Hello there, bloggity type people!

I apologize for the abandonment, I hope this doesn't bring back any bad childhood memories for any of you... heh. Seriously, though, I think this is possibly the longest time I have gone without blogging in my entire like... what is it... four year blog history?! Don't worry, I have faith in you all, I know you'll all be reading again loyally as soon as I start actually talking about something of importance!

Where to even begin? I guess I'll give you a little general life update.... I bought THIS: 

I named it Elliot, and he is basically the love of my life. Think six speed, manual trans with a turbo, and a 1.6L engine... So basically what i'm saying is that it gets the most fantastic gas mileage ever while still managing to kick some serious ass. Believe it or not, I seriously have already managed to put 12,000 kms on it, since August! Thats averaging over 100kms a day! I can just feel it depreciating in value by the second... KIDDING! :P But not really. I'm actually kind of so obsessed with this car, its almost disgusting. Seriously, for a while at every deal I did, no matter what dealership, I would seriously have practically sold the customers on the Juke before they even saw it! I'm pretty sure it made the sales guys a little antsy for a bit, because a lot of times the deal wouldn't be completely sealed by the time they actually got to me for insurance - believe it or not. Anyhoo, I'd take my customers out and show Elliot off to them like 95% of the time at their request, and man, not a lot of things make my day hearing something like "Man, I have to see this thing!"

Anyways, enough about my freakish love for that big hunk of metal, I just thought of a serious question for y'all. (I can't believe I just used that word... "y'all"...what a terrible abbreviation!) For the last year or so, I have had a WEIRD number of random strangers come up to me and tell me that I look like like Alyson Hannigan. If you don't know who that it, you're not alone. I just found out that's her name like a few days ago. Usually, their wording is something along the lines of "You look like that redhead off of American Pie!" or "Omg you're the spitting image of Lily off of How I Met Your Mother!" I personally thought maybe it was mostly just to do with the red hair, but I asked a couple of people, and they actually seem to think there might be a real resemblance, so I've decided to attach a photo for your viewing pleasure:

Let me know what you think! I definitely think we all probably have a doppelganger out there somewhere, and so far, I guess this is the closest I've found! I just had to mention it because it happened AGAIN today while I was just standing in line minding my own business at Starbucks. 

Speaking of Starbucks, actually, I just want to say: I'm OBSESSED, and its breaking the bank!! So I've decided that after Christmas, I'm going to totally ban myself from fast-food, Subway included, because seriously, between that place and Starbucks every month, I could probably afford a mortgage payment instead of a tiny overpriced bedroom suite in Dallas. Jesus. 

Speaking of mortgage payments, actually... Remember how buying my car was supposed to be a "5 month plan?" It sort of turned into a one month type deal, so now I find myself again without a goal! And haren't many things I hate less than not having a goal, so here we are: Operation Buy a House. I know, I know, you're all like "WHAAAT?!" and "Niki, you just turned 20 like a month ago, get a grip!" and that I'm kind of in a hugely different place than a lot of my friends around my age, but really, guys, its never too early to get started, and its not like i'm going to run out and do it next week or something. If you think about it though, I just throw away $8400 per year! Practically into the air! I'm seriously actually BUYING my landlords' brand new Dodge pickup! That should be buying ME something, wouldn't you agree? Now, I won't get into all of the math of it, but I've been pricing and figuring and adding and subtracting and I figure its feasible. I've also decided that I think maybe its about time I get a roommate. You know, I've lived by myself ever since I moved out two and a half years ago, and I'm just kind of bored. Like sure, I'm going to miss walking around naked like 100 percent of the time, and its going to be weird to not always be able to have random dance parties in my kitchen, but I just kind of think that its probably one of those experiences I don't want to miss. Besides, maybe if I do that, I can cut down the wasting from to $8400 to $4200 a year, and really stack away some cash for a downpayment, you know? So anyhoo, I guess most of you know that I've been known to jump the gun once and a while, and here I go again...! I'm pretty sure I'm cutting the 5 Year Plan back into a 1 Year Plan... But I liiiike itttttt. I think it just feels good to really have a purpose again. Like seriously, I loooove my job, I loooove my car, I have faaaantastic friends, but it was time to aspire for bigger and better and greater and grander! Wish me luck! 

Speaking of my job, I kind of feel like we're sort of on the brink of something big. Just sort of in the middle of that somethingsgottagive phase, and it has only made me more motivated, because I feel like i'm one of the only people that really actually likes what I do, and is motivated to get better and it, and learn and sell and set goals. I want to be the person that everyone thinks is the best. I want to know the most. I want to feel confident with everything I do every day. Would you still take me seriously if you found out I was listening to Justin Beiber's Christmas album right now? HAHA. Don't worry, I switched it, and we're now onto a playlist which is basically a mix of The Black Keys, The Used, and As Cities Burn. Yep, that where my mood is right now. 

Has anyone else noticed that The Hunger Games are being made into a movie?! I am fairly excited, I just read the first one while I was in Mexico, and I actually think it will make a fantastic movie.  Actually I read like five books while I was in Mexico... I forgot how much I miss it, so I think I'm going to make a point of buying a new one every payday... OH YEAH... Guess what?!?! Yep, I went to Mexico! It was FANTASTIC! I went on my birthday, with the whole fam! That's a whole other blog post though, because I really want to be able to illustrate, but I don't have the pictures here, they're all actually on the work computer, and the whole ancient stupid chunk of plastic had the computer equivalent of a heart attack halfway through sending all of the pictures to my personal email today... Eff. Looking at all of the pics seriously made me miss everyone though, I can't WAIT to be back in WL for Chrismas even if it is only for like four days! Weeoo!

Anyhoo, this has really turned into like a huge novel.... Look forward to the Mexico sequel shortly! I'll leave you with three recommendations to fill your time with: 

1) Get Twitter. Because if you said something hilarious, you can bet I tweeted it, and wouldn't you want to know whats coming out of your mouth and ending up on the internet?

2) Check out TED.com. It will probably blow your mind if you have a few spare brain cells that you actually might like to stir into action. 

3) The Phillip DeFranco Show Everyone should know whats going on in this world from day to day, and c'mon, we could all use a laugh, or at least a smile. 

Go on, now. Click one!