I'm in Austin!!
I know this is LONG overdue. It's been almost 3 weeks since we packed up and moved out west to "The Lone Star State." I've neglected the blog again...BAD blogger. But we've been super busy getting settled in our apartment and dealing with unwanted "roommates" (more on THAT later) and I've been busy with my job at my NEW Old Navy! I've got some outfit posts on deck for the next few days, but I thought that I'd post some of the pictures that I took chronicling my last few days in North Carolina, the trip out to Austin, and some of my first "adventures" in Austin! (WARNING: you're about to be SLAMMED with some PICTURES)
Oye the Packing!
This move would not have been possible without Space Bags.
Then I turned 25!
And yes, Mom dropped the knife on the cake.
Oh yeah, (for those who don't know) my middle name is Caitlin, it's what I've gone by my whole life until a few years ago
...now I go by my first AND my middle name.
My last day at my "old" Old Navy.
This was on the break room table when I left :-)
The last few days consisted of more packing and spending time with family and my best friends.
Then...we were off!
We left from my house on September 1st around 11:30am ET
The last exit in South Carolina before you cross in to Georgia. When Mom and I used to pass it, I would always have to yell "Wall-Hollaaaaaa!!"
Joanna, Lucy, and I at the Georgia State Welcome Center!
PS..these are my new roomies!
Then came Alabama!
My former home state!
We stopped in Fairhope, AL for the night and woke up the next morning to hit the road
...the next night we'd be in Austin.
We met Elvis at the Mississippi Welcome Center!
Then it started to rain when we hit Mississippi...
and it kept raining until we hit Texas.
Ironically, most of Texas is in a severe drought.
A brief dry spell for the picture at the Louisiana Welcome Center
...then it started pouring again.
We were traveling in the middle of the remnants of the tropical storm.
Also, something we learned about southern Louisiana is that it consists mostly of BRIDGES.
Not good for potty breaks...TMI?
TEXAS!!!!
Our first friend in Texas! He was just hanging out at the Welcome Center.
Unfortunately this would not be our last run-in with vermin...again...more on that later.
Whoa! Big jump, I know.
Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of the first days in Austin.
Those days consisted of trips to IKEA and Target and unpacking...not much to document.
But I did have my first FOOD TRUCK experience! And now I'm hooked!
Austin is known for their food trucks.
Thanks to Pinterest and the fact that we have an AWESOME oven in our apartment, I took a stab at making a "Hootenanny".
It's pretty much an "Oven Pancake."
I think it tastes more like a big piece of French Toast.
All in all, it's yummy.
Then THIS happened. Yep, we had officially been living in the apartment A WEEK and discovered that we had a 4th roommate. A MOUSE. This roommate was NOT welcome to stay. We are STILL battling with this stupid thing. Pest control came to find its "entry points", we put out humane traps, maintenance came (and then didn't come back and then came finally) to cover/fill/plug up the "entry points", and then had to COME BACK later when we discovered more places where the mouse was invading our apartment. We found our loaf of bread this morning with a big whole chewed on the side. We're hoping we just hadn't noticed it last time. "Bob" is not welcomed in apt 607...we will NOT tolerate this!
One night, to escape the wrath of the mouse, we decided to check out some of the local places on our street. We went to OPA!, a Greek cafe/wine bar with $2.50 Sangria. It has a great outdoor area where they have performers. That night, they had fire dancers. One of the dancers was named "Strawberry." I can't make that stuff up. Gotta Love Austin!
Lucy and I got up for the release of the Missoni for Target line, and were met with picked over piles of nothing...over-priced nothing. BUT, we each grabbed a pair of these "pumped-up kicks" and I had to get a pair of zig-zag socks, too. It was a very interesting experience in consumerism.
We also took some time to enjoy the Greenbelt. We may or may not have gotten a little lost while trying to find our way back to the car...but that's one of those things you don't tell Mama (except for when she reads it on your blog...whoops!).
Well, that's all I have for now. I'll start-up my outfit posts soon. Meanwhile...check out the blog that my roommate, Lucy, has started! She's a fantastic writer and will definitely have less grammatical errors and more well-written posts than you will EVER see here! :-)
XOXO Bevin
ALSO!!! Oh goodness how did I almost NOT include this! DUH! I work with one of my favorite Austin Bloggers! Sara-Jane from shep! I was getting my store tour on my first day of work and WHO did I see in the breakroom!!?? SARA-JANE! We had a little "blogger moment", talked about how surreal it was that we are working together, and got SO excited at the possibility of future hang-outs! SO COOL!