Decoration Station

So basically I am moving into an apartment in less than a month.  Since I am the second born I am also the second in line to receive any "hand-me-downs."  I am now in the process of purchasing "necessities" for my apartment.  I wanted to show y'all what I've got so far.  

The first picture is an entertainment stand I bought from Wally World.  It is a line called canopy... pretty cute stuff for Wal Mart.  The second picture is a table I bought at rooms to go.  The leaves on the end pull out and then slide under so the table can either be a square or rectangle.  The next picture is a couch I bought from Rooms to Go as well.  Thank you Cindy Crawford for your beautiful design.  My couch will actually be brown but the same style.  Following the couch is the coffee table I found at Canton.  It kind of has that distressed cottage look.  I might be repainting the legs... it just depends on a few other factors.  The next pic is my most recent purchase.  My mom found them online and we thought they were adorable.  Each is a separate print that is framed.  There are six different colors in the set.  The last picture is another cool thing I found.  My sister-in-law and I went shopping the other day and we made a stop by Anthropologie (I really wish the anthro decorators/purchasers would just decorate my apt for free... I guess that is asking too much.)  So we were looking at seat cushions that i could put on my table when we ran across these beauties.  They had seat cushions in the same fabric but I figured I could change out place mats cheaper than cushions.  

So those are basically all of my purchases to date.  My last piece of furniture I am hunting down is an occasional chair... you know incase I have more than two people over at one time.  If you know a place to buy a cute but super cheap chair... let me know!!!

That's all for now!

"I thought it would never happen"

Thank you for my title Pride and Prejudice. I bet y'all thought I would never update my blog... well, me either. I have quite a bit to update y'all on. I feel like the events of my life are extremely boring so I'll give you the highlights of the past couple of months.

The first couple of events I'll present as a TV show. Today on Man Versus Wild Bear Grylls (aka Mer) takes a look at how to survive in the frigid winters of North Dallas. As some of you know North Dallas has been hit with two ice storms this winter season. The first was a struggle for me... the second I weathered better... (Pun!!! hahahah). The first ice storm was followed by a morning of extreme foggyness... I mean extreme. So on my way to work that foggy morning I was backing out of our driveway when smack… I hit something. I couldn’t even tell I was out of our driveway. I got out and alas I had hit the mailbox across the street causing damage to both my car and the mailbox. Both are now fixed. Thus in this example of Man V. Wild.... wild won. See following pictures.

So now I wil continue to Man V. Wild part two. So for the holiday season we had a ton of family over which was so much fun. I got to hang out with my brother and Melissa a lot which was cool. In the next picture I give you one of their children. She is… well… not the brightest crayon in the box. So we have this rabbit that lives in our back yard. All the “kiddos” enjoy chasing the rabbit every once in a while. So I can only hope that dear little Sugar-betes (real name Bella) was chasing the rabbit when she found herself trapped under our recently finished deck. On the day she trapped herself under our deck a front blew through. The

 temperature dropped drastically and little bella started barking and shaking (we could see her through cracks in the deck with flashlights). So basically my brother and dad were unable to unscrew the screws used to fasten down the boards so they had to cut a whole in our deck. Pretty exciting. Thus man won.

For Christmas we celebrated with family and also made homemade ravioli. We don’t do this very often because it is a huge process.

So besides all of this holiday excitement I have been working. It has been stressful for me to say the least. I am still in a huge learning curve… and occasionally the people I talk to are not very friendly. I love the company atmosphere and the people I work with. I can’t say that about the work yet.

On the weekends I have been apartment hunting and finally this last weekend I found an apartment. My new home will be ready for move in on March 13th. I am currently in the process of picking out some major pieces of furniture so I have a place to sit for example. My apartment is located at the shops at legacy, which is such a cool place. It is further north than I wanted to live but the cheaper rent and cool location definitely makes up for that.

That all I got for now. Come visit me in a month or so at my new home!

ps: I would like book and music suggestions. I am trying to get out of a slump of listening and reading the same things over and over again. I am open to anything!