Toxic Friends

So I bought this book awhile ago and it's seriously like a girls Bible! My thought process when I was drawn to this book was,"I seem to attract or be drawn to, girls who have some issues and aren't good friends. My last 3 best friends have all have some huge issues and I don't want to place all the blame on broken homes."

Therefore, I decided before I embark on finding friends in Austin, I should educate myself on bad friends and the ways to find them. This book is soooo good! It talkes about the friends we tolerate such as the leader, the doormat, the sacrificer, and the misery lover. As I was reading these chapters, I could figure out friends who fit these descriptions and the sad part? None of them are still in my life....I'm intrigued.

It talks about the friends we need to ditch, the User, Intimate frenemy, and the trophy friend. I haven't yet hit these chapters, but already embarking on the "user friend" chapter and wow!! I hung around someone who was exactly this for a few years!!! It gets even better because some of these people can have symptons of all types of friends.

The last part is the part I'm itching to read. The friends you keep. The mirroring friend, the sharer and the authentic friend. I can read those titles and already know that the friends who have been around in my life for quite some time already fit those titles. I'm excited to get to those chapters.

I recall reading one time that finding new girlfriends is like dating, You have to do some digging and find out their past track record before you commit. I read one time and although I've ignored it, it holds true. If a girl doesn't have any long time friends, there is a damn good reason why....oooh how true that is.

I'll let you know how the rest of the chapters follow, but always remember if you meet a girl who can't seem to hold down friends..there is a reason why....

2010 is beautiful =)

New years are always so refreshing!!! Seriously, I got rid of that heinous day job and thank goodness!! It was truly ruining my relationship!! That's pretty sad when a job is SOOO Horrible that it ruins your personal life. Not even in a "I work 80 hours a week" type of way, but just such a negative environment. I hope no one ever experiences such negativity with Overton Enterprises (what a joke).

I still have the job at torrid, but in retail you can only have soooo many hours. The discount is just too good to give up!

Since then, Greg and I have been amazing! Spending time together, furnishing our apartment and making it like a real home. I love it. We just bought a couch and it's gorgeous!! I love how everything in our apartment we've done together and it's only going to get better!!

I flew to SD for my birthday and oh my, what a busy, sleepless trip it was!! Dinner with the family when I got in, Seeing Billy and the crew, Friday morning waking up to get my hair dyed, then going out that night for ladies night (which was totally amazing and a GREAT time) and then Saturday night with the rest of my friends...The best part? Greg is thinking about moving to La Jolla when he is done with school!!! I'm so excited about that!

Life is great, making friends in austin is coming, slowly but surely. Vicki rocks! we have so much fun getting coffee. She reminds me of Dana back home. Oh the day those two meet, it's gonna be awesome!! and Then Nancy, she reminds me of a combination of Nancy back home and Gina. She's small and has so much personality!! I love it!!

Valentines day is around the corner and who knows what'll come of it!! And then our one year. We've worked so hard to keep our relationship, but I think the bottom line is that Greg and I are so madly in love, breaking up is not an option...