Living Room/Bedroom Redecorating

As my boyfriend Jeff and I move on from our distinct "college/university" collection of eclectic and unmatching pieces of furniture we've collected, to something a little more classy (and something that isn't green leather from the nineties!), we also decided to do a little painting. We live in a high-rise apartment where everything - the walls, the floor, the cabinets, the doors - is beige. A really bland, boring, beige. They even painted all the trim and baseboards the same colour. I guess there must have been a sale on that particular colour of paint! To really shake things up a bit, we decided to go really bold. Chocolate brown kind of bold. It actually looks like we melted a bowl of chocolate and smeared it all over the walls with a paintbrush. I guess it's a good thing we're only doing the one wall since it's a dark colour and because we're just renting at this point. A person just gets tired of beige after a while. I sure hope it all turns out! I decided to post some 'before' pictures... so no judging us by the mess!

Living room wall. 

An apartment in shambles. Definitely a 'before' shot. 

The bedroom - before. It's just a feature wall....for now! Soon to be painted. 

Wall painted - first coat. And my boyfriend :) 

First Post!!

Well here it is, a momentous occasion - I am a blogger! This is my first post in what I hope is a fairly regular practice. I am too much of a procrastinator to keep a journal, and I never seem to have enough time to scrapbook or print off most of my photos, so I figure a blog is as good a place as any to post and to share. I don't think I have a particularly interesting life to blog about; I'm in my twenties, I'm in my final year of university (yay!), and I have a long-term relationship with my awesome boyfriend. Those are probably my most defining characteristics at this point in time. I have just an everyday, ordinary, life. And it's wonderful. So this blog is dedicated to all of us out there who are wonderfully and happily normal. I'll admit to being a bit of a blog-stalker, so I'm sure not all of my ideas for this space will be 100% original, but I'm fine with that. So here I go!

Here's twenty-five very random facts about me:

1. I love to make snow angels. 

2. I despise tomatoes, but I love ketchup. A big understatement there. 

3. I love love love to read! 

4. I'm fairly addicted to my Blackberry. 

5. I could live off of juice, cheese, and crackers. 

6. I'm a terrible liar. 

7. Banana popsicles = love. 

8. I can't watch Criminal Minds unless Jeff is with me.  

9. I'm an incredible hand-talker. Once, when I was really excited, I was waving my hands around and I smacked down onto a can of Arizona on the end table next to the couch I was sitting on. Whoops. Jeff nearly died laughing at me. 

10. I have some fairly interesting dance moves. 

11. I'm really good at baking/cooking, and I'm always looking for new recipes to try. 

12. I find walking in a snowfall incredibly romantic. 

13. I believe in happy endings.

14. I can now gamble in American casinos. 

15. Legally Blonde always cheers me up, no matter what. 

16. I can type on a keyboard with my toes. 

17. I wish I knew how to sew/use a sewing machine. There's still time for me to learn though! 

18. I think shoe shopping is one of the most enjoyable things to do. 

19. Or any kind of shopping actually.

20. I am not patient. 

21. If you see me driving around in my car, I'll most likely be singing. 

22. I have this thing with tea. If you want to be in my good books, bring me tea! 

23. I'd love to live in another country. I don't think it'll ever happen though.

24. One of my biggest wishes is to be able to play the guitar. 

25. I have a love/hate relationship with surprises.