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Yes, we did! I found beautiful (well, to me) fixtures for the sinks. The problem is that they are pretty expensive (again, to me). I took some pictures, so that I can try to find something similar, but a little less expensive. We also found a carrara marble that we're probably going to use for the bathroom countertop; it's lighter in color with "creamy" bluish grey veins. It's really pretty. As for lighting, we found two lighting fixtures for above the sinks and mirrors; Rick's choice is cleaner; mine is a bit more decorative. I did take some pictures of things as they caught our eye. We're looking for a small chandelier-type of light for the ceiling, nothing huge. I didn't see anything that I liked for the ceiling, nor did Rick.Winchester , how were the plumbing and lighting stores? did you see any sink fixtures and lighting that you liked for your bathroom?
The contractor and designer are coming on Thursday morning to do final measurements and estimates for the new window, sun tunnel, and gutting the shower and bathtub. Rick and I are going to tear out the double closet that's in the bathroom now. The bathroom is going to be completely gutted and we're starting over. Our electrician was here to figure out what he's going to do. Rick has the list of cabinets and pieces and will order this week; it takes about six weeks for the cabinets to get here. He wants to start sometime in late February or early March; it's also a matter of getting everybody in here at roughly the same time, so we're not waiting for a week for somebody to do what they're supposed to do.
- Breakfast for the kids, stripped the bed down and put fresh sheets on, emptied the dishwasher, separated laundry
- On the first load of laundry
- After I've finished my coffee, I'm going to start baking cookies. We are to get flurries and squalls today (nothing major), so it's a good baking day. I need to feed my sourdough starter, so I'm thinking about making a loaf of sourdough bread. Sand tarts and rolled sugar cookies, followed by cinnamon roll cookies. (Sand tarts have always been a particular pain in the rump for me; they have to be rolled so thin and they're impossible to pick up without breaking! I read a tip where people have run their sand tart cookie dough through their pasta maker to get it thin enough. I thought that was interesting.)
- The kids finally gave us a Christmas wish-list for the grands, so I'll be doing some online shopping later on this afternoon
- Visit with Rick's mom; she and Rick had a long talk on the phone last night and she wondered if I was doing any more baking bc we haven't taken cookies up since the beginning of the week. She asked about chocolate crinkles; Rick said we're working on them.
- The season finale of Outlander is tonight.
i'm especially interested in British and US intelligence efforts during WWII, pretty much anything related to or about Winston Churchill, about the same level of interest in Franklin D. Roosevelt, weapons (used during WWII, and especially those which where developed during/for that war), strategies......well, i suppose most everything about WWII. 
it does seem that a lot of the really nice, really lovely......fixtures, sinks, countertops, flooring, bathtubs/showers, and etc are expensive. that carrara marble countertop sounds beautiful!! 
I browsed around for awhile but there just wasn't much of interest to me 
I did buy a glass sculpture from one shop and plan to give that to a friend for her birthday next year (already have a holiday gift for her).
I think it's still in the bedroom somewhere.
and i have a phone call to make.
Even when I left an hour later, not too many more shops had opened.
i'll wash the dishes i generate in making the cake and frosting too.
