On October 15th, I closed on my very first home -- it was a lot of work, but very exciting! I bought a condo in the Uptown/West City Park area of Denver. There's different districts to our downtown -- Coors Field and most of the nightlife is in Lower Downtown (aka Lodo). Uptown is maybe 1.5 miles from Lodo and is the area where the Ernst & Young office is. City Park is a huge park a couple miles further East. I'm in between Uptown and City Park.So far I've really, really enjoyed my new place! Here's a tour....
This is the hallway leading to my condo:
My front door!
Entry way:
From the entry way, this is what you see. There's a long hall with the bedrooms, laundry room, and 1 bathroom along the way. At the end of the hall is my kitchen and living room.
The first thing on your left is my guest bathroom (notice my UT Santa):
Next, on your right, is my bedroom:
This is the door from my room to my bathroom:
My closet (which is HUGE) is off the bathroom.
Next, along the hallway, on your right is the guest room. The furniture is courtesy of my friend Trisha... who lives with her boyfriend... but tells her parents she lives with me. It's really funny considering the only time she's stopped by is to check out my place when I moved in and then once again to move her furniture in. And she doesn't even have a key! 
At the end the hall, on your left, is my kitchen.
And at the very back of the house is the living room/dining room:
Magnolia's stocking is the red one with a white cat on it. :) Coincidentally, my stocking - which I've had since childhood - has a white cat on it, too. I must look like a really freaky cat lady. 
And here's the view from the back of the house -- that door at the back is my front door.
There you have it... my new house!
Thanksgiving Day was great. My grandma spent most of the day cooking, and we had a fantastic meal. 
My Uncle Jim (mom's brother), Aunt Suki, and my cousin David all came for Thanksgiving, too. My grandma really wanted a family picture, and after some struggles with the tripod we finally got it! ...can you spot Jim and Suki's beagle?
On Saturday, my family and I headed back to Denver. My dad is quite possibly the biggest Avalanche fan alive, and he bought us all tickets to the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning that night. He was more excited than I think I've ever seen him. It was such a fun night!
We were enjoying a bloody mary and a breakfast taco when a couple of guys asked if they could sit with us. 
Being the friendly girls we are, we let them sit down and buy us another drink.
We were also joined by Amy’s high school friend, Abby.
Abby is a traveling nurse, and when Amy and I went to visit Austin last spring, Abby was living there! So Abby could understand the hysteria taking place at the bar during the game.
His name is Scott, and he immediately sat down and brought over a couple of his friends… none of whom actually live in Denver. One’s from Minneapolis, one’s from Vegas, and the other’s from East Colorado. They turned out to be super funny, and we enjoyed talking to them!
These two were interesting characters. They had lived in Iowa (where Amy’s from), Kansas (where I spent my childhood years), Austin, and now Denver. Very odd coincidences. Amy and I tried to watch football while answering their bad knock knock jokes and fending off marriage proposals. (I was presented with a ring made out of a napkin. Classy.) These two were definitely the strangest football friends we’ve made all year. I soon realized we could get rid of them if we asked them to buy us a drink. I casually mentioned my beer was gone and I’d like another one. They got a bit nervous and the brother who proposed to me said to the other brother, “Just get her number and let’s get out of here.” Referring to Amy’s number. The other brother said to Amy, “Can I have your phone number?” To which Amy responded, “For what?” And they immediately left. 
Who’s to say who we might meet at a bowl game?