It's that time of year

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The 2012 IKEA Catalogue has arrived, at my doorstep no less! I can't wait to curl up on the couch & page tag the crap out of it. Then in September there'll be a shopping trip for which I'm so pumped already! Maybe I'll see if my mom wants to come down for a weekend and go together - yay!

I've been an IKEA-lover ever since I can remember. Up until recently, my parents exclusively bought their furniture there - the last living room set my mom decided to get snazzy and get it semi custom-made. But with re-doing my bedroom 2 years ago & moving out last year, IKEA has been my go-to for everything big or small. This year I don't really need much but I'm hoping there will be some really fun home accessories that I can snaz-up the apartment with :)

Then again...I still have to put up the IKEA wall picture that I bought back in March...

Is anyone else as excited as me about the 2012 IKEA Catalogue!?

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Welcome to me, TO!

Goooooood afternoon from my new location! In case you are wondering - i'm LOVING IT! Except i just had THE craziest weekend known to man.

Friday

Wake up early & pile all my crap into truck.

Drive 2hrs to new place.

Unload all my crap.

Wonder why i chose the 14th floor? [sshh 13th i know]

Be thankful i'm close to the elevator though.

Have daddy & uncle put up curtain rods across impossible windows. [THANK YOU!]

Change phone number - 4yrs together, i'll miss you old one!

Have awesome friends help me put together my furniture with some vino & pizza :)

Realized my [super extra heavy & impossible to carry] IKEA coffee table was damaged :(

Pass out.

Saturday

Realize i don't have milk for coffee or cereal.

Had an epiphany - i can boil water ON THE STOVE for tea & oatmeal!

Tackled the unpacking that is my closet & bathroom! [i'm never going shopping again]

Freaked out b/c time flew by & i needed to get ready for Halloween!

HAD LOADS OF HALLOWEEN FUN!

Came home after a night out in TO - so weird!

Sunday

Wait forever in IKEA exchanges - but whatta smooth exchange it was!

Buy loads of IKEA stuff. This is my receipt:

I won't tell you how much, but there's been more expensive trips!

Buy loads of stuff at Walmart too.

Make 5 trips from parking garage to apartment to bring it all in.

Be thankful for nice neighbour guy who helped me carry my [super extra heavy & impossible to carry] IKEA coffee table to the elevator.

Spend 30 minutes figuring out how to work my new IKEA can openner.

EAT delicious clam chowder :)

Unpack more things i purchased & put together coffee table.

Unwind with my Sunday night TV & joy @ accomplishing so much this weekend! :)

And here i am today. Being pretty lazy actually, but i'll tackle the knick knacks tomorrow. The place looks great but the walls are pretty bare. I'll update once it's a bit cleaned up but i leave you now with today's view from my balcony :)

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Packin' up my life

Ok, maybe not my whole life but a good part of it! 

I've never gone through the gawd awful awesome process of moving before, being lucky enough to have been able to attend a great university nearby [YAY no debt!] so this is all new to me.

But after doing this for 3 days - more like 2 b/c i skipped doing anything at all on Tuesday - i think i'm going to live in my new place FOREVER!

Packing this shit up all over again?! No thank you, i'm not that big of a masochist. Plus, i can only imagine how much worse it would be to have to pack everything and have a deadline! At least i can leave stuff behind in my old room, or come back for things i forget.

I now completely understand why some people stay at home until they're married. Who the heck wants to move more than absolutely necessary?! No one smart.

This probably wouldn't be so bad if i didn't own so much useless awesome crap. Trinket boxes full of useless trinkets anyone? Come visit and TAKE THEM ALL! I'm not taking them, but i have to sort through everything to find what i do want.

Here's what's been taking up my time this week:

The only glasses i own are of the wine & martini variety. Shocking, i know.

HOW am i going to pack this up?!

It doesn't look like an improvement but it is.
[sorry for the dark photo]

2 of 3 suitcases.

Whoever lets me buy any more stuff should be shot.

So if you don't hear from me for a long time - it's because this pack rat drowned in her sea of stuff!

PS: Moving help is always welcome! No? Meh, i tried.

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TGIF, kinda

This has been a BUSY week and i haven't even started working yet! Short week meant even less time for me to space out my usual procrastination.

Tomorrow is the day i've been dreading - apartment-hunting day 1. Which honestly, is only going to go into a maximum of day 2 because i do not have the time or energy to deal with this. I'm not buying it so as long as it's liveable in - i'm sold. Rented actually, i guess?

As if that wasn't enough - i have to get up early. I haven't done that in months - literally. However, I'm spending the weekend with this lovely lady, who will likely help me decide on where the heck to live. And probably come IKEA shopping with me! :D

Wedding, July 2009 - we had a great time <3

But i still just wan't this weekend to be over. So i can get to the easy/fun part - decorating! I'm just so tired right now....

The awesomest thing this week was...the Chilean miners being saved!!!

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The dumbest thing this week was:

Gee thanks Facebook. Thanks for nothing.

Happy Weekend Everyone :)

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