You know that feeling when you pull off a small miracle during renovations and you think, finally, a win? Yeah. My cat had a different interpretation. We did the whole Homesense sprint. The late-night chair heist. The “we have three minutes before closing and I am not emotionally prepared to leave empty-handed” routine. We got…

Renovations do something to your brain. Suddenly you’re not shopping, you’re questing. You’re not browsing, you’re hunting. And the prize is always something weirdly specific like “a counter-height swivel stool with cushioning that doesn’t feel like sitting on a decorative brick.” Last week, my husband and I found the stool at Homesense. Perfect height. Nice cushion. Swivels…