Again to pass the time...

I am going to knitting in a bit. I need to call Dan at 10 to remind him he has to go to work for 11 and then I am going to grab a lift from him to save catching the bus. But I got up so early this morning. I went to bed just after 12 and was up for 7:30. I have tidied my room as it was a complete state and its strange because tidying my room usually just implies putting a few bit of clothes away and arranging my knitting projects and yarn. All done now.

I cannot stay here though. I want to move to somewhere on my own. Unfortunately, and I don't know how bad it is in other countries, it is extortionate to live alone here. A one bedroom flat - meaning not a bed/sit or studio but a place where there is a bedroom, a bathroom and a living area with kitchen will cost me around £400 a month. Then there is council tax, gas, electric, water, internet, tv licence, food, life etc and its going to cost me around £700 a month which I cannot afford, but I really don't want to live with anyone else right now.

I did join the gym last night for £33 a month but in return I am going to cancel my contact lens contract, saving £15 a month so its not too bad. I don't wear them anyway and the gym is a much healthier spend. I only did 25 minutes yesterday but 25 minutes 3 or 4 times a week is better than sitting on my arse at home watching TV and I don't even like TV.

Also, despite wanting to save money, I really want to go on holiday. The passport has cost me £90 and I have it now so I might as well use it, so if anyone has any ideas for places to go on my own, or people to visit, let me know.

Also, I am still procrastinating about this damn assignment. Stupid thing is it will be easy when I get started, I just have an aversion to writing essays.

Random

I bought cutlery today because for some reason we don't seem to have many teaspoons or knives. Maybe we would if we washed up more often but thats not going to happen. Anyway this stainless steel cutlery says it is not suitable for dishwashers - because stainless steel can stain. What?

We looked at 3 houses this morning. One was a definite no, but we were pleasantly surprised by the other 2. We went to see another 4 or 5 estate agents in the afternoon and they went from bad to worse. Are they so used to how it was 2 years ago where there was no selling involved - people were desperate to snap up any house they could. It was quite rubbish really. But we have a ton of papers to look through and will probably book a few more viewings this week :)

A bit O knitting

After a somewhat crazy week of panic, where the prospect of moving house and starting a new job scared the crap out of both me and Dan, I am now settled into the idea and I can't wait. Neither can Dan :)

He is coming to stay Saturday night and he will be taking as much stuff as possible back with him on Sunday. Then in 2 weeks my mum is coming to stay and we are going to take yet more stuff, and then the final weekend we will take the rest, although we may need to borrow his dads supersized Volvo :)

Anyhoo, as any yarnie would, the first thing I sorted was my WIP's. The yarn is going this weekend so I wanted to make sure I have everything I needed to finish what I had started (in the last 3 years *cough*)

I also had a look through my yarn and started 2 new projects - some washcloths for Dan's mum for Christmas which I edged in lavender cotton and plan to give her with some lavender smelly things.

And I made myself some Fetchings since they are the easiest project in the world, and Dan's office is really cold.

Tonight I am going to sort the last of the yarn before sitting down with my Laminaria. I spoke to a physio today who advised lightweight projects and she is going to send me some exercises to strengthen my wrists.

Ooh and I ordered Cashmere for Christmas presents for my mum, my sister, and um... me :) Pics when it arrives :)