For several years now I have dreamed of living in this beach house.  It is next door to the one that we have rented for the past four years.  The yellow brick and white trim have taunted me, begging me to come inside.  When you walk by you can see the beautiful chairs on the porch and the long table in the sun room, everything I have ever wanted in a beach house is here in this yellow house.

So think of my joy and surprise when we pull up this year to see that the Yellow House is actually for sale.  By Joy I mean, if I won the lottery.  And by surprise I mean, the family that owns it actually lives there for the summer and does not rent it.  So it was a shock.

Every day the Real Estate Agent would fill up the information box on the For Sale sign.  And every day the papers would be gone by noon.  Imagine the excitement I felt on Wednesday on returning from the Beach that I saw there was an Open House. Usually, I am not one to go to open houses.  Hubby will visit all the houses in the neighbourhood when they go up for sale but not me.  This was my chance, my chance to dream big.  With my Sister in tow, we headed over (after our showers of course).  The hefty $1,695,000.00 price tag did not stop me.  Instead I was honest with the Agent.  I told her I did not have the money, but if I won the lottery, I would be first in line.  She did not mind at all, in fact most people who were looking were all sandy from the beach and just as curious as I was.  Truth be told, I almost cried.

The furnishings are all included and the decor was straight out of a magazine.  In fact, they were in Cottage Style Magazine (no longer in print) for their great use of space and decor.  There are two full bathrooms and two half bathrooms.  Three bedrooms and attic (with three double beds) and a basement (unheard of so close to the beach) with bunk beds and a play room that walks out to the spacious back yard.  There is a back deck and a front porch both of which I can see myself sitting on relaxing with a coffee.

I don’t know if my ship will come in in time to make the purchase, but a girl sure can dream.  Can’t she??