did I really just do that?

Okay, so I was having one of those days. Things just didn't go as planned. But, I was going to at least get some house projects out of the way. For way longer than I'd like to admit I have been looking at patches of the walls that were in major need of some touch up paint. Simple enough. Dustin painted almost the whole inside of the house the same color when he first bought this house. We talk on the phone at least five times a day, so when I brought up that I was going to do some touch up paint he said that sounded like a good idea. I found 10 different cans of paint in the garage. Two were the same brand and age so I made an assumption that they were the same color. So I went on with the painting. It looked darker, but I was sure it would dry lighter and I moved along to nearly every surface in the entire house. As I painted I was so proud of myself for turning into what could have been a crappy day into a productive one. Wyatt even got in on the action. I thought, 'what could it hurt, it's all the same color, right?' and I let him have a paint brush and go up and down the hallway. But, the funny thing was the paint never did lighten up. I called Dustin and when I explained the variation in the paint he suddenly remembered that he had gotten a few different shades of the same color. Ah hah! There was another paint can. And sure enough it was a lighter shade of the same color. But, unfortunately not light enough. After going through every paint can I have finally realized that we do not have any touch up paint. Always Always Always do a test patch. Lesson learned.