Tips for Moving Out.

Hello you little beans,

As you know I have recently moved out, 4 weeks today to be exact! It's a massive thing, like I've left my mum and dad and abandoned my dogs. It's not quite that dramatic I just fuckin' miss my dogs. Anyway, it's huge and there's some things you should prepare for before you make the big step so I thought I'd stick my little nose in and help a bit! Here's some tips, enjoy! 

Discuss (relevant if you're moving out with another person):

Make sure you're on the same page and it is what you both want. Moving out is HUGE, you're about to share your entire life with someone else make sure it's what you want and what they want. Make sure you're willing to share your items, your mentality and your annoying habits with another human lollllzzzzzz.

Look at your money and future bills:

Prep in this area is key, work out what you earn monthly and the bills that need to go out (council tax, gas, electric, water, to license, television and Internet, food, petrol, mobile phones, etc, etc) ((FYI, it's a fuck tonne)) - make sure you have money to spare? Luckily we worked out that we can live comfortably and enjoy our money so sorting this out is so important to know what the future can hold for you.

To get a joint account or to not get a joint account:

For me and my boyfriend it was so much easier to go this way. We did this months ago before we were even in the house because it was simply easier to save. If you trust the other person and are happy to share even this part of your life then go for it. This takes me on to the next point....

SAVE:

Save everything you can, it's better to have more than not enough. We started saving in around November last year and we may have used some of that money for leisurely things like holidays but we also had enough when we had planned to move out (August) and everything went to plan! Just every month put a bit away and it all adds up and is actually such a great feeling to know you've got all of this money together yourself.

Buy in advance:

All the little bits and pieces you need for you house actually turns into a lot of bloody stuff. You forget about a sieve but who knew a sieve was actually really necessary?! Get together lots of bits, look in sales and whenever you go to a shop just pick something up! It all adds up and you'll move into your new home as prepared as you can be! Although you'll find that you're missing something as soon as you need it. I recommend supermarkets for home stuff more than anywhere else! 

Do not rush:

There's no need to rush, make sure you're ready to fly the nest, to leave your mothers womb and cut the umbilical cord. It's huge, it's emotional and sometimes lonely. It is what you make it and if you're ready it'll be one of the best times of your life.

File stuff:

Buy a big file from Staples or any other stationary store and put all of your bills/important documents in there. You're going to get a lot! So whenever you need to they are easily accessible and you won't get in a mare on the phone to the gas man. 

To rent or not to rent:

Are you in a stable position financially? Do you see yourself in that house for the next 10 years? No? Then rent. Where's the harm in starting off small and building up as you get older and wiser. I'm so happy we've decided to rent, no way on this earth would I get a mortgage wrapped around my neck at this age. I want to see houses and move and see new places, I'll get a mortgage when I'm fully financially stable and have a family! Although this is personal preference completely but it's a fucking huge decision that only you can make. 

Don't nag each other:

Did he not wash up properly? Did he not clean the toilet? Don't bite his head off. (This is a personal message to me) it'll all fall into place! You've brought your habits from one home to another, it'll take time to get used to one another's company constantly. We've been here 4 weeks and I'm learning new things about my lad every day, and sometimes I want to rip my head off but I love his ways. 

And that's that for todays post, have you seen my new layout?! Holy moly, I feel all grown up now lads. 

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Homeware Haul Part 1!

Hello everyone, I'm on a roll! So this shall be my first of a few homeware hauls, we haven't got everything in the house yet  - I'm currently sitting on a pile of blankets and cushions while we wait for the sofas. Sleeping on a mattress on the floor while watching the telling which is also on the floor, I think it's kinda cute though. In years to come me and Ry can be like "so we spent weeks on the floor... WEEKS." 

I'm not too good at this whole living away from home thing just yet, I know I lived in London for a year but I spent most of that eating doritos hungover in a mess in a duvet burrito. Tonight I tried to boil an egg...3 times. THREE TIMES, T H R E E. Not once, not twice but three times. That's a waste of three whole eggs, don't tell Ryan he'll get the waste police on me.

ANYWAY, we picked up some really sweet little bits to make this house a home! There's still so much more to add, but here are a few of my favourite little bits that we picked up. 

Firstly let's go to the kitchen, we went for copper! We could have gone OTT with the copper but of course we were not sure what the kitchen would look like (we've been collecting things since the start of the year maybe?) - however we bought some very sweet pieces. 

We got the Tea, Coffee and Sugar pots from Next (£16.00), well my parents bought these as well as the kettle which was from Sainsburys. We then purchased the Toaster from BHS (RIP, forever in my homeware loving heart) - this was I think £23 instead of £40?! Throughout the whole search we made so many savings it was nUTS. The knife set for example which I think is like Ryans child was £36 instead of £120, I'm sweating. 

We then got these sweet little mugs with a voucher I got for my birthday from my friend Ben, because aren't they just cute. I love these little Alphabet pieces. These were £4.00 each from Next! 

Onto the living room, very incomplete as I previously said with the lack of sofas! But once everything is in I'm going to do another post - especially when I get the desk in the spare room aGH. Anyway, back onto the living room we got these beautiful effing cushions oh my GOD. They are the most beautiful things I've ever set eyes on. These are from Marks & Spencers, they were pretty steep at £15.00 each and are like the size of a pea but still wow. Cutest little things again on the whole alphabet theme so people know whose house they're in, right? 

oH MY GOD I LOVE THEM

Now the bathroom, upstairs we got some lovely lilac bath mats which are just beauts but I haven't taken a photo of them. The picture below is the beautiful toothbrush holder with a sweet little heart pattern from Sainsburys! We got a matching soap dish and toilet brush holder  - they're just so sweet. The only annoying thing is not being able to have the tiles and flooring that we would like as we rent, but we've made it all work. Here's just a little peak at the toothbrush holder! 

Moving on to the random little bits around the house, one day I purchased this cute little chalkboard from Tiger. I'm pretty sure it was about £7.00 but I honestly cannot remember it was months ago, it's so sweet though we keep writing each other little messages when the other is at work or messages for when the other gets home from work. It's quite hard to work such different times from each other, but little messages are very cute to come home to. 

These little vases from Next, no longer available though bOOOOO. But they actually inspired the colours I wanted in the accessories for the living room, I think I'll be keeping these in the living room and not in our bedroom. They were £5.00 down from £14.00 in the sale, honestly we should have our own bargain hunting TV show. 

Finally, I'm going to show you our bed cover! I'm really unsure what colours we should have in the bedroom. Until we get furniture I don't think I will be super sure but anyway we picked these super sweet bed covers up from Tesco! I'm pretty sure they were also in the sale, they look like little watercolours and you know I love me some watercolour. Ryan looks pretty wrapped up in it. 

So that is the lot for now, like I said I will do another once we get more stuff in the house and it all starts coming together. Oh, it wouldn't be right to leave this post without showing you a bit of Ryans nerd cave... 

This is in the spare room and on the other side of the room I'm going to have a desk and it's just going to be mega sweet.

I hope you've enjoyed this post, share with me your love for all things homeware in the comments! 

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