ah, i missed the end of 2010 here... the year that brought a "new" new car, two amazing handbags, lots of pretty shoes, my first trip to ecuador, meeting most of andy's family, quitting a soda addiction, moving to austin, renting our house, and leaving my old job on a thursday and getting a new job the following monday.  it was a year of changing ( Read more... )

today is my last day of work for 2010.  it's been a whirlwind... i started the year at one job and just rounded out 90 days at my new job yesterday.  during the four day weekend i need to:

- return lone christmas gift that didn't work out (a sweater was too short from madewell)
- pick up skirt from tailor (went today and it was 2" too big.  she asked ( Read more... )

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today is andy's birthday... he's 28.  sneaky how he's born the year after me but since his birthday is so late in the year he doesn't turn older until now.  he got some things for his motorcycle and a new pair of glasses.  it's actually pretty hard to distinguish birthday from christmas presents for him but i try my best ( Read more... )

a little over three months until my (seemingly daunting) 30th birthday and i've just made my first purchase for myself at talbots.  although i know talbots is trying to change their image, i still feel like their bread-and-butter clientele are an older crowd than myself.  yet, i just happened upon the skirt online and decided to go to the store ( Read more... )

i've lacked "real" updates here for a while, so here i go...

- two weekends ago we ventured to the "other" outlets. there are two outlets within 40 minutes of us, one near the ikea (and thus we go more often) and the other in a different direction, toward san antonio. the "other" (aka san marcus) outlets are one of the busiest in the country (a ( Read more... )