Income tax refund and new projects

Well, our check is on the way, and already spent. We're going to be current on all our bills, pay for some things that we had to buy to get settled into the house, and we're going to even have a few bucks over. My wife is going to buy some clothing and put a handgun on layaway. I'm going to consider putting an acoustic guitar on layaway and I'm going to restore my amp. Here's the guitar:

Now the amp? The amp new looks like this:

Mine looks like this:

Not so awesome, but not terrible. Dirty, scratched, got holes in it. My wife insisted I name the damned thing. She was going with "Bertha" until I picked a name. I decided on "Glory" as in "restored to its former glory." I started out thinking of just making it look identical to its original state. Tweed cloth is super expensive though, and I figured as long as I'm going to use vinyl Tolex covering I have my choice of colors. 

Choice of colors!!!! CHOICE OF COLORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

... ahem. 

I started looking at companies that do custom colors, just for inspiration. My wife and I looked around, and she decided on green, which is my favorite color. Something like this, with leather corners and a leather handle. Orange piping to match the corners. 

This should be FUN! Or I'll break the amp, one or the other.