I should probably start an “Apartment” category because I can’t seem to stop talking about all things apartment-related. Of course once I’ve lived there a month, it’ll be old news and I’ll never write in that category again. So yeah, I’ll not do that.

We went again last night to show it off to his parents. It’s still empty, but they were interested in where we’d be living.

Remember how the landlord was supposed to have a little talking-to with our friend, Mr. Trooper about parking in our carport? Well either the landlord forgot or Mr. Trooper is an ass because his big black gas-guzzler was in our spot again last night. And what really boils my blood (ew) is that his carport spot was wide open! We had to park where his monstrosity belonged because he was parked on our slab of cement. If this continues when we move in next week, oh there will be words Mr. T! There. Will. Be. Words!

In other apartment-related blather, we’re leaning toward not painting at all. I kind of felt all along that it wasn’t worth the work since we’ll have to paint it all white again in a year, but we were drawn to the “homey” feel of colored walls. However, I think in the end our lethargy will win out over our Martha Stewart tendencies. White walls it is. I think.

Before we gave his parents the tour, we were at Target to buy a gift for someone. While there, we thought we’d scope out things for the apartment. We need a few things still. Everything actually. Essentially we have nothing but a bed and two tvs right now. So we strolled around looking at rugs, shower curtains, clocks, toasters, stools, dishes, and everything else in the home decor department. But everytime we admired something, we interupted our own daydreaming with reminders that “we don’t know what the furniture looks like*” or “we could probably find that cheaper” or “maybe we should just wait and keep looking.”

We weren’t accomplishing much, but at one point we actually had a small bathroom wastebasket and a no-slip bath mat in our cart. Before reaching the register though, Brad said “Do we really want to get those things right now?” And I, of course, replied “No, we should probably wait until we pick out a showercurtain.”

*We’re getting some secondhand furniture from my family next weekend, but we’re not sure what any of it looks like yet.