It's been over a year since I shared my Pinterest board labeled "Wish List." This is my collection of items that I save for future Michele to purchase. Of course, with this my style changes and maybe something I wanted a few months ago I no longer want. I'm constantly updating this board (seriously almost 4,000 pins) and it's honestly been a lifesaver. I use this board whenever someone ask me what I want for my birthday or Christmas and I just send them the link to this board. My friends have even started to do the same thing and we exchange our Pinterest boards with one another (and share with each other's boyfriends too). Since it's been over a year, I decided to share some of the pieces I've saved with this updated Pinterest wish list board.

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I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend, because I sure did! I did a lot of traveling this weekend and even though I am exhausted I wouldn't have traded it for anything else. I had, hands down, one of the best weekends of my life. It was simply filled with so much laughter and excitement, yet at the same, it was extremely relaxing and refreshing. 

I started my weekend on Friday with a half day at work. I was in Alexandria, VA until about noon and that's when I went home to Falls Church, VA then to Tyson's Corner in McClean, VA to get Omar a suit for his friend's wedding. After that we went to Ashburn, VA so Omar could run some errands and then I went to Sterling, VA to run some errands. After all of that we went back to Falls Church, VA to pack, get Oliver and clean up the apartment before we left for the weekend. The next stop was to my parents home in Manassas Park, VA to drop off my car and then to Omar's parent's home in Manassas, VA to see his family and drop off Oliver. Granted, all of these cities are fairly close to one another, the fact that we hit them all in the span of ten hours is pretty impressive. We hangout at Omar's parent's home with the intentions of leaving for the wedding Saturday morning, but his friend's convinced us to come down a night early.

Luckily, the wedding was nearby in Charles City, VA so at 10:00 p.m. it was only a 2-hour drive. We first stopped in Richmond, VA (right in the heart of VCU, so I had some feelings when I noticed where exactly in Richmond we were, Go Rams!). After a really fun night out of catching up and seeing everyone we went to the hotel in Charles City, VA and stayed up until past 4:00 a.m. just talking. We woke up early, mainly because we had to switch hotel rooms, but then we got breakfast and ran to the store for some last minute items. Before you know it, it was wedding time. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous and it was a lot of fun. Just a good group of people enjoying their friends, which is what a wedding should be. 



On Sunday, we had to say our goodbyes and Omar took me to Bumpass, VA/Lake Anna so I could be with my family for the remainder of the holiday weekend. This part of my trip was the relaxing part. I always feel so at peace whenever I'm at the lake. From the boat ride, to swimming in the lake, to the rain storm that came by and even that night when (I swear it was like a scene from a movie) where we all were around the campfire while Connor (a family-friend) played guitar and we all sang along. By the time I got back home Monday I was ready to take on the week, it was a much needed break from everything and I love how crazy busy I was. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

It's no secret that I love Amazon. Anything you could possibly need is at the click of a button. I shared my last Amazon haul with you all back in March and it's time to do another one! Especially since I couldn't share some of the products I bought back then, since they were Omar's birthday gifts, I can share those plus some others that have made their way to my doorstep.

Polarized Sunglasses | U.S. Polo Pinstripe Men's Swimtrunks | Instax Mini Polaroid Film Bulk Pack | 50-pack of Clip Lanyards | Off-White Camera Strap | 64gb Memory Card | Nintendo Switch Mario Kart Deluxe Bundle | Pet Seat Car Cover | Tripod

It has been an insanely busy month so far and it's not even close to being over. My schedule for the next few weeks are kind of crazy, so I'm glad I have lots of content ready to go, but I had to fit one more in because we need to talk about the Game of Thrones Finale. Here are also some recent links I've stumbled upon and yes, most of GOT memes.. you're welcome. *Warning: Spoilers Ahead*

Shout to myself, but I released some major news on my Instagram last week. I can't wait to share my work with you all starting in August! View the Instagram post by clicking here.

Baby kangaroos are so adorableeeeee!! Watch how this baby learned how to jump in a pouch.

Basically a collection of the best tweets from the GOT finale.

Apartment Therapy did a collection of Game of Thrones rooms.

Tom Holland was lied to during Avengers, just so he didn't say any spoilers and he's so cute and innocent it's adorable.

This post was released on Facebook and I realized I am this old.

Maisie Williams released an app just for creatives and it's exactly what this generation needs.

I don't know if this is still working, but if you Google "Thanos" you're in for a treat.

A service dog picks out his birthday toys .. I'm not crying, you're crying.

This meme from episode 5 in the GOT final season.

Sophie Turner killed it at the MET GALA!

I don't know if I've shared this before, but it needs to be shared again if I have.. a husky vs. 5,400 balls!

My thoughts on the Game of Thrones series finale.. it could have been better. I think I'm with the majority here that Game of Thrones is a masterpiece and there truly isn't anything else like it, but the final season could have simply put just been better. A piece of me is happy that the Starks found their own happiness in the midst of all the chaos, but chaos is what made this show so great to begin with. I felt that Jon killing Daenerys was a very obvious storyline, which is why I didn't expect it, I thought it was too obvious. Then that's it? No other major characters die? This is what the show was built on.. the good dying and the wicked surviving. I really expected at least one more Stark sibling to die, I'm just being honest. Also, what was the point of Jon being half Targaryen???? And who does Arya kill with green eyes?? These are important story lines that were meant to be finished people!!! The entire cast said that they cried and were so shocked at the ending, I truly believed it was because Arya died. I LOVE ARYA, so don't get me wrong, a part of me was happy that she sailed west of Westeros like the badass she is, but her death would have been the jaw dropping moment we all deserved. I like the twist of Bran being the new king of Westeros and Arya going west, I'm holding my breath for the Arya spinoff, and even Sansa being Queen of the North was a nice touch, but Jon... the only good part about his ending is that he reunited with Ghost. They have ended episodes with beheading of main characters, boys being thrown out of windows and a red wedding, but to end it with a happy ending is just out of character. To contradict myself, the things I did like in the finale was the Ghost reunion (obviously), the fact that Drogon blamed the Iron Throne and not Jon for Dany's death (him nudging her dead body killed me), Tyrion throwing the "Hand of the Queen" pin, Tyrion being Hand of the King to Bran (that chair moving scene was honestly so perfect), along with Sam as the Maester, Ser Bronn as Master of Coins, Podrick became a knight (did you catch that?) and Ser Davos as Master of Ships. In a weird way I also liked the fact that Ned Stark built a freaking dynasty and each Stark sibling in an odd way, found peace. Overall, I feel as though if we had another season or couple more episodes to go off of fans would be feeling different, and maybe I'm one of those foolish fans, but I'm hoping that George RR Martin hits us with a couple more books and we at least get a spinoff from it all. Cheers to Arya not dying though *holds up cup.* Leave your thoughts by commenting down below, what did you think of the GOT finale?

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Hello everyone! If you've been keeping up with this Katsaris (see what I did there) then you know that I moved to Falls Church some time ago. I wanted to show you guys the final product of the apartment and link everything that we bought. We moved into a one bedroom apartment and we love it. It's so beautiful, modern, and well new! It's not as big as our Jacksonville apartment, but that's normal because we're in the city. Don't forget to watch the moving vlog from the week we moved in.  Don't forget to check out part two of this series which includes the bedroom, bathroom and walk-in closet. For everything I couldn't find on the websites (like TJMaxx & Home Goods) I found them on Amazon and linked them down below.
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Living Room