So, Charles and I have been searching for an apartment since May. Waiting for the right place and the right time for us to move. Finally,we narrowed it down to two places. Both of them in the town of Marlboro. We chose Marlboro because its halfway in between my jobs and his so it works out for both of us.

The first place we looked at was tiny...like TINY! The kitchen and living room were connected the floor was uneven, but the kitchen was brand new, gas stove and the bathroom was brand new. Also,the closet in the bedroom was HUGE! We also had to use what looked like a fire escape to get in and out of the apartment. It was $900/month all utilities included, so we considered it.

About a week later we checked out another place. It was in a beautiful neighborhood, to start out with. It was an apartment on the back of this older Greek lady's home. While the appliances in this apartment were less then pristine, it was spacious. Big master bedroom with two closets, nice living room space and the kitchen was a decent size. I'd say the downside here was both the appliances and the sheer amount of dead stink bugs that were everywhere! Ok the stink bug thing was gross, but those little buggers are EVERYWHERE!! Even at Charles' house where his mom keeps everything sparkly clean. This place was $850/month utilities included (basic cable and internet too)

Well after much deliberation we decided on the second place and dropped off a deposit on Friday. So, on August 15th we officially have our own place!! I'm so excited! We've started looking for furniture, we have just about all our kitchen stuff already. His mom is going to stock our fridge and pantry with food, and give the place a cleaning only she can do. My mom is going to help us get bathroom stuff tomorrow and is giving us her magic bullet (so we don't have to buy a blender). So YAY! FINALLY!!! =)