The past two weeks have been cra-zay! My brother and his girlfriend (who I met for the first time and l-o-v-e) came in town and stayed with us. We had so much fun hanging out all weekend and we went to see The Black Keys, where my coat got stolen. :( But I'm glad I learned my lesson on that jacket and not my purse.

Over the past 2 weeks I packed up our old condo, painted & cleaned our new one, moved, incessantly searched for rugs & furnishings (affordable ones) online and around DC, did the DMV thing, and have been trying to keep up with everything else! It was so nice to have a normal workday again! (DC friends, let's hang out!) I still need to go back and clean our old place and we still have a few things over there, but otherwise I'm close to normal again.

More after the jump!



The Mr. and I went out looking at rugs and things for the new place, keyword looking. After one day of shopping, and my obsessive internet searching, his response to all interior decor questions after that day is "Whatever you want sweetie!" Wow, that was easy! I'm just getting started!
Crate+Barrel And Pillow / West Elm Chevron Knot Rug


While in traffic on Wisconsin (upper Georgetown) I saw this adorable church with all the flowers blooming in front of the red door so I snapped a quick one. I love this city, every turn is something old, cute, quaint, and photo-worthy.


An in-process pic looking at the two walk-ins in our bedroom. The entire place was a dirty mustard and tan, so I promptly painted the entire place a light grey and of course had a black wall and closets (thanks to my awesome landlords)! The Mr. wasn't too sure about black, but once he finally saw it he was convinced. How many years does it take them to realize we're always right??? :)


Boxes boxes boxes. I'm actually almost completely unpacked. The kitchen is done, and everything is in the right room, but I'm reorganizing some office stuff and clothing and of course still going through and creating donate/sell piles (stay tuned for another GSD post). We have so much storage space, and I want to keep some of the shelves empty, ya know.


(Left) Bleh. Spent all day Wednesday getting our car inspected (above is the 4-lane line that wraps around the back...I think you can gather how long that took), getting my DC license, plates and zone tag. And my freaking ID looks like I got botox or something. Not pretty. I hate it when they just make you stand there and they don't tell you when they are taking the actual photo! (Right) The DMV in Georgetown is in the lower level of The Shops at Georgetown Park. Which (due to the recession I'm sure) is very uninhabited, so it was odd to me that the DMV was there, but at least it was aesthetically pleasing in addition to the vacant creepiness.


Still have a few places to touch up but otherwise I hope to not see another roller in a loooong time.

And did you see the Project Runway All Stars finale last night??? What did you think? Who did you think should win? I lovedMichael's collection and would wear it all NOW! Loved Austin's jumpsuit, and I think Mondo can mix some mean patterns. I'm excited to see the collection for Neiman Marcus.

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