One Coat Blues

So I've been busy (too busy to blog, apparently) the last few weeks, working my way through a paint job.

And you know what I've finally confirmed? The phrase "covers with one coat" is a lie 100% of the time.

I have two different gallons of "one coat coverage" paint for this project ("Ceiling White" for the, well, ceiling and "Peaceful Peach" for the walls), and neither comes close to covering the old paint with a single coat.

I know this will be the case each and every time I paint a room (on average, about every 4 years). And yet, like Charlie Brown kicking the football, I charge forward, only to have Lucy yank the ball away. Every time.

Wonder if I can wear one of those Charlie Brown sweaters with the zig-zag stripe while I roll on that paint?