Good chaos!

Holy chaos!  It's been so crazy lately!  I feel like I would lose my head if it wasn't attached.  Christmas was great, but I haven't had a second to post pics from it.  Good times with the fam!  After Christmas, we went shopping with our gift cards and bought some furniture for the new place.  I cannot wait to decorate the new place!  I actually have to keep reminding myself that it's really not mine...and that I shouldn't be purchasing furniture just for THIS place.  It must fit in another place too.  Oh well.  Here's our first purchase...a new couch from Crate & Barrel.  It's slated to be delivered on Wednesday.  Yahoo! We'll have something to sit on!!

We also found this great store next to Crate & Barrel in Brentwood called I.O. Metro.  It's a super cool place with fairly reasonable prices.  We bought lots of stuff there.  Here's a pic of the chair we selected to go with our couch. It's a funky slate houndstooth pattern.

 

We also got a dining room table and chairs...

 

 

...and bar stools.

 

I think everything should fit into any place nicely.  Now to find a coffee table, end table and a rug for the living room.  Man, Chad is going to have to ask for a raise already!!  LOL!

Yesterday was my last day in the STL office.  It was so weird to pack up everything.  I actually shredded two huge piles of papers and threw away two bags of trash.  I've definitely been there too long.  Ha!  After work a few work friends and non-work friends grabbed some drinks in Soulard.  I completely forgot to take pictures!!  It was a nice way to end the work week though.

Today the packers came.  I was completely stressed about this.  We woke up crazy early this morning to start packing our own stuff for the next week, because we had no idea which day our things would be arriving.  Then we had to clean the house for a showing this morning.  All this before 8:30AM.  I'm definitely going to crash tonight!! The packing went well.  I have heard so many horror stories about movers and packers, so I think that I was expecting the worse.  The packers were totally professional and considerate.  Go United!  (I hope that I can say the same when they deliver everything...safe and sound.  Ha.)  They were all done within 5 hrs!  We have another showing this evening, so we're headed out to dinner at Jefferson's one last time.  Keep your fingers crossed, everyone, that this all goes well...and the house sells!!!!

Tomorrow the movers come to load everything.  They don't think that it will take long at all.  I'm really hoping for that, because I have other little errands and chores to do...like clean out the refrigerator.  Then tomorrow night Judy is throwing us a "going away" shindig that we are super excited about.  I'm definitely going to take pics at this one.  Happy Thursday!!!