Summer time in the City

[gemcitytiffany]

This morning I went shopping. I spent all the money I made at the bar this weekend on groceries at Dorothy Lane Market and a couple other places. I bought fresh herbs, a fresh basil plant, some flowers, lemons, peaches, strawberries, french bread, olive oil, spices, tomatoes, some toys for the animals and some other stuff. Then I came home and

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[gemcitytiffany]

Yup. It's my favorite place to be... I feel like it's been a lifetime in the making. I'm so frugal though, it's taken forever to get what furniture and stuff we do have. The bar stool I actually found that someone had thrown out! The couch and chair set we bought on Craigslist for $400, the lady still had the receipt from Morris showing she paid $1,200 for them! The table and chairs I got at some crazy 4th of July sale at a furniture... lots of stuff from Ikea. I made a lot of things too. I wait and wait and wait for things to go on sale lol.
You can see more of the place here:
http://community.livejournal.com/saucydwellings/1498236.html

[gemcitytiffany]

well, if we lived in a major city it would be SO much more. Our one main wall that goes from the front door to the back wall is 60ft long, we have two bedrooms and about 1,200sq ft total. It's $860 a month, which in Dayton, Ohio is a lot of money considering you can rent entire houses for around $600-$700 a month. But I always consider that is we lived in Chicago or New York it would cost at LEAST twice that if not 3 times. Plus, even if we don't get to do extra stuff all the time like going out and doing stuff, I still love just being at home :)

[gemcitytiffany]

haha, we used to get free coffee in the lobby every morning, but then one day it was gone... and I was very sad haha.
We can paint and I CANNOT wait to paint. I want to paint our bedroom a yellowy gold, the living room orange and something else in the hall.
But yeah, around here it's one of the most expensive rental properties in the area, but I take a lot of solace in knowing it would cost thousands more anywhere else.
The minimum wage here is only $7 an hour lol. I mean we make more than that, but still, we both have two jobs to afford this place with all the utilities and what not.