The Chinaman Is Not The Issue

Single White Female

Finding a roommate is scary business!! After the crazy freak phone calls debaucle, I've been having my dad screen the calls. Finally, FINALLY, we got a girl.
I met with her last night over dinner. First, she gave me directions to the restaurant, but was about half a mile off and I had to call the restaurant for proper directions. Then I saw her. She's a blond twiggy thing with straw for hair and black eyeliner caked around her eyes. We sat down to eat and I mentioned I just graduated from UCSB. Then she asked me where I went to school and I said "UCSB". She got up to get napkins, sat down and asked me where I went to school and I said "uhh....UCSB."
(She, by the way, graduated from the University of Texas...ahhh, my favorite state. Home of the bestest President ever!)
Apparently she had a fiance but they broke up a year and a half ago...but she's still carrying a lot of baggage on that one as she couldn't stop talking about him. And she was living with a new boyfriend but they just broke up, so she's anxious to "get out of that hellhole ASAP". Okaaayyyy....
But she really wants a relationship! (dude...maybe a break from the relationship thing might be a good idea) Come to think of it, she kept on trying to set me up with the waiter, at least, until I told her I had a boyfriend.
Then she asked me what my sign is (Gemini) and she told me she's a Cancer and that she's not allowed to drive under the full moon. (Where do these people come from?!)
So I took her to my townhouse and showed her around, and she immediately went into raptures about how cute the place is and what "improvements" she can make (uhhh...excuse me?). Apparently she has a lot of cute things from Pottery Barn (a place I never shop at, though could possibly come around to) she'd like to use to "enhance our living space".
Oh yeah, and she's not a heavy drinker...absolutely no more than 2 drinks a night.
In spite of it all, she does seem really nice and she owns her own tanning salon & day spa in Corona del Mar (ritzy, ritzy area) so she's probably financially very stable. So even if there are a few cracked eggs in the basket, it could work out.
I'm planning on meeting with her today and clarifying a few things (e.g. while I want her to be comfortable in "our" home, it is first, and foremost, my home and any "improvements" need to be discussed first). Besides, $700 a month is a lot of money to hold out on just for being picky, especially since I need to save up for grad school and travelling.