The flight was sooo long and exhausting but we're here! It's 5am now, D is fast asleep but I'm wide awake so thought I'd put it all down before I forget.

I am racked with guilt over telling dad: it will shatter him. He is being so nice today. There is never a right moment.

With no-one knowing about working holiday visas or replying to our email queries, we decided to apply for our visas sooner rather than later. So off we went this morning to the consulate armed with the required documents, ready for our first official encounter with the Dutchies.

The reason I haven't posted in a few days is that I just moved into a new apartment - one that is almost twice the size of my old one (yay!). Of course, that means I have significantly more room to decorate and the furniture and such from my old place is much more spread out - which means there is room for new stuff!

Hi, everybody -

Well, last Sunday, September 7, we had one "last hurrah" sale at the apartment I have been cleaning out. Believe it or not, it was still packed with stuff, despite having repeated sales, give-aways, and donations to charity. It was so sad to see the wreckage everywhere from our hard work. The kitchen was still full of things:

I'm leaving in three weeks for four weeks in Europe, with my friend D. Spain, Florence, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, London. Specifics later on.

I thought yesterday how in 5.5 weeks the little everyday things will be put on hold, like chatting to Kath about nothing, popping over to mum's for a bagel and giving Nut a scratch, funny day-long emails with friends, driving around with Tiesto blaring.

So - I haven't updated in a while because I have a ton of awesome San Francisco pictures that... I can't upload until I find the thingy that connects my camera to my Mac! Oh la la!

Excuses, excuses. I know.

Anyway, to get a BIT caught up, in the past few weeks I've:

I just want to say...I am feeling so blessed right now. To have so much love, support, friendship from everyone around, and some who haven't been around in a while, is overwhelming. Thank you thank you thank you. You know who you are, I love you.

Almost packed, check.
Will have to sit on luggage to make it zip up, check.
Have come down with a cold, check.

So, you know how sometimes you move into a new place and promise to post pictures ASAP but then for the first couple months you have to choose between food and home decor and you choose food and then you put up some cool stuff but then the whole apartment complex undergoes mas

With the months counting down to the opening of THE VINTAGE SOCIETY, I have started to recieve a lot of questions regarding details and felt that I should let the Society Girls out there in on some of the secrets.

Well, I made it a week in DC without getting stabbed (yesterday I walked by a guy with a large fillet knife literally tucked up his sleeve, but WendyB pointed out that he was "probably a chef just out for some air...WITH HIS KNIFE"), love my internship, and found a coffee shop with Wi-Fi, so now I'm even more excited a

+ I need to keep packing but I'm watching Knocked Up. The bearded friend jokes are the best!
+ The excitement has really kicked in and everything now feels like a countdown. To-do lists are being ticked off, all the logistics taken care of, even the tax is done (if only I can find the rest of my papers to reconcile the numbers...)

Here's another example of mid-90s Erin sewing. I can't remember where I got this fabric, although Unique Thrift is a good bet. And I can't remember what pattern it was, but I'm pretty sure it was a New Look that was chosen specifically because the yardage I had was so narrow and short.