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Our very good friend who currently lives in Africa was back in town for a few days last weekend, so we hit up the sketchiest karaoke bar in town. It's become sort of a tradition every time he's back in the United States. We got home around 4 am and finally went to bed at 5. It's that good of a time, ya'll!
 This song is a must during karaoke. 
I also made sure that Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and TLC happened (maybe multiple times).
The next day we went to happy hour where I quite possibly had the best drink ever. Spiced tea infused vodka, St. Germain, lemon juice, honey, and club soda. So delish.
We met up later at the very eclectic Grapevine Bar. Another spot in our tradition.

Finally, before he left we watched the entire first season of Girls and had a quick 30th birthday celebration.
We miss you, Brad!

entryway inspiration

I mentioned in my last post that I'm pretty excited that our new place will have an actual, usable entryway. I can't remember if the walls are textured, but if they aren't, there will be some definite wallpaper action happening. If they end up having a texture, then I will probably paint it navy like our current entryway.

Here is what I'm imagining for the space.

This picture is what gave me my initial inspiration.
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If the wallpaper can't happen, then I'll be doing something similar to this.

new home!

Some exciting news from the weekend... we've officially submitted our application and put a hold on a new town home! It's not official yet, but pretty close. Here are a few pictures I took of the downstairs area.
A kitchen with a window AND more than six cabinets! Plus we have a dining room that will actually fit a table and you can still walk around it!
No carpet downstairs!!
 An actual entryway!
It's a little farther north than we originally wanted to go, but after searching every single place around us, this was the only one that was upgraded and also gave us the space we wanted without having to pay a ridiculous price.

If you follow me on Pinterest, then I'm going to apologize for blowing up your feed. I've created a wishlist and started collecting decor inspiration for our (almost) new place. You can see them here and here to get an idea of what I plan to do. 
I already quickly whipped up this board to show Charlie what I'm thinking for our new dining room. Our bar would go on top of the white shelf like this.
painting
lamps
emerald velvet chairs
table
eiffel chairs
white shelf
pink ombre pillows

I needed those emerald velvet chairs like, yesterday. So good. I would never have gone for this color until I saw it done so well in this kitchen and dining. I love every. single. thing. this girl designs, and I can only hope that I can bring in a little of that goodness for myself.