yesterday i went to vain with my mommy for her hair appointment because i love michelle; she's like the best hairstylist & nicest person. after she got a fabulous cut we had dinner at steuben's.  call me crazy, but for the first time in my life i had an egg cream there & it was delicious.  they have the best cupcakes there too so we got some to take home, but this time they weren't so good.  after that we went to the bookstore so i could finally pick up the mj interview magazine & a book too.  i was really excited about the magazine though because it featured the original andy warhol interview from nineteen seventy-seven & anybody that knows me knows i'm an andy warhol freak.  

today i left work early to set aside some hours for all my work i have to do tomorrow & friday.  so we had a nice lunch & than did some shopping for bebe bella!  so far we bought her food, a really cute bowl for the food, a few toys & a super cute bed.  my favorite of her toys are the mini tennis balls with catnip in them, maybe she'll take after me & love the sport.  hahah, kidding.  it was like ninety-five degrees outside so we pretty much died & went for popsicles at the market. three popsicles later i was fine, ha! we came home to the smell of gas & i guess it has something to do with the hot water issues we've been having this past couple of weeks or something & the xcel people are trying to say they won't be able to come take a look at things until friday.  so if i don't wake up tomorrow due to the gas, i love you all.

from my popsicle: what do whales spread on their toast?  jellyfish. :]

friday afternoon i went with my mommy & my aunt to the greek fest.  it was so hot outside & felt just awful, but we still had a really nice time. we ate the most delish baklava + other goodies & my mommy bought me a really lovely ring.  as we were leaving i noticed how beautiful the houses in the area were, i absolutely fell in love with this one:

i guess i'm a little bit of a freak for having taken a picture of it since someone actually lives there, but my jaw totally dropped the moment i saw it.  the picture only shows half of it & it's much better to look at in person, but i was just so amazed at how fabulous it is.  dream home!

oh & random:

but i also got a new little burberry last week.  yes it's tiny, but i seriously don't have a single small purse or anything that style, so i just had to have it.  it makes me feel like a little old lady, but i love it.

alysha & i have been thinking of things to do once joey gets here, like what places we absolutely have to take him that he hasn't already been.  she's going to come over a lot & we're going to have little dinner parties & be so cute about it.  she's such a fabulous girl, i love her.  lara also told me news today that she is moving back to denver after all, so that'll be really neat.  & hahah, she wants joe to join her band.

next sunday is cassidy's engagement party.  i really like her & am so happy for her.  i bought her the cutest card the other day & soon will find the perfect gift.  & then her wedding is in september which should be really great!  but today has been my one day off this week, so now i'm going to go back to laying around & staying in my pj's all day doing nothing with my magazines surrounding me.  i'll write more later!

oh & ps. i briefly talked to this girl from high school today on aim & she was asking all sorts of weird questions & when i asked why she was like "don't worry i'm not going to stalk you or anything."  like, way to make a person never want to talk to you again.  kinda freaky, no?

so i obviously received our mj mail today.  i seriously have felt so exhausted this past week & it totally shows on my face, but i still think i look hilarious in that polaroid.  yesterday i bought some more towels & a new nail polish which was nice. i'm counting down the days until it's time to fly out to bring joey home & making lists like crazy for everything possible.  okay i'm going to lay down & watch tv now.

it was extremely hot today, hated it.

had to get sonic slush in return, loved it.

working overtime tomorrow, i totally love it.

today i got a major good deal on a beautiful espresso color floor cabinet with glass paneled doors.  unfortunately we don't have a linens closet in our apartment [crazy i know] so the cabinet will be our alternative for that.  we have lovely towels so i'll probably store only those in there.   after work i called the bleecker st. marc by marc store & bought two of the interview magazine tee, one for joey & one for me.  i hate that we don't have any of his stores out here it's just not fair.  oh & yesterday i got sidetracked while working on my room & did this:

sitting down with a fresh cup of coffee & a fresh stack of fashion magazines, plus a couple issues of elle decor, i am starting out my morning perfectly.  my plan to get rid of clothing is still going to apply, but with a helpful suggestion from the magazines i'm going to stack things vertically in the closet as much as possible.  this week i purchased a drawer unit with slideout shelves that should be fairly convenient & soon we'll look into more shelves/organziers.  

our cookware set is now on order & i just absolutely love it.  it has a hard anodized outside & non-stick inside with really neat looking contemporary handles.  there's still a few major kitchen necessities that we still need to get, but we have a lot of really great things already. my favorites so far is the dinnerware set joe bought & than these cute martini glasses from my mommy just for fun:

our general theme, may it be boring to some or not, is everything modern with black, white & stainless steel accessories.  so along with that will come some of my favorite photographs that i've collected:

i received these vintage chanel pieces from lara a while back & am thinking that appropriately enough they will go near the closet.

to match our empire state building shower curtain i couldn't resist the brooklyn bridge & than to compliment it i thought the eiffel tower was wonderful.  so those will be placed somewhere in the restroom, most likely above our towel bar. then maybe we'll add touches of red.

& of course we can't possibly leave out the leading lady, she'll look beautiful anywhere. i promised joey the apartment wouldn't turn into a total girl place & while it might look like that so far, he's going to have his own art pieces to contribute. this week my mom bought a new dyson, the dc seventeen, so i put it together last night & than she told me i can have her other dyson!  it's hardly been used & it's the slim model, so it'll be perfect to store in a compact space & i just think it's so awesome that i can have it! i should probably start packing things.

  

& the best new addition to our home will be our new kitty:

we decided her name will be bella & she's eight weeks old at 1.6lbs! we are lucky enough to have her because of my bff alysha & her mommy.  alysha has bella's brother & his name is pj & they're just the cutest little things eveeer.  we're so excited about everything! 

this weekend i signed the lease on our apartment, it's ooours now! i move in a month from now & than soon after i will fly out to maine, visit with joey's family & friends & bring him home with me for good! it's location is a lot closer to work than i thought which is nice & everything about it is just perfect for us. we've got a good amount of things already, but i suppose we have a lot of things to get still. i know it'll all come together very well & i can't wait to get these bags of things from bed bath & beoynd off my floor & into the apartment where they belong. i tried to minimize things in my closet last night, but was only successful is getting rid of one bag full of stuff. i think i need a really strong second opinion on things that i should & shouldn't keep.

since seeing the s&tc movie i haven't been able to stop watching the dvds. with the exception of season one, i absolutely love all the rest.  

yes of course i absolutely want carrie's closet, which i need to keep in mind to look at pull out drawers like that, but anyway i just love the show. i'm on season two & mr. big just introduced natasha to carrie. what an awkward lunch they just had, oh my god. i'm so glad they ended up together in the movie after all, i always loved them.

today joey & i got approved for our very first fabulous apartment together!  it's finally coming together for us after all this time & it's seriously the most exciting thing eveeer.  we have the cutest little courtyard to look down at from our balcony & one of the pools is right next to us too. i can't wait to move in & have him here with me & i'm so excited that i can't even really sit still so i will write more later. :]

r.i.p yves henri donat mathieu saint laurent.