Home Sweet Home...Apartment?

Here's a quick little (poor quality) photo tour of my new digs.

Welcome to the living room. Here is where you can watch my small, non-HDTV television that has RCN basic cable. This is the Charles Shaw of living rooms- cheap, easy, and when you don't think about it too much, it's actually pretty great.

Next we'll move into the bathroom. I didn't take a picture of the inside of the shower, but it was built for midgets. The showerhead reaches my chin, so I have to pull some serious yoga moves to wash my hair. It got me a monthly discount on rent, though, so it's all good. I would say this is the Busch Lite of bathrooms- not perfect, but with enough effort, it gets the job done. Oh, and p.s. the bathroom is tiled pink...score!

In this economy...

We need more free food deals! And since Boston (ahem, Roggies) can't do Happy Hour drink deals, I've compiled some great cheap food- some with the purchase of alcohol, some without. Enjoy!

McCormick & Schmick's: Mon-Fri: 3:30-6:30 (Back Bay location). Happy Hour menu and drink specials. This place I actually went to once with my family. It was great, and VERY cheap food (like $1.95 burgers)- just have to buy 1 drink, but they are decently priced. You should do this at least to try it- below is the menu.

Another Round, Bartender!

So a short while back, I found an interesting article about how both men and women drinkers earn more (up to 14% more!) than their non-drinking counterparts. Clearly, this was pleasant news, considering that I haven't yet committed to (or considered) a sober lifestyle. Basically, according to Peters and Stringham, I should continue drinking as long as I'm employed- excellent.

As for the benefit to men, the study showed that men who drank at bars added an additional 7% more income. I know I'm not a math wiz, but if my future husband is making $100,000 (I wish) by the time we are married, and I let him get his drink on in bars, he could be adding $7,000 a year to our vacation fund, or a future college fund for one of our spoiled children, or even my shopping fund, whereas if he isn't frequenting our local pub, I should be considering other men who do?

There's some food for thought there, definitely.

However, much to my dismay, I see this article today, highlighted by the key sentence: “The better-educated appear to be the ones who engage the most in problematic patterns of alcohol consumption.” 


Now I have to decide whether my competition in the workplace is going to drive me to become a problem drinker in the future? Should I make less than other women in comparable jobs because I'm deciding to go home, pour myself a nice, cold glass of water, and shout out incorrect answers at Alex Trebek? Unfortunately for my future self, I am going to stick with the occasional drinking. I think that there's too much at stake for a woman like me to be making less money than another women, especially when the solution is simply something that I've been perfecting for the past four years. And to all the other ladies out there, competitive or not: I'm not much into betting, but my odds are on the drinks.

Quite the Sunday Funday

So yesterday began normally with an early wakeup call from the sun. Even the kitties were in good, snuggly spirits.   Kate and I went outside to clean up the porch before enjoying some mid-afternoon bevvies, and realized that the chairs were in pretty awful condition.

Being the handy girls that we are, we decided we would spend the day refinishing the 2 patio chairs, the side table, and the large round table. Luckily, the hardware store is right next to the liquor store...

5-4 BC

Saturday Funday

Currently watching BC crush Maine in the Hockey East finals, what a legit game. First 2 goals BC had were quickly answered by Maine, such a rush to watch close games like that. Luckily BC has pulled ahead 4-3 but the 2nd isn't even over yet. More importantly, I plan on having some delicious (note: awful) Four Lokos tonight and some wings, so that should help the 3rd period.
(EDIT: Reservoir Liquors, my only known seller of Four Lokos- is SOLD OUT tonight. People are catching on to their beauty)


I spent the day with mom and dad on Duxbury beach- going to be a great summer. Dad got a Jeep and a beach pass for the drive-on beach, and showed me the ropes today.

After some mildly disappointing shopping, we had to drive my brother Brian back to his apartment by BC, and Nana was with us and wanted a quick tour of the school. Of course we drove through the Mods (RIP 11A), and it was legit the most bittersweet feeling ever. The Mods were packed with people grilling and drinking, and although I was incredibly jealous, I also felt so happy for all the seniors enjoying it. You can't put a price on Saturday day drinking in the Mods on a gorgeous day (well, BC actually puts a large price on it- but worth every penny). I can't wait to drink off that jealousy in our equally white-trash backyard ASAP. 


Anyways, GO EAGLES! Even if we don't win, it was nice seeing BU lose last night.

Loco for Lokos!

If you've ever wondered what it would taste like to have a small man in a factory chug a lot of Cossack vodka, eat 1,000 watermelon Jolly Ranchers, and then throw it all up into a tall-boy can, they you NEED to try Watermelon Four Loko's. Although the taste is almost unbearable, they come in 23.5 oz cans and are a whooping 11% alcohol. If you can get yourself a nice straw and pour one of these bad boys over ice, it looks like you have yourself a personal happy hour. Add 3 more, and you'll be raving with the best of them. The best part: they cost about $2.50 a can (whaaat). 

Warning: You'll be drunker than you appear, and you'll want to listen to the Steely Dan Pandora station (not that either of these are necessarily bad things, right?)

http://www.drinkfour.com/