Playin' house

I started my first real job two weeks ago, I love Kansas City and am thrilled to be living with my fiancé again. We have been up to all sorts of shenanigans.

First off, when moving to a new town, it is important that one try every single new restaurant in the neighborhood at lightning speed (everyone does that, right?) We have discovered a great local deli that makes apple fritters as big as your face. Murray's Ice Cream shop in Westport actually makes a chocolate mole ice cream that is spicy. Breweries are all over the place, which is perfect for me.

Onto my new favorite pastime, playing house. Here is our living room today. Check out that killer hole in the wall! You can't tell from this picture, but the view is incredible. Living on the 7th floor definitely has it's perks, including perfect natural light. We have got to get some furniture up in here, so that has become a high priority talking point for these two apartment dwellers.

We went on an extreme sofa buying mission, which involved PHC sitting on every sofa we liked for pictures. Here are a few of my favorites:

The last one is the winner- or at least we think it will be. Paul's head is a little blurry because he is nodding. Super cozy couch. We are going to go back in a couple of weeks to shop around just one more time before we really decide. 

Also, we bought these curtains from Urban Outfitters, a very inexpensive source. Paul picked out the pattern, naturally I was going for something plain and boring...

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=24751646&parentid=A_RUGPILCUR

I've always been a little weird about this style of curtain, but we are going to try it on a tension rod and try not to put any holes into the walls of our lovely rental apartment. Not yet, anyway. 

Wedding season, continued.

Nevermind the raccoon eyes... here are a couple of pictures from Kyle and Aly's wedding in Dallas, TX. Congratulations! We had a great time!

Moving progress

It's all coming together!

Photo #1 is from July 5th. The big victory that day was selling my loveseat. Woo! More gas money for the great road trip of 2013 (one week countdown is on). On July 6, I managed to sell a writing desk, and have ditched a few more furniture items. My closet is almost completely empty, and the laundry is done. You know what is crazy is that even with all the work, it still looks like no progress is being made. It's hard to see the big picture here.

Another thing, it's enlightening to see what all your stuff looks like in one room, all together. I think it's kinda neat that I can fit all of my things into one picture. The pictures will hopefully get neater and more compact over the next several days.

Here's to new beginnings!

Moving out, y'all!

One year after the great relocation to Augusta, I'm moving again. This time, I'm headed out of the south and into the Midwest! Kansas City, Missouri, here we come!

I'm super thrilled and excited because I get to move (back) in with my fiancé, Paul! After one year apart, we will finally be back together again.

But not until I finish up with some rather icky moving stuff. Here is the challenge: I'm moving without a truck, without a helper, all by myself. Translation: if it doesn't fit in the Camry, it isn't going to Missouri. Do I live like a vagabond? Maybe so. It's a traveler's life for me.

My life is in shambles, y'all. Stay tuned! It always gets way worse before it gets better. Sometimes I think that my mid-20s have prepared me to be a professional mover. I have lived in SEVEN different apartments in the past seven years. Looking forward to number eight- this one's going to be a winner for sure, picked out by Paul. He has already moved in, and I'm just wrapping things up here before I roll out in just one week.