My 1st Apartment

Now that I officially have a job (Pastoral Associate at St. Andrew Parish! http://www.saintandrewchicago.com/), I went to check out one final apartment in Chicago yesterday. The apartment I decided upon is small, but located in a nice building in a good part of town, with this super cute Ukrainian (?) couple as housekeepers, my landlord(s) are Notre Dame Alumni, and best yet, this apartment is conveniently located 2.2 miles from work. :) (Yay for short commutes!)

That being said, I'm now hunting for apartment furniture. I went Thrift store shopping today for the first time in my life and HAD A BLAST! Who knew that this could be so fun!???? Today was Senior Discount Day at all the local thrift stores - and so I had fun chatting with old people all morning and one of them was even kind enough to help me check out so I'd get the benefit of their 50% discount!

Today was definitely a success - I scored myself two matching, very sturdy, very nice wooden chairs which I intend to reupholster and use in my living room - for $8.25 TOTAL! Once I commandeer my friend's truck and can get them home and fix them up, I'll post a picture, inshallah!