New Apartment, New Job

I am at times a very neglectful blogger, which is ok since most of the people who read this are my friends, and all know what is happening in my life anyways, but I do like to document these events.


Charlie and I moved two and a half weeks ago. The previous apartment was a nightmare, and I bitched about it enough already. I am thankful to no longer be living there, and am beginning the battle over my security deposit with those shitty landlords. 
The new place is really lovely, and I finally have everything cleaned and in place. The only thing it seems to be lacking now is wall stuff. Warning: there are a lot of blank white walls in the following pictures.

This is our living room, it is spacious and a bit awkward since we have a large fire place we aren't allowed to use. The framed print currently serves as a cat blocker, so they are not crawling around and getting dirty in said fireplace. 

I am really really in love with our kitchen sink, which is why it gets it's own photo. Having a table is a nice change, even if we have only eaten at it twice so far. The bottom right picture of is a little olden days telephone nook that is now a bills, keys, and knick-knack holder. Most shelfs (see dining nook, mantle) in this place get filled with carefully curated collections of our things.

I think our bathroom is nice, functional, and has real tiles. I'm really over the floral shower curtain, if any one knows were to get a burlap, or similar material, shower curtain that does not cost $70 on etsy, please let me know.

Our bedroom is probably the most boring looking room in the apartment since we have absolutely nothing on the walls, but hey! look it's my jewelry box, remember that when it got a makeover? We have two bedroom closets which I really love, and there is a cat crawling into mine in the photo. 

So that's the new place! It's great, and has like five closets that I didn't photograph! Oh, and covered parking, which has me feeling better about the impending winter season.

The apartment isn't the only thing new in my life, I also just started a new job! I got hired last week and a dress boutique called Citrine. I will still be working for the On The Edge as the graphic designer, but the hours there fluctuate a lot and aren't sufficient, so I picked up this part time retail job. I actually really like working in small business retail so I am looking forward to working there, and have good, solid hours, which will be nice for my upcoming six week long winter break :) 

In other news, I had a great Thanksgiving with the Charlie's family in Green Bay. My relatives were sort of scattered this year, so we got to spend a nice amount of time with his family, and it's so lovely because they are such a fun and welcoming bunch. I feel like part of the family around them, which is wonderful, since I plan on sticking around. 

Charlie took some photos in the car while we were driving back to Madison, and I think they are very charming, please forgive my visibly dirty windshield.

There are two remaining weeks of my semester, so take that as an apology for the lack of upcoming posts.

Lu

My Weekend

My weekend came and went at a rather pleasant pace. I am lucky enough to have Fridays off, so it technically began Thursday evening, though I cannot remember doing anything interesting that night. Friday morning started with MORE apartment showings, and progressed into an afternoon trip to Oshkosh, where time was spent lounging around with Charlie in the house I grew up in, chatting my parents, petting my dog, and doing laundry. 


Despite the greatness of the day, the best part of Friday was speaking on the phone with a gal from Portland who is moving to Madison in two weeks and wants to rent my apartment. So far all applicants have backed out for primarily financial reasons, but I have finally found my renter! She spoke with the leasing agent Saturday and applied today. I feel so relieved, and am excited to begin packing at the end of this week. 

color chart

The main purpose of the weekend in Oshkosh was for a meeting Saturday morning. About a month ago I approached an old pal who is getting married with an offer to make her save the dates and invitations, free of charge, because I would love to learn more about the wedding process and have these pieces in portfolio. I love weddings and not-so-secretly want to be a wedding planner; graphic design is my skill to offer to brides, so this is where I will start pursuing my interest. It was great to see a friend so happy, and I was thrilled with the ideas she shared! I think my design aesthetic will lend itself so well for the style she is looking for. I also learned about a project for my layout design class last week where we have to do graphic design work for someone that requires at lease 20 hours of designing, so this will be perfect!


Charlie and I did a bit of thrifting, hoping to find a small table for our new kitchen nook, though left the day empty-handed. Despite the lack of finds, I was in such a great mood all afternoon (and still am) and enjoyed the beautiful Wisconsin fall weather.


As for today, it's been a lazy day, but I did do some work for my job at Edgewood's student newspaper. I am pretty much starting from scratch on the layout and design of the paper since their previous "designer" had little to no actual graphic design experience and produced a painfully ugly reading experience for the last two or more years.

Just a little peek at what I have so far. In the past the poor design made the paper seem unprofessional, and represented the writers in a sad, amateur way, so hopefully this makeover will help a bit.

Hope everyone had a great weekend, I know I did.

Lu