First Home Purchases

Well we made the first purchases for our new home tonight!!  Furniture purchases to be exact.  Next to our school is a used furniture/appliance store.  After work we were able to find a couch, a dresser, and a TV stand.  This place also agreed to move our bed and anything else we have packed up in suitcases and boxes, as well as deliver the new furniture for free on Saturday.  We also went to the local mart and bought some smaller items for the kitchen, including matching plate and bowl sets.  We are trying to find a nice balance between cost effective since we know our time here is short term, but also being really comfortable for the next sixteen months.  Since most of our savings went to the housing deposit that we can't touch until our lease is up we kind of feel like we are back where we started.  Fortunately we know that is very short term! Tomorrow night we plan to go to Costco and see if we are lucky enough to find that they have any good furniture at the moment.  We are still wanting to get a coffee table and kitchen table as soon as we can find them. 

Eric has begun the packing process tonight of packing up the TV and video game systems.  Our internet decided to stop working yesterday which also means the cable so we don't have much use for the TV the rest of the week.  (Our new place has cable and internet included in the maintenance bill every month!)  We may be living in the smallest studio apartment you've ever seen but somehow we have acquired a whole lot of stuff that needs to be packed and moved! 

Meanwhile our Korean coworkers have informed us that we need to have a housewarming party on Sunday, the day after we move.  Apparently it is an important custom in Korea to have a housewarming type party right after you move.  I only hope everything is moved and somewhat unpacked by then!  At least this time we will have a bedroom door to close so no one can see our mess!

We are so excited that Saturday will be here soon! :)