I have decided, very recently, that there is a downfall to living downtown: we have absolutely no space. As I said before we just got married and our family and friends were beyond generous with gifts. I alone had three wedding showers, a bachelorette party, and then wedding gifts as well. Yes, you're probably thinking over the top and it was not something I requested, but everyone was just beyond amazing and generous with their gifts and time.
I now have kitchen utensils, appliances, and pots and pans that a gourmet chef would be jealous of, but I have a tiny galley kitchen. Doug and I went through all our gifts and sadly made piles of stuff that we would be using in the next few months as our lease runs out, a pile of items that either arrived broken or were doubles so they need to be returned, and a very large pile that we want, but have absolutely no room. Doug's family lives in town so we are moving the majority of our wonderful gifts up to his parent's house to store for the time being. It makes me very sad and a little anxious to do so.
We have three months left on our lease and we are now trying to make some decisions of do we try to extend our lease six months even though our rent is a killer on our salaries and they will more than likely bump it up a lot since we are not doing a full lease. Do we start the process to purchase a home and lay down some roots or do we move out to a cheaper area and save some more money before we decide to buy. My head is spinning with pros and cons of each and I cannot decide which. Now that we're married, I feel as if we need to put down roots and create a home. I have the newlywed nesting buzz, but I more than likely need to pump the breaks on this and be reasonable, my least favorite thing to be.
I'm stalking both Craigs List and realtor websites trying to find a great place for us to move. I am running into the issue that if we want to rent, we actually need to wait awhile. For some reason, most places will not rent to you 90 days out. I'm a bit of a stress head by nature so it's driving me crazy not to be able to make a decision and start going with that plan. Next step is to gather our paperwork and see how much we can get pre-approved for, but at the same time trying to enjoy our newlywed status.
