Monday Funday

So I've decided that I need to start talking about all my cool thrift store finds, especially since I'm back in the DFW. Oh and maybe I can talk about new music too, while I have so much free time as I apply for jobs. Before I get started on the thrift store finds I have been having a great time I've been reading Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I just bought the book at Half Priced Books at the steal of a deal price of $2.00. Yay I remember reading this book before and I have the DVD as well but I have the time to read the book over and I am happy that I bought it. Poor Francis, he had such a rough life. It makes me thankful for what I have.

So basically I drove to Lewisville and hit up some stores because I was basically looking for some cool items for my new place (hahah room in my parents home) I was looking for little Tchotchkes for my bookshelf (oh I'm going to repurpose a couple of things so I will try to do tutorials on those items) I found a sweet vintage owl but it was around $12, and I refuse to pay that much especially when I can get it in the clearance section at Urban Outfitters.

I know on one of my walls I want to do a crazy assortment of golden frames, a touch of Midas basically, weird but thats what I want to do, so let the collection of gold frames begin. I found this picture frame for $1.49 and the two little golden hexagonal mirrors for $1.99 each ( Super cheap )

Also I like collecting different mugs, because my friends like drinking wine, cocoa, tea, coffee out of crazy mugs. Besides thrift stores have the coolest mug and with a go through the dishwasher they are like new. This one only cost $.65! Yay me, I'm going to call this one Freddie or The Kruger

My most favorite find today is this crazy Aztec print pillow, it only cost $.95 that is crazy I would be willing to pay $10- $15 on some crazy website because I sort of like the tribal look of it. And I love having a lot of cool pillows on my bed.

I can't go anywhere without buying clothes, so I managed to buy this cool button up Chambray shirt that I may dip in bleach for a sort of Ombre look. I'm not sure, but the shirt was half off so it was $3.99 so I ended up paying 2 bucks. Score, I can wear it casually or dress it up with a skirt and some jewelry. So many possibilities.

I'm trying to experiment with making headboards out of cardboard, I think I have the idea. I didn't want to experiment with expensive fabrics so I bought this fabric which it really isn't the best fabric to choose it's sort of a jersey knit and it's see through. I'm going to go to Joann's and get some kind of Gold Brocade fabric.

Lastly music, one of my favorite things. I just bought Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I've wanted this CD for a while and I had a 2 dollar mp3 credit on Amazon and they had the CD on sale for $3.99.

I also walked in the living room the other day and heard my dad listening to this crazy folksy, indie sounding music. My dad said he liked this band because it reminded him of some blues, kind of hillbilly rock. My dad also likes Arcade Fire... he's a weird old guy. The band is The Swell Season and the album is called Strict Joy. I listened to this CD with my dad and it sounded cool, something I would actually purchase myself. Me and my Glenn Glenn are so much alike.

And so it begins

Well I'm back to blogging.... and it's 2013!

Update on me: I'm finished with school I've began the long process of applying for jobs now, Oh and I moved back in with my parents. It's not that bad I don't pay for anything and I have my own room, well my sister moved back as well, so we have our own side of the house. I will be 26 in a few months and I just want to have an actual job and start paying for things. Right now I have no money, well I have a little but not a lot. I really need a job so I can pay Tech the 5000.00 that I owe them for my last semester so they can release my records, start paying back my student loans, buy a car and get an apartment. Adulthood is not cheap. It's actually starting to sink in that I will have no money for a while unless I win the lottery. How depressing.

I applied for three jobs so far, and of course I hope that I get hired at one of these companies.

Raspberry Tea

So again I feel like I am back in the dumps again, I'm starting to have an unhealthy relationship with food and body image issues. I hate working out but I know I have to and when I try to eat healthy I just fall off the wagon, there is no middle ground for me. I either starve or over eat. I'm trying to find that happy medium, it's really depressing

The stars, The moon....

Well it's definitely been a while, but I'm trying to be a more positive person, so I'm looking on the bright side. My blog posts from last year (2011) were only 31, and I am already at 123, yes major improvement. I am setting a mini goal of blogging the whole month of December and possibly the rest of November. I don't know how that is going to go because I am in the process of moving back to DFW on December 15th after this semester. It is sort of bittersweet thinking about moving and packing up, I think of all the good times I've had in Lubbock over the past 7 years and a weird smile creeps up on my face. I also applied to a MBA program at UTSA so if I get in I will move to San Antonio, if I don't get in, it's living with my parents while I apply for a grown up job. Either way I'm moving somewhere.

I'm making some progress on my room, but I always seem to get distracted with music playing, and trying on clothes that I mysteriously find all around my room. I'm nervous about the future, I am putting this all in God's hands. God knows where I will end up after all so I shouldn't keep worrying about it. He lead me on this whole economics path so I'm trusting him.

Speaking of school I only have 2 and a half weeks left. I have one more exam, a paper, maybe a couple of quizzes and then finals and I'm done. It hit me when I was at work last Tuesday, I was just sitting at my desk thinking about all the people I've met over the past two years working there. That has been the longest time I've been at one job I believe since I turned 18. I've made some good friends there and as much as I complain about it, i'm really going to miss it there.

Lubbock has left an impression in my heart and even though I despise this place sometimes, it will always have a place in my heart. Oh and I can tell my kids how when I was in college the wind would rape your hair everyday, and how the streets would flood, and it was a good day when you didn't get dirt in your mouth. And how sitting on the patio of Chimy's on a Friday after class was well worth the wait.

I said I miss you like everyday

I've been listening to non stop Beyonce for about a week now. I finished cleaning my room, I even found my remote, which I hadn't seen in a few months. I got rid of a bunch of old clothes and I will be taking them to the dumpster now. I just need to do laundry and clean the kitchen and living room. What a way to spend Labor day. I wish we still had fall break which  would have been the first or second week of october but Tech got rid of it. So we don't have a break until Thanksgiving. Here's hoping to a good semester, one that goes by relatively fast.

Wake me up when September ends....

Hahahah so fitting as this is the start of September and that is one of my favorite songs.

So I am cleaning up my room, which I know it sounds like everytime I type on this I am cleaning up my room, well I'm getting rid of a ton of things well because I'm only going to be living her till December. I  haven't started applying for schools yet, but I am thinking about UTSA it's in San Antonio, which isn't a bad place but I can get a MBA focusing on business economics, I think that will help me find a job easier in the future.

My friend Archie just got a really nice job offer from Intel in Seattle (Yay to go visit her there) and she just graduated less than a month ago with a Master's in Computer Engineering. That gives me a bit of hope.

well anyway on the whole cleaning thing, I packed up my sewing machine and stuff because  I really don't have time to sew anything, so I just turned it into a continuation of my desk. My actually computer desk barely fits my printer, lamp, a couple of small books, and my laptop. I'm always having to read articles, books, and draw graphs, so the second desk really helps. So I have an area for typing papers and printing them, then an area with books to reference, room to work out problems, and draw graphs. It's sweet. So no more working in my bed.

I also needed to clean up my room because it was sick, also I need to make room for Daisy's new bed so she can sleep in it, after all that time that I spent making it. I haven't done laundry in forever so I also need to go through my two closets.

In case anyone was wondering, my last semester at Tech is in full swing. My classes are extremely difficult. I'm taking Comparative Politics ( with a professor who is too old), Monetary Theory (with Dr. Gilbert, who I thought I would not have to take anymore), Public Finance ( I still haven't bought the book yet), Money, Banking, and FInancial Institutions ( Professor is from Spain and talks really fast) and lastly Commodity, Futures Trading Analysis ( this class is in the Agricultural Sciences building, well it is part of their department Agriculture and Applied Economics) I'm the only black person in that class and probably the whole building. It's so weird and I know nothing about farming. I just want to do well this semester.

Work is alright, boring and sometimes I'm the only person working there. I want another job, but I don't know.

Parents are moving

Only one more day of Summer II and I have a couple of things to do. Finish groups powerpoint presentation, hopefully by today. Give a presentation, finish my final portfolio, and final on thursday. So hopefully by Thursday I will be done with everything and then me and Nisha will go out on Friday to celebrate. I will also start braiding my hair for the fall semester... really really long.

My parents are moving in about a month. I don't even know the address but it's around the same area. They want me and Nisha to live with them. If I decided to go to UNT I will consider it.