by mapgirl on August 11, 2009
Ok, so there is finally internet access back at home and the first floor is looking pretty nice now. I hung the scarf valance we got from boyfriend’s mom over the windows and things are coming together.
I spent:
$64 on U-Haul
$470 on Home Depot for AC unit, 10 window blinds, nails, shelf clips, etc.
$150 on a [...]
by mapgirl on July 15, 2009
In a perverse way, my boyfriend and I are moving to make his housing costs cheaper and mine more expensive. Currently I pay my boyfriend $800 a month in rent including all utilities. The rental we have signed is $1850 a month, so my expenses will turn into $925 plus utilities and a tiny bit [...]
by mapgirl on May 8, 2009
To clarify some questions from the curious:
My boyfriend owns his own home. I will be moving into it. There is a spare bedroom for my furniture and crafty supplies. We are going to paint it to match my furniture. (Hence the tinted primer we got last weekend.) We’re keeping my most of my furniture. In [...]
by mapgirl on March 31, 2008
Ah… Internships. All of DC runs on the nefarious slave-practice of the unpaid internship. It sucks. Personally, I’ve never done it. I’ve always taken paid work, but being a grad from a local school, I have plenty of pie-eyed friends whose idealism for public policy, civics and government work ended up in DC working for [...]