A New Step

Eric and I have decided to do it.  We're moving in with Eric's parents.  The closer our lease renewal date gets, the more we are realizing that if we are wanting to get a house soon, we've got to make some radical changes, and that would include stopping throwing our money away  on rent every month.

We have begun practicing the snowball plan from Dave Ramsey, and have gotten a few things paid off.  It gave us some hope, and decided it would be so much more encouraging if we moved in with his parents.

So, here we go.  A new step in our lives.  We'll see where it takes us.

A New favorite book

Recently I finished a book that I've had a while, but never really looked at to read.  It is The Season by Sarah MacLean.

I absolutely LOVED it and want to reread and reread it again and again.  I read it in two days, which should tell you something.  I have decided that Historical Fiction is a new favorite genre, especially when it involves a little romance, and maybe a little suspense too!  This book is set in the 1800's during the time of Napoleon, and happens to have a Jane Austen like romance story in it - Emma to be exact.  It also involves a murder plot.  A true page turner!  It is about three girls who grow up in very wealthy families of the times.  Alexandra (Alex), the main character is the daughter of a Duke, and as such, her mother plans for a very advantageous marriage.  She and her two best friends have recently turned seventeen, which means they will be "coming out".  I never realized what a "Season" was, but it seems like the time when all the new available girls come out to prance around eligible bachelors to try to catch a mate.  There a many balls that Alex and her friends are "forced" to attend.  They are not the typical girls of the time in that they have no interest in marriage.  They have a mind of their own.  They are smart, love to read - Jane Austen's books are actually mentioned by them.  They also love to discuss politics.  These are not admirable traits of the times.  Women are not supposed to have a mind of their own.  So in this story the three girls endure ball after ball and end up chasing a murder plot they happen to overhear.  The romance makes it all the better.  I have been watching Pride and Prejudice since and searching for other comparable books.

I think if it weren't for the whole women not having a mind of their own thing, I could so live in the 1800's in London.

Obnoxious Designer Bags

So there's this yahoo story today all about designer bags, and how all of the sudden it isn't fashionable to "appear superficial".  I'm just amazed that this is a "new" trend to dull down the GIANT logos on designer bags like the obnoxious C's on Coach bags, and the LVs on the Louis Vuitton bags.  I've always been a absolutely disgusted by these bags.  Eric always wants to buy me one just to get me something nice, and I threaten him that if he does, I will take it straight back.  I like a bag that is fashionable yet doesn't try to make a statement like "I've got money, that's why I have this bag".  In all honestly I would rather not have a designer bag to remove all doubt.  A bag should serve a purpose.  Not make a statement.

In reality I've noticed that people who actually have the money and the class chose a less obnoxious bag.  A lot of women I've seen carrying bag with giant logos just want people to think they have money.    Hopefully this article will do away with all of the obnoxious superficiality of large logo bags:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/are-designer-logos-shrinking-2177080/