Update!

I told myself that I would try to do this every night, or at least every other night. Didn't go so hot. Maybe I'm just lazy. Whatever, lol. Anyway, John got all moved in to his new house and it's really exciting to have somewhere other than his little tiny dorm room to hang out in. I really like it.

Another thing, I have all but two Christmas presents picked out/ordered/sitting in my room/wrapped. !!! That's exciting to me. I have had the funnest time picking out gifts for everyone. I think I did well this year <3

Thanksgiving was great. I think it's my favorite holiday other than Christmas. Plus Black Friday shopping afterward. We started at 10 pm Thursday night this year! Walmart was freaking insane. Then John and I went and stood outside in the freezing cold waiting for Target to open its doors at midnight. AN HOUR AND A HALF. Never again. Ever. But I got my darling Kinect :) Happiness. I also got some really cute boots and a game/dvd stand courtisy of my sweet mamma :) She went out and got those for me. And a CAKE BALL MAKER! SO excited for that one. I will be making cake balls on a stick and having a chocolate fountain at graduation. Who else will have cake balls, huh? That's right, bring me money.

Working at Bath & Body Friday morning was NOT even close to as bad as I was anticipating. I was stressin' so bad, I broke out. NO. But then I found out that I'm suprisingly good at retail. It was so easy and kind of fun. Actually really fun. Plus half the time when I wasn't helping people or stocking the shelves, I was planning my own Black Friday attack on the 3 for 3 sale on signature items and 2 for $20 three-wick candles! I feel guilty at the $100 I ended up spending but that's okay. I'm allowing myself. It was Black Friday damnit!

Beppy (John's grammy) showed me an awesome new knitting stitch that is so pretty! I will have to start another scarf in that style so I don't forget. She also showed me this awesome new yarn that makes bouncy scarves and a super fast to make. Oh, did I mention that I knit?

Lastly, ACCEPTANCE letter from Nothern State University came in the mail for me today! YAY! Not that hard to get but still exciting. Associates in General Studies, here I come! Lol, impressive. Don't worry, radiology is soon to come, just not at Northern.

First Blog Post.... Ever!

So this is my first blogging experience and I have to say, I'm rather excited about it. I feel like this will be kind of a play by play of my life, but I think maybe that's what I need. I love writing about my feelings, it makes me feel like a huge load has been lifted off my chest.

I also would like to note that yesterday, November 19th, was the first day of snow of 2011. That's just for me.

A little introduction:
I am Malerie.
I am 18 years old as of October 1st.
I have an amazing family that I wouldn't trade for the world.
I have an equally wonderful man that I have been dating for a year and a half. His name is John, and he's pretty great :)
I will be graduating high school May of 2012 = exciting :)
I currently work at my local movie theater and have been for the past 2 years.
I love doing art, but only as my hobby.
I plan on going to school for radiology.
I currently have an overflowing bookshelf that I love to death. Books are more of my life than I realize, and I think escaping into someone else's story helps me stay sane :)
I have awesome friends who have really helped me find who I am.
I am deeply in love with owls. They are my happy things.
My family has 3 dogs (2 chihuahuas and an English mastiff, talk about drastic!) and a tortoise, and I personally have a little fish and a cat that is currently living outside but is soon to hopefully move in with John in his new (rented) house! I'm so excited for that.

I feel this was a fairly successful blog post for my very first one. I hope to engage some people in my not-so-exciting-but-not-completely-boring sort of life :)