{You Can Do Anything...}

I'm quickly learning that I just can't do everything. This move, as exciting as it is, has gotten the best of me and realizing all that I currently have on my plate is extremely overwhelming. I know everything is going to work out in the end - but man am I getting tested. On the positive side - I think I may have found someone who wants to take over my car lease - so yay!!! I've been able to score some free boxes and packing materials (THANK YOU dumpster, MedThink, Patty, Ros, and Tracy) - so yay!!! Tonight is one of the many going away parties my Raleigh peeps have planned for me - so yay!!! And my sister found an apartment that she is going to look at today, with a broker that isn't trying to take every cent we have - so yay!!! Things are already looking up! :-)

 

{This Small Space: Did You Say No Closet?}

As me and my sister {well mainly my sister as she is already in New York and knows the neighborhoods, and can go see the places live} are looking for apartments, one thing we are coming across is both bedrooms do not have closets. The words "no closet" should be added to the list of ones you cannot say in my presence, because not having a closet in your bedroom is like having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with no peanut butter, a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with no milk, a trip to Nordstrom without buying shoes - it just doesn't go together. So as we continue to look for the perfect space, I decided to look for a few ideas for how we can compromise and create a closet that maximizes the small space and allows for enough storage without making your room look cluttered and unkempt. I like this idea of adding floor to ceiling shelving to one of the walls in your bedroom, and hiding all of the clutter {if you know me, you know that clutter makes me nervous and on edge} by adding a floor to ceiling curtain. This could definitely be an option for us. 8 days to go and still homeless....

{Exciting News}

I have some very exciting news to announce!!! I have been hinting around for months now that I was "moving to a smaller space", that I've "been on a shopping strike", that I've "sold almost everything I own", and now today I get to tell you why. Are you ready??? I'M MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY IN 9 DAYS!!!!! Over the last several months I have been saving, and planning, and saving, and interviewing, and saving, and selling, and saving to move to New York. While I will miss my Raleigh family tremendously, I know that this move is exactly what is supposed to be happening in my life right now. The moment I decided that New York was where I wanted to move, literally everything has fallen into place. On the day that I made the decision, I prayed and said to God that if this was meant to be and it was His will for me to make this huge life change, to just make it work. And...it just has - minus a few hiccups along the way, and I'm still working out a few more - {ie. selling my car}, but everything has truly fallen into place. 

{the pic in the upper left corner is of me and my sisters grabbing a pop-bar treat while I was in New York interviewing. I can't wait to go back and try every flavor}

Why New York, you ask? Well it's a place that I've had on my bucket list since forever, so I get to check it off as a place that I've lived. It is a fantastic career move as the opportunities in my very specific field of advertising are abundant. Content for the blog including decorating the new place, street fashion style, subway stories, blogger meetups, restaurants, bars, flea markets, shops, and much much more will be never ending. And most importantly 2 of my 3 sisters live there and I can hardly contain the excitement of how absolutely amazing it will be living in a city, as adults, with them. Me and one of my sisters are moving in together, and currently we are doing some major apartment hunting trying to find something in the area we want, and most importantly in our price range. Getting an apartment in New York is quite the ordeal - first you have to pay 1st months rent, last months rent, and a broker fee which is typically another months rent or can be up to 15% of a full years rent. See why I've had to stop shopping??? Second is once you find something you like, you have to jump on it right away or you will lose it. There is an apartment we saw, liked, and the next day it was gone. Just like that. You literally have no time to think about it - as I'm quickly learning, New York waits for no one. 

In advance, I ask that you be patient with me on the blog. I will update you on every exciting twist and turn. I will share pictures and stories - good and stressful. And I will try and blog daily as I usually do, but in the event I go missing for a day or two - don't worry - I'm probably just buried under boxes and a mile long to do list.

I am so very excited and can't wait to bring you all on my journey. Here we go Peeps...

{TGIF Peeps}

- How to avoid soggy salads...

- My girl crush - Bri from DesignLoveFest - love this post and please check out the video at the end....loooove her!

- DIY Lawn Twister....cute idea

- Another fave blogger who has quit her day job to follow her passions....inspiring!

- Stay tuned for some really big news on Monday {wink wink}!!! word...

Enjoy your long weekend Peeps!!!

{Don't I Deserve a Treat?}

After all this saving and months of not being able to spend a dollar - I really want to treat myself to something new. Which one should I choose? Probably the shoes, huh? They're only 16 bucks...

{side walks | white jacket |  gold chain necklace | cognac flats | Flowerbomb perfume}