preparation

i can honestly say that this is the first time ever that i have not left all of my "getting ready" until the last possible minute. i have successfully finished buying and ordering everything that i'm going to need for my move to mickey's hometown, and i am very happy with my purchases.

being that disney world is obviously the happiest place on earth, full of bright colors, and cheerful, happy people, i opted for a black comforter. don't get me wrong, i love happiness and smiles as much as the next girl, but i have a feeling that by the end of the day, i'll be over it and will welcome the sight of my black bedding. i bought hot pink sheets and decorative pillows to go along with it so that i don't look like the princess of darkness in my apartment, but let's face it, sharing a bedroom with megan and all of her blinding, cheerful, disney-coordinated stuff is going to get old really quickly.

my favorite purchase is perhaps my towels. they're simply fabulous. i don't think i've ever had towels as fluffy and soft as the ones i bought. go target! being that my bedding is black, i decided to counteract the darkness and go for some bright pink, yellow, and turquoise towels with matching washcloths and loofahs. is it bad that these excite me so much?

together, megan and i bought a shoe rack that hangs on one side of a door. it holds up to 30 pairs of shoes, which should be okay being that megan wears the same pair all the time and i have 29 + pairs to fill the rest of the rack. we work nicely together. we also bought a dry-erase board with cork board on either side. hopefully this comes in handy somewhere along the line..?

$180 later, i think that i should have all the toiletry stuff that i need. shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors, shaving cream, etc., as well as band-aids, neosporin, tampons, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, mouthwash, tweezers, q-tips, lotion, and i don't even know what else. granted, i could have bought a lot of this nonsense when i get down there, but i know at some point i'm going to run out of money at the exact time that i need one of these products. better to have it now then wait until i need it and don't have the cash to get it. the real question here is why the hell i bought and economy size bottle of mouthwash when it is rare that i use it here? i'm not saying that i don't take care of my glorious smile, but let's be honest with ourselves here. floss? what?

i bought a new polaroid 20 inch LCD tv and a dvd player really because i need a new one for my room when i get back. i may as well have gotten it now and take it to florida with me. yes, megan can use it too, but only because she went ahead and bought a toaster oven for us to use... yes, a toaster oven. love her.

other things i have that i'm bringing down are a lovely george forman grill, ya know, because any of us non-domestics even know how to cook anything other than pasta. i also have an iron and a mini-ironing board that should come in handy being that we will probably be shoving our clothes anywhere they fit. between the two of us, megan and i have to share one small closet and one dresser with 6 drawers. it's a good thing i'm such a smarty pants and went ahead and bough some portable stacking drawers! let's give it up for target's "back to college" section one last time.

i can't even describe how incredibly excited i am to get down there! still, even though it's a little less than 5 months that i'll be there, i can't help but be sad about the people i'll be leaving behind. oh well, that's another story for another day. until then, if you can think of anything else that i need to bring down that you don't think i already have, give me a shout.

ps: this entry is dedicated to christine, as are all of my entries :)