We have an apartment!

FINALLY. After all of this stress of not knowing where we'll be living and then finding the perfect place and not knowing whether there would be any openings, it's official.....

Nick and I will be living in an adorable, updated and redone, quaint little one-bedroom apartment at Twin Oaks apartment complex! Yay!!! I first stopped by Twin Oaks about a month ago and told them I was interested in living there, but there weren't any openings yet. Luckily, I was able to see a one-bedroom that hadn't been moved into yet, and the washer/dryer, dishwasher, and walk-in closet sold me immediately. The complex is also not at all where I expected it to be, and is tucked away from the busy streets and in a really nice area. Bonus: apparently it's very quiet, too, which is a plus considering I still live on a street that is mainly occupied by college students.

So anyway, I was shown the apartmen and told to call back around the first of May, which is exactly what I did this past Monday, April 30th, and lo and behold, she had a notice for move-out for one of the updated one-bedroom apartments! Yippee!!! I immediately set up an appointment to go take a look, and that's what I did yesterday after work.

Honestly, it's perfect, and the updates are soooo nice! Everything was very clean and doesn't have a funky smell (even with someone living in it), and trust me, Nick and I have looked at places that are "clean" and they still have a strange odor to them... yuck. I looked at the place briefly and headed back to the office and she said, "So, do you want it?" She knew I had a fiancé, so she said I had time to talk to him that night and call first thing in the morning if I wanted, but Nick already pretty much was set on it based on my impression of it, and it is absolutely perfect in location. It's literally right around the corner from the Walgreen's he got transferred to! If that wasn't fate, I found out that the notice was given the day I called. I thought about talking to Nick about it, but I knew if he were there he would just get it, too. So, I just decided to take it, because apparently there was another appointment for someone to look at it scheduled for later today, and it would defnitely go fast because it's the only notice that's been given in the entire complex! If the current resident stays until their last possible day, the earliest we would move in would be the weekend of June 8th (happy birthday to me!), and with my lease on my house ending the first of June, waiting around for another opening would make our move-in date too far away, not to mention something might not even open up! Thankfully, my current landlords are okay with me staying a little longer if need-be, so it works out. I'm hoping that the current resident moves out a bit earlier, though, because I am so anxious to have our first little home together and to start nesting! I never decorated much in my college "homes" because I just didn't feel like investing that much in them, but this little apartmnet is the perfect blank canvas to make our own :)

Here's the kitchen! Sorry, I only took one picture because the lady who lived there was still there, and she didn't mind if I took a few pictures, but I felt kind of awkward hahahaha.

It's small, but so cute! I love all the cabinets and the countertops, and I am so excited to have a dishwasher back in my life I can't even tell you!!! BAH!

So basically, our move-in date can't come soon enough, and I am a lot less stressed knowing we definitely have a place on hold for us. Everything really just fell in to place, and I am so happy and excited to get going on this next phase in our lives together! :)