Want.

I was going to post a “Hair Files” on my fave Bumble & Bumble products but I’m beat. So here’s a photo of a dresser that I want instead:

It doesn’t coordinate with any of the other furniture that I own but I still think it’s really darling.

Months later…..

I have finally moved! I’m two weeks in to this new apartment, and while it’s not my ideal (new neighbor’s moved in right across the way and THEY have hardwood floors-dark, too! Ugh! Jealous) it fits the bill. After months of looking and not wanting to settle, I settled. One of my many aunts was a gracious host and let me stay with them until I found a place. I searched, and searched, and searched. Nothing was quite right. I finally ended up having to make a quick decision as my cousin’s boyfriend broke up with her and she needed her old room back, pronto. I spent a week weighing in between a downtown apartment that had neither parking or laundry on site or a larger, more expensive apartment further away that had parking but no laundry. My dear cousin moved in the very day I moved out. Now that she and her on/off/on/off BF are on again, I hope she stays put at her parents because moving your entire life is really the pits.

Back on topic, I went with the latterapartment because what really got me was the closet space. Oh, the glorious closet space! I have two large closets in my room (one for accessories and shoes, the other for clothes), a walk in closet in the hall, a lovely linen closet in the dressing area, and a huge storage space on the terrace (I would call it a “patio” but they’re fancy here and call them terraces). I have been unpacking boxes, merrily arranging things on shelves, in organizers, and hoping that I can find a place next year with as much storage as I have now. When the rent goes up in a year, I will have to move again as it’s already slightly quite over my budget.

Thanks to all of my closet organization, hopefully I can edit some of my things so when next November rolls around, moving won’t be so much of a pain. I am very thankful to have several strong and well organized uncle who work together fabulously. They had my entire storage unit packed into a U-Haul and two SUV’s within a half hour.

I am quite enjoying peace, quiet, and all of my closet space to my self.

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I do plan on updating more frequently. From November of last year until this recent past November, a number of life changing, stressful, and traumatic events have dramatically changed my life, including the passing of my beloved grandpa on Easter from a horrendous battle with lung cancer, one which with I dealt with and witnessed up close and personal from the time we found out until his very last breath. Let me tell you, I had no idea what someone dealing with cancer, or their families, go through. It is a horrifying, devastating, mentally and physically exhausting, emotionally taxing experience, especially as it starts to spread. It is something that I would never wish upon anyone to go through.

I’ve had no time or will to really write, and anything I felt the need to write was more private journal-esque than public beauty blog worthy because very rarely do I post about my private life. I have helped my family settle into their new lives, homes, and routines and now that I know they are going to be okay, I can finally rest and take care of myself.