the curious incident of the color changing ottoman

Thanks to a pretty outstanding gift card from Kelly's work, we decided to use the money toward an ottoman for the apartment. Our couches don't recline -- which is fine because recliners are SO heavy and we'll be moving a lot in the next few years. But there are just some nights when we wish we could put our feet up, gosh darn it.

Well, finding the right ottoman proved to be harder than we expected. We weren't even going for "perfect" ... just "decent." Weekends Only, World Market, Kirklands, Linens and Things had nothing really great (at least nothing great for $75!). A few at Target caught our eye, but we weren't sure. Eventually (as in, after taking every possibility off the shelf, trying them out on a make-believe couch, and narrowing them down one by one) we decided on a rectangular, dark olive, microfiber ottoman with storage inside. Even as we were leaving the store, Kelly was still a little skeptical--maybe concerned how the olive would look against our very red couches.

Taking trips back and forth from the car, we were unloading the ottoman and the rest of the luggage from our weekend in Red Bud. On my second trip, I looked at the ottoman (at this point, already in place in the living room), did a double take, and said to myself, "WEIRD."

I came outside, and said, "Honey, the ottoman turned brown."

"What do you mean, brown?"

"Uh, it turned brown. Like a light chocolate brown."

"Let me see." [brief pause] "WEIRD!"

We're still not really sure what color our ottoman is. It doesn't look at all green in our apartment, but at the store you would have NEVER called it brown. I guess we're faulting the florescent lighting at Target. Crazy! But it all worked out, because I think Kelly likes the brown better anyway.