sink faucet

• Master bath sink under counter

And that’s not everything! Ack!! Yesterday as we were leaving the store where I bought countertops and some tile, Roxanne said, “Have you decided on a drain yet?” Me: “What? A drain? Come on.” She showed me some drains that are rectangular which you can put near the wall so it’s not in the middle of the shower floor. And she said there are beautiful, designer-styled ones available online. And I thought a drain is a drain is a drain. Wow. I told Cori and Luke about this and Luke said to check if the “tub shroom” would fit in the drains. That’s a thing you can put in a drain to catch hair and stuff and make it easier to clear out. We wondered if there might be drains built with some kind of feature for that purpose. That seems like a good idea.