shopping fail

It's another weekend and once again, I've found myself lulling a Saturday away with J. My first week of "real" work ended well with a market trip to California and I came home exhausted but feeling very productive. Unfortunately, my attempt at a shopping ban failed me miserably while out in the burbs of Cali. The moment I stepped into the largest Forever 21 I had ever seen, I knew I was done for.

It was HUGE!!! Flanked at the end of the mall, it took up the real estate of what a Macy's or Sears would and I knew I could not resist. $175 later, I walked away with a large bag of 8 cute outfits. *sigh* But now that I'm back in the city, no more shopping. Seriously though....NO MORE.

So it's on with the weekend, with more sleeping to catch up on, naps to cuddle with and food to eat! :) Happy weekending!

Displaced

Hello from Columbus, Ohio!

I'm broadcasting from a lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath serviced apartment in the suburb of Easton. Which is cleverly situated across from the main shopping area, Easton Town Centre :) How lucky am I? I'll be here for the next 7 weeks with occasional trips back to NYC for job shadowing and training.

So far my 1st week here has been pretty tiring - full days starting at 8:45am of speakers, activities & lectures. By the time 5:30pm rolls around, I'm mentally exhausted and ready to veg on the couch :P
My Columbus weekend highlights were as follows:

• Downtown Columbus during ComFest - 45mins to find parking and insanely hot weather led us to skip the festivities and head right to a bar instead
• Lightning & Thunderstorms that bellowed through the weekend leaving it muggy and hot

It was short and sweet and guess what, next weekend will be spent back in NYC! Yay!

Where did the weekend go and Big Things part deux

So I've had a pretty eventful weekend, besides fighting off allergies I received most excellent news on Friday. It looks like my career is taking a turn for new horizons and I'm extremely excited! This summer is going to be an interesting change & transition and I welcome the chance to grow and learn and be a part of something BIG. I'm just proud that all my hard work has paid off and that I am paving my way slowly but surely. I am so incredibly grateful for this opportunity and it looks like Summer is going to be filled with lotsa new experiences :) HOORAY!

The weekend highlights included:

• The best and probably most expensive meal I've had in my life at Masa - despite the ridiculous price a must-try in my opinion!!!
• Trekking the city with J & his dad
• Clover made coffee @ Cafe Grumpy
• Finally watching Bolt on Netflix
• Dinner & Jazz in Times Square
• Sleeping in on Sunday

I hope your weekend was as exciting as mine. Now, I just need the time to do my HUGE load of laundry, clean my apartment, do a Fresh Direct order and settle in to some me-time.

Big Things and where did the weekend go?

I spent the weekend recuperating from my big day in Columbus, Ohio. It was mentally exhausting but exciting at the same time. If all goes well, there might be some changes in my career so I'm being patient and keeping my fingers crossed, my mind open and placing my faith in the only One who knows how my path should lead.


I met some cool kids during this 1 day of Assessment and back to back interviews and case prep. Met interesting assessors and got to fly on the company plane for the second time :) But being on the same plane as your assessor can be an awkward thing!


But I got home on Friday night exhausted - still in my suit and dragging my luggage, I plopped myself into J's arms and couch and proceeded to veg the night the way with Korean Fried Chicken and our Netflix movie, Up in the Air. I was in bed by midnight on a Friday night :P


The rest of the weekend consisted of lots of sleep, battling allergies and some well-needed R&R. Hope you're weekend was a relaxing one... :)



PS: I forgot to mention the AWESOME deal J and I scored at the Rock & Republic Sample sale - buy 3 jeans and get 1 free? YES PLEASE! We basically walked out with 4 pairs of jeans for the price of one - not sure if its due to the Chapter 11 they filed last week but who cares?! Those jeans make us look goooood!

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"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous". –Coco Chanel