Written by Maja on February 25th, 2010
Hello again! The last few days have been crazy. Crazy!
On Tuesday we moved in all our stuff into the new apartment. We were probably done at around 9pm and ended up eating Chinese take-away on the bedroom floor because we hadn’t had time to buy groceries. The apartment was freezing cold, so we slept fully dressed. We didn’t get to do any unpacking, but we did decide on where to put things, at least. State of mind: Bliss.
Yesterday we cleaned the old apartment top to bottom, which took all night. Still no time to unpack. State of mind: Bliss + loopy from all the detergents.
Today we’ve been at Ikea all day while spending a small fortune (Ok, teensy weensy fortune, this is Ikea after all!) on some new furniture and other necessities. So bottom line is – we still haven’t had time to unpack. And we won’t get to do it tomorrow, because tomorrow I work late. Oh, and did I mention our bed didn’t fit at all? It was too big to even fit up the stairs leading up to our apartment! So we gave away the bed, and are getting a new one tomorrow. We’ve been sleeping on the floor until now! Still happy :)
This is all we’ve had time to unpack so far: The sofa, the laptops, and Alfred the unkept bonzai tree. The bare necessities. So please be patient – I can’t wait to show you photos of the place, I just want it to be all set before I do ;)
I have to tell you, Marius and I have surprisingly similar tastes in decorating, and we’ve agreed on pretty much every placement, color and new piece of furniture so far. I can’t wait for Saturday, I’m going to stay inside and unpack and take it easy all weekend. Then I will bore you all with a post filled with new curtains, bedside tables and closet placements ;)
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Written by Maja on February 22nd, 2010
We’ve got the keys! Moving in tomorrow!!
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Written by Maja on February 20th, 2010
Today was harsh. Work on a Saturday, minus 5 degrees celcius outside, and it was cold inside at work as well. And I was hungry all day because of lack of proper breakfast. Okay, it wasn’t harsh at all, I’ve had three days off after all, and the lack of breakfast was made up for by eating chocolate eggs (in February! Can you believe it?!). However, please don’t disregard the whine, because the cold and the hunger was my excuse to treat myself to a little something at MAC. A new lipstick!
Now, I’ve always been a lip gloss girl through and through. Whenever I try to wear lipstick, I somehow end up with a perfectly colored upper lip and a completely colorless bottom lip within minutes. But it’s cold and windy outside, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Wind means goopy lipgloss in my hair, and the cold turns my favorite lipgloss (Lancôme’s Juicy Tubes) frosty. No joke, after some minutes outside it looks like something Ice Princess Barbie would wear. So, it was time to turn to lip stick. I love MAC, I’ve never disliked anything I’ve bought from MAC, so I basically showed up at MAC and went “HAI, TELL ME WHAT TO BUY!“. And it worked!
Lip stick feels so deliciously grown-up. You never see teenyboppers with a lip stick in their hand. The name of the shade? Hot Gossip! For me it’s a perfect everyday shade :)
In other news, I’ve been boxed in and might not find my way out of the apartment. If I don’t show up for work on Monday, send a search crew.
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Written by Maja on February 19th, 2010
I have to laugh a bit at my sporadic blogging.. No word in days, and then all of a sudden you get three posts in two days. There is, of course, an explanation for this – I’ve had Wednesday, Thursday and today off from work in order to pack and get everything ready for moving-day. I currently live among boxes. I’m surrounded by them! It’s nice because I get to realize how much crap I own and throw it away, but I’d really like to just have the whole thing over with. We were supposed to move tomorrow, but something came in the way for our helpers, so it is now postponed until Monday. Le sigh, I were hoping we could sleep in the new apartment tomorrow night! Oh well. The upside is that I work late on Monday and thus can’t participate in the carrying of heavy boxes ;)
BAM, morningface!
I’m really starting to get used to the new hair now. Yesterday I discovered how I can now wear pigtails without looking like I’m about to star in porn. Hooray!
Okay, that’s all I’ve got right now. I haven’t had breakfast yet, and today is the day where I get to wrap all our glass and plates and things individually in newspaper. Oprah is on in ten minutes, so I guess I’ll multi task!
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Written by Maja on February 18th, 2010
Let me first of all say – there won’t be any bride photos this time around. Bride’s orders. The wedding day is getting closer and we’re all getting a bit superstitious ;)
Now, I have all sorts of love for the fact that Maren and Kenneth are getting married. First and foremost because they’re wonderful people and a great couple, but also because I’m learning SO much about weddings from being around them. There’s so much that has to be taken into consideration! Things like: Can we get married in this church if only one of us is a registered Christian? Big wedding or small wedding? Did you know that it can take five months from you order your dress until you get it, for example? I had no idea! And everything costs a fortune!
But it’s also curing me for some of my wedding phobias. You see, I’ve never been that girl, the one who dreams about her gown or her big giant wedding, the one that sits around envisioning “her” day. It has just seemed like a whole lot of work. I’ve worked in the kind of shops that couples traditionally register their wish lists in, and I’ve seen my share of manic brides with apathetic grooms-to-be in tow. “Honey, do we want this overpriced vase or this overpriced vase? This white china or that white china?” Or you get the bride flying solo, the martyr, the one who sighs and tells you all about how she has to do it aaaaall by herself and practically expects you to hang a medal around her neck right then and there. So yeah, I’ve been a bit vary of the whole wedding thing. Okay, very vary. Okay, scared shitless.
I’m also getting a newfound understanding for people who choose to spend thousands of dollars on gowns. Maybe not on wedding dresses, but gowns in general – they’re so well constructed! The fabrics, the boning, lacing, pearls.. I could spend hours just looking at how they’re made! They’re pieces of art, and every trick in the book has been used in order to make sure that you look stunning as hell while wearing them. Oh, if only one could afford couture..
But yes. To sum it all up – weddings = yay, gowns = yay, Maren and Kenneth = yay! I can’t wait for their big day :)
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