girl scout cookie ice cream. yep, you read that right.

Oh my god. Heaven.

Edy's has collaborated with Girl Scouts to ue their cookies in ice cream. I bought a tub of the 'Samoas' tonight, and let me just say, it was ridiculously fabulous.

edgy - verb. something i was told i was 'totally not'.

How did I miss the badass bandwagon?

So, I don't listen to Ani DiFranco, or quote deep poets, or hang out in new-age bars [whatever that means]. I like pink & green. I wear Lilly Pulitzer. I poured disinfectant all over my hands after Taylor dragged me to a flea market. Okay, I disinfect my hands after leaving most places haha.

Some people are so lovably badass. Like Colin Farrell. Mmmm.

Then you have the seriously, should be institutionalized badasses, like Makhmoud Amidinijad. Can't spell his name to save my life.
*on that topic, my mother is so pissed that Columbia [her alma mater] invited the sucky & ridic. President of Iran to speak, she called them and told them to forget her future donations. ha. That reminds me of the cartoon called 'End of the World'.

Okay, I'm going to bed, finally. I got a few new magazines to keep me occupied.
[nothing edgy, haha just Vogue & InStyle...next time I'll pick up something like BITCH mag. haha]

xo

my puppy owns.

So, thanks to Ms. C., I realized I should just be patient, and not be in such a rush to move out. I had a doctor's appointment today and my doctor told me she lived at home until she was 26. That gives me three years. haha. I feel a lot more relaxed.

I guess it just felt like all my friends were working six-figure jobs in Manhattan and buying homes. At 23. Yeah, I guess I kind of felt left out. Plus I want to feel like a grown-up. Not a real-world novice. My parents are buying me all new bedroom furniture so I can make my bedroom feel like an 'apartment'. Which will be hard considering my bedroom is about 1/4 the size of a studio apartment, rough.

I love my puppy. Her name is Ily Rose [I Love You]. Cute huh? I went through multitudes of websites of doggy names. Would you believe one of the names was Buttlove? Seriously. How effed up do you have to be to name your dog that.

This Saturday is the ZZ Top concert. woooo! It's @ the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, which me & Taylor were at just last weekend for Stevie Wonder. We're going to stop in Natick & check out the new Neiman Marcus & Louis Vuitton stores, cause I haven't been there yet. Which is surprising. I also got a coupon in the mail from Neimans for $100 off one pair of shoes. Helllll yes. Of course, the pair has to be at least $300 to get the $100 off. Sucks.

Also, I just put the $1200 for the puppy on my credit card, so I don't think I should be spending on frivolous items right now. But oh, how I love frivolity. =]

You know what my doctor told me today? That I have way too much anxiety over nothing. She said I have a pretty cushy, amazing life, I'm just too focused on what I don't have, which makes me nervous. Hrm, true. I need to chill. I am pretty damn lucky, I guess I'm just too focused on the things I consider 'crappy' parts of my life, and not cognisant of the amazing things.?

I start counseling tomorrow. I feel weird. I've never been to a counselor before. I've always been the well adjusted, smart, happy kid. Does going to counseling make me a psycho? =[ See, more worry.

Okay, my stream-of-consciousness rambling is over.

Enjoy staring at my gorgeous puppy =]

real world housewarming.

My induction to the 'real world' is a year overdue, since I graduated from Holy Cross in 2006, but it's taken a year for me to get myself together. (Not that I could be considered 'together', but whatevs).

Everyone is having housewarmings. Cause after all, we're all 23/24 yrs old, so lets all buy houses. Oh except me, cause I live at home with my parents, cause I can't afford to buy a condo. Now, I'm sure if I racked up my credit card, I could afford it, but I am not one of those people who spends money they don't have. I have no credit card debt, never have & never will. I have a great job, at a great company that allows me to work from home each day. Super right?

Except that home I work from is my parents' home.

Despite their insistance that its 'my home too', I want my own place. I am sick of having to watch certain TV shows and work in certain rooms to avoid disturbing my grandmother [I love her to death, but sheesh]. I want to wake up, make my own breakfast, in my own kitchen, clean my own clothes [I'm not allowed to do my own laundry because my mother feels that I will screw it up, and yells at me when I offer to iron], buy my own decorations, etc.

I have recently become a little bit of a real estate conoisseur, especially in Worcester. Yeah, not exactly a hot market, but there are some nice areas, and its cheap & convenient. Although, it seems, not cheap enough for my entry-level salary.

Places I have researched:

Fremont Lofts- I went to tour their model and fell in luuurve. The price at the time was very high, so I dismissed it. Then they began to lower the prices. It was when they tried to auction off the lofts that I became suspicious. If they were so great people would be clamouring to own them, right? Then I stumbled upon a blog by 'i heart peanut butter'. A young professional woman dealing with her own real estate woes in Worcester. Hallelujah! I read what she said about the Fremont, asked friends who lived in the area for advice, and determined it may not be the best place.

University Park Lofts- Looks like a huge box, prices selling way too high for the square footage, and not in the greatest neighborhood, either. But it has views of my darling Holy Cross. I could pretend to re-live my glory days while relxing in my concrete box-ish loft. Cute.

Biscuit Lofts- Best location by far. Only one loft selling that I know of, cause they are very popular [right off Shrewsbury St.]. I would love to live there, but the price for a 2 bed/2 bath 1200 sf. loft was $250,000. Yeaaaah, not so much.

Kettle Brook Lofts- Weird ass location. Almost on the Leicester line, kind of ghetto fab. Near Webster Square. Possiblity of getting mugged: High/Very High. No thanks.

Blackstone Lofts- Not sure yet, they don't have models open yet I don't think. Its near Kelly Sq. which could make for an interesting commute. The prices are a little high considering the horrible market.


If anyone lives in any of these complexes, or has advice, pleeease leave a comment & let me know :)