chop chop and other topics

I got my hair chopped off finally!! I’ve been growing it out since the springtime for the wedding. I decided I really wanted to wear it up and truthfully I’m so happy I did. I really think the way I wore my hair complimented my dress and really set the tone. However, I’ve definitely had enough of this long hair crap. I’ve been wearing a ponytail for 6 months straight! So anyway, it’s short again – I even got some long side bangs, and I’m pretty excited.

In other news, Chris and I spent so much time downtown this weekend. Drew moved into a new apartment, so we helped him move some stuff and just chilled there a bunch. We also went out looking at townhomes. One that we saw was a little further away, and you have to drive through a pretty iffy area to get there. The townhomes themselves were absolutely gorgeous, in a nice wooded area (despite the fact it’s 5-10 minutes from downtown), and the price is completely right. It’s on the low end of our price range, a great interest rate, and they throw in most of the closing costs and a brand new washer and dryer. That helps a ton – most of what will be difficult for us is the up-front costs. But, let’s face it, the area was just not quite what we wanted, and we’d rather be closer to downtown and the highway.

We also looked at other townhomes that are literally in the same area as Drew’s apartment, and 2 seconds from downtown. These are also gorgeous, but we thought they might be a bit out of our price range. Came home last night and crunched the numbers. With the 10-year tax abatement, we can actually afford them!!!!! I think it saves us over $300/month in taxes which adds up to more than $30k over 10 years… that is HUGE! So I’m pretty gosh darned excited. There are definitely sacrifices we’d be making… for example there are no pizza places that deliver to that area, and there isn’t a grocery store right next store (at least not one that we would go to), so we’d have to do a lot more planning and making sure we always have food in the house. But you know what? I think it would be really good for us. It would force us to save money on eating out and probably be more healthy as well. The reverse commute for me would be about 25 minutes, and Chris would be 5 minutes from work. Drew lives right there… and we can go downtown for food, bars, whatever anytime we want! If we want a more suburbia feel, we can actually just go right across the river (a 5-10 minute drive) for movies, chain restaurants, etc.

So, I’m excited. =D

And, by the way, Full House fucking rocks. 😉

(indecision)