new curtains, finally!

When we first moved into our little house by the sea we had these as our form of privacy in the main room:

Ugly, I know.  They were too short.  And I didn't buy enough panels.  But hey, curtains are expensive!  And we just needed something to cover that huge window!

Well, I received a $50.00 gift card to Target for my birthday and I decided it was time for new curtains.

Target had tons to choose from.  I wanted white from the beginning.  But every pair of white ones were either too expensive or not the right length.  Then I found a set of two panels of white drapes for $24.99 each. SCORE.  However, right NEXT to those drapes I found the same set, but in grey.

Oh grey. You are so wonderful.

I stood there for probably 10 minutes trying to decide which color to choose.  The more I thought about it, the more I leaned towards the grey ones.  My cats fur would have destroyed the white ones in a day, anyway.

***EDIT*** Here is a better picture:

Now, mind you, this picture was taken last night at 9:30.  So, everything looks dark and junky. (maybe if i feel like it ill take a better picture this afternoon) But, I promise you.  These are far superior to the previous "things" that were hanging before.  I worried they would be too dark, but this morning they looked quite lovely.  I had thought of trying a pattern, but nothing really hit me at Target as a "gotta have".  I am more of a plain jane sorta girl anyway.