Kim’s Pho

Got back to SA from San Francisco last night. SF was a blast! The people are pleasant, the weather is chill, the attractions were magnificent, the atmosphere is a definite vacation from my normal life. I loved it! I’ll definitely want to do another visit in the next couple of years.

I went on a mini-shopping spree at H&M. I’ve been to the store in New York before, but it wasn’t anything appealing. This past weekend however, I was loving it. I especially found my leather (pleather) skirt I’ve spent months searching for; or searching for the RIGHT one at the RIGHT price.

H&M sizes, however, are very different. They run small, so I had to get a size bigger. How revolting to see your H&M size as your normal plus 2? Like if you’re a 2, H&M size = 4. Or 4, H&M size = 6. Eww.

Anyways, I have several pictures, but I’ll refer you to my friend’s SF photo album instead since I’m thoroughly unpacking now. And I’m lazy.

-KTP

A new law in Texas requires all educators AND contractors to have a background check and get fingerprinted. I went yesterday to the fingerprinting location which consisted of “voter booths” in a tiny room. Everything is electronic these days, of course. The guy who scanned my prints even mentioned how mine are “different.” Apparently, I have triangles in my prints and they’re pretty unique. So great… If I ever do anything illegal, I’ll get caught even faster now haha

Yesterday was the 1st day back from a weekend in Houston. I have to say it was one of the craziest days ever. I was barely in the office until about 2PM (arrived at 8:30AM). It was madness and just a slight indication of how the rest of the week will be. Yay.

Anyways, I promised pictures of the new apartment. Gotta wait ’til the next entry as I’m still living out of bags and boxes. I JUST unpacked the kitchen yesterday, giving it priority over my room. Probably wasn’t the best idea, but oh well.

BTW, HEB Plus is confusing! Too wide and long of a walk for my taste.

-KTP

I hate. Moving. hate!

Will post pics of new place soon.

Nothing special as we aren’t fully settled in.

And my walls are bare. Gotta grab my old stuff from Humble and spice it up.

I want a more “adult” room, but that $ is being saved for plasma TV

-KTP

My coworker introduced me to Kim Kardashian’s shoe club, ShoeDazzle [www.shoedazzle.com].

$39/month and you get a pair of shoes! Exactly what a shoe club is. Most shoes these days cost at least $30, even at Forever 21, so $39 for a unique pair – awesomeness.

You take an initial survey, so they can get insight into your personality. When the time comes to ship the shoes each month, the shoe club presents you with 5 options according to your survey. You choose the best option, and voila! You have a pair of shoes from ShoeDazzle.

Enjoy ladies!

-KTP

If you haven’t used Priceline.com, you’re missing out on life and about 30-50% savings on a hotel room.

Examples:

- Hotel Derek – orig. $150/nt – winning bid incl. tax $78/nt
- Intercontinental – orig. $95/nt – winning bid incl. tax $67/nt
- Holiday Inn near the Galleria – orig. $79/nt – winning bid incl. tax $46/nt
- Omni Hotel Austin – orig. $150/nt – winning bid incl. tax $53/nt

The downer: you cannot choose which hotel you want, just the general location and star value. In the end, you have a pretty nice hotel and extra cash in your pocket.

I noticed a 5-star level was added to the Galleria area. Rumors say those hotels consist of St. Regis and Hotel Granduca. How grand. Those rooms are minimum $150/nt. Is it even worth it? Only for a special occasion weekend.

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So my birthday… it’s on July 25th AKA end of July. Upcoming events after that weekend consist of a bachelorette party in Vegas ($$$) and rearranging of the roommate situation (+$$ rent). Not sure if I will have any spare funds to do a lakehouse party like I envisioned. The cost of that is minimum 2 nights, minimum $300/nt, and limited occupancy as a rule set by nearly all owners.

Positively, I don’t have to be hungover for my cousin’s wedding.

I’ll keep everyone posted on birthday plans. It’s only 24 after all. I keep thinking of saving the big shebang for 2-5.

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This past weekend was definitely unique but brought back the old days. We went to Block 21 to celebrate Chase’s birthday. Pretty much realized it would be a chill night so we made an attempt to drink too much to rid of that idea. It worked. Ended up at Tan Tan to top off the night. Saturday was Roxy. What a throwback. Roxy is now remodeled, still 18+, $10 cover, and cheap drinks. Again, drank away the night just cause it was the first “reunion” of the summer crew that used to be a couple years ago. Traditionally ended the night at Denny’s meadows. What a great weekend.

-KTP

Threading (n.) is an ancient method of hair removal which originated in Persia spread to the Middle and Far East. Practitioners use a pure, thin, twisted cotton thread which is rolled over untidy hairlines, moustaches and so on, plucking the hair at the follicle level.

I’ve made an appt with a lady who threads a lot of my friends, but I’ve failed to actually find her house. I googled “threading san antonio” and the first option happened to be the most helpful. Gonna make an appointment somtime in the next week at the JCPenny salon (didn’t know they had one). If I can deal with waxing, hopefully I can deal with threading. And hopefully she doesn’t overshape (^) or undershape (-).

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Perfect weather for running. Late timing for Cristine’s bday boat party. I’ve been lazy, made excuses, just plain didn’t want to take the <5 minute effort to prepare for a brisk jog. I even ate a massive amount of carbs today at the company potluck. I’m talkin’ bout sweet breads, tortillas, pasta, brownies, pies, cheesecake. Felt like sh*t afterwards and not to mention sleepy. Welp, I know less than 2 weeks won’t do much to prep my body for the boat, but it’s better to do something than nothing, right?

Ooo! Not to mention, I have a get fit competition with Ian. I actually fear I may lose, cause he’s losing weight, and my arms are getting flabbier =/ But he had food poisoning a few weeks ago, so no fair!

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I’m thinking about what to do for my birthday this year. I wanted to get a lakehouse, but my cousin conveniently planned her wedding date on the day of my birthday. *sigh* guess that saves me money though =) Maybe I’ll save any ideas for the big 2-5 next year.

-KTP

It seems I can never find the time to write a “glass half full” post, but I always seem to be able to write about a downer day.

I’m feeling pretty pissed off right now. I don’t like being lied to and I don’t like people holding onto memories, hopes, dreams. It’s over, it passed. Don’t sit there and pity what could have been. I think you should address the situation, find a solution, and move on. If otherwise, then you are no good to me.

If there was a bad moment in my life, I make myself forget it. I can honestly say I only have good memories of college and the years prior. Recently, I seem to remember any wrongdoings that I perform or are placed on me. Days move slower, work is busier, I talk before I think more often — all the clutter in my head is occupying too much space. So I’m going to practice cutting ties to all negative memories and move forward.

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In other news, I noticed there are less and less people eating out, myself included. According to mint.com, where I track my spending, the average was fairly even among Jan-Mar. As I was comparing April to the rest of the months, it was nearly a 60% drop for the number of people who dine out. It was visually confirmed today as I went to Osaka Sushi and there were maybe 5 groups total; usually the place is at least half full. So, look for deals and steals people, as they should be on the rise. For example: Landry’s 25-40% special meals – sorta like restaurant week.

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Can’t wait for Houston this weekend! My cousin’s graduating, a few friends’ birthdays, it’s gonna be good. It’s got to be good.

-KTP

I hate when things don’t go to my plan and then when it doesn’t I don’t even want to deal with it at all.

I hate the kids on our street who play basketball in the street and have their basketball end up hitting our cars.

I hate the spider that bit my roommate, resulting in a fumigation of our house.

I hate being frugal on spending when I just got my paycheck only to use it towards bills and an extremely, unnecessary bottle service.

I hate the fact that this next FE is my make or break exam. Failed the last one by a few points after not studying but it would suck if I failed again cause I have been studying.

I hate that I turn red and get all palm sweaty speaking to a client when I have a presentation on Monday.

I hate that I’m in San Antonio when everyone is at home.

I hate that when I go home, I rarely see my parents cause now I dread the extra hour’s drive to Humble. It sucks when you’re really sleepy.

I hate that a lot of my friends are getting laid off and I don’t know what to do or say.

I hate PMDD and mild depression that has caused me to lose a total of 5 friends to this day. And I don’t feel like explaining cause it would take forever for explanation plus understanding.

I hate having to take medicine when I don’t believe it does any curing.

I hate that my sister wasted 3 years on a fool who disrespected her and, in the end, disrespected me too.

I hate that I have all clean clothes and not enough closet/storage to place it so it makes my room look messy.

I hate this weather this constantly switching hot/cold/cool/windy weather that causes me to have allergies. I hate blowing my nose every 5 minutes and coughing for a spurt of 15 minutes.

I hate that I haven’t been running cause if I have been, I wouldn’t be hating so many things in the world right now.