phone calls and such...

Today I got my carpet cleaning scheduled, appliance delivery for my washer/dryer changed to a few days earlier, AND got my utilities set-up to change to my name this Friday!  I can't believe how many "one-time fees" and "deposits" there are for all this crap!  Definitely expenses that I am glad I found out about now...

This week is going to be very exciting, stressful, chaotic, etc, etc, etc... but I can't wait!

DAY TWENTY-THREE: a picture of your favorite book...

the perks of being a wallflower...dark but amazing!

10 DAYS!

Quite a bit happened today, and I'm starting to feel the stress!  I called around to two cable companies and carpet cleaning companies today, and decided who I am going to use (Cox and Stanley Steemer in case anyone was really interested...).  I also spent about 45 minutes on the phone with my home warranty company trying to get the policy transferred and renewed; unfortunately almost every person that works there is an utter idiot, so it was pretty complicated process (plus, this is the third time I've called in a week!).  Either way, everything got squared away; now just have to find an alarm guy and get the utilities switched over...

I also turned in my massive amount of credit card points in for a $50 Home Depot gift card (for paint, etc.) and a $50 Kohl's gift card (for kitchen/bath stuff...or clothes haha).  $100 isn't much, but it will help!

I keep going back and forth with the bedroom furniture and new bed; this is something I want, but not something that I need to move in.  My mom keeps urging me to wait at least a month before forking over a grand for all this stuff, and she is probably right, but I WANT IT NOW!  Anyone who knows me well knows that I: 1) have an impulse purchasing problem 2) have zero patience to "wait" for things I want and 3) do not want to put anything off, especially with this house.  However, I need to be careful, because money does and will go quickly if I'm not careful...  I really need to make a priorities list, but it just seems so hard to figure out what is more important that something else...

DAY SEVENTEEN: a picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently...

my little piece of real estate...

I think we all saw this one coming, right?