Area Cat Downsizes to 1-Bedroom Apartment

Tired of mowing lawns and fixing leaky pipes, a cat named Kitty has sold her house in the suburbs in favor of a quaint one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Lower-East Side.

“Does she pay more in rent than she did for her entire mortgage and tax assessment for a space about 1/16th the size? Sure,” says Marcia Coolidge, Kitty’s real estate agent. “But it’s a lifestyle thing. When you get to a certain age, you don’t want to deal with all the upkeep of home ownership. For cats, that age is three.”

So far, Kitty gets along well with her neighbors and has been spotted dining at a number of trendy local restaurants. But not everyone agrees with her recent shift in priorities.

“She sold the house at a loss in a tough market, she’s paying way too much rent just to live in a hot zip code, and her dining receipts are piling up,” says Gary Bueller, Kitty’s personal financial adviser  “It’s simply too expensive to live in Manhattan on a single cat’s salary. Especially when that cat is an assistant manager at Target.”

Via Todd Olmstead, originally published on HelloGiggles.

PHOTO OP: Snuggle Time Is in Full Effect

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Cat Accrues 3 Years Bad Luck for Opening Umbrella Indoors

Angus, a cat from Tybee Island, GA, was hit with just over three years bad luck after opening an umbrella indoors this morning. The cat claims it was an accident, but the Office of Luck and Circumstance has refused to hear his appeal.

According to reports, Angus is scrambling to counteract the bad luck before it goes into effect next month.

“He’s already bought a lot of 100 horseshoes on eBay,” said Deepak Kapoor, “and he’s been out in the backyard for the past hour looking for a four-leaf clover.”

Via Raquel Cristina.