Random Bullets of Crap: where has the weekend gone? edition

I have such good intentions to post daily. But I always seem to be stymied by, well, daily life. I have been busy with:

• Zidane's head butt and subsequent red card. What a disappointing end to the World Cup. A total downer.

• A new addition to our household arrived tonight. I'm learning it's very difficult to get good pictures of an eight-week-old kitty.
  

• We intended to just "look," but there was a great sale on and we were really taken with some custom fabrics, so we've ordered a couch that will look like this, but in a darker/brighter orange color:
  

• We also bought a totally-not-overstuffed chair (overstuffed furniture is a BIG pet peeve of mine), as well as pillows for the couch, in this shiny red/orange fabric: