Pink Fox: its Raining...IN MY HOUSE! :/

[dragonlaurel]

You might check a thrift store where you're at since brands vary so much in the way they are sized. You need some comfortable clothes that fit now.
It doesn't make sense to pay full price for clothes that will be too big soon. We might have to call you the incredible shrinking woman.

 

[Wifezilla]

Oh yeah, thrift stores are a life saver when you are losing weight. Saved me a fortune when I lost a big chunk of pounds.

 

[pinkfox]

oh i aboslutly agree, i refuse to pay full price for anything under normal circumstances, but right now, goodwill has been my frined, i hit up both the ones in my area at least once a week, but jeans are still $13-$20 a pair...

thats where i picked up my 2 nice dresses though, both for under $5 each
the pricing around here is weird...

you can pit up coats for $15, dresses for $5-$10 a peice, ive even seen full wool suits for pennies on the dollar...but want jeans or swimwear and youll pay almost retail for it...
my sister works at one fo the goodwill and she doesnt know why they get priced to high, but she is more than happy to tell me ahead of time if theres any bargains, what color the tag is and lets me abuse her employee discount on her days off (she has to come in with me...)

i dont go out much right now so i certinaly have enough clothes to see me through...but once i have my own place, closet space and am only doing laundry for 1 (therfore will only be doing it tops once a week lol) i definatly need a few more outfit changes LOL...right now i can get away with 2 pairs fo jeans as if i need ot toss them in the wash, mums always got somethign ready to go in and i throw em in with whatever...
but when its just me lol.

lol on shrinking woman...
its a little crazy..
when i had the surgery they told me..expect to loose somewhere between 60-70% of your excess weight in the first year...
so i whent into this at 318lbs expecting to get down about 100lbs in my first year...
133lbs later im still going at a nice pace, im healthy, not being silly about it, im certinaly not overly pushing myself or doing it stupidly...but i keep chugging along which is awesome.
im about 82% of my excess weight gone so far...another 30 or so lbs to go...im extatic...
but today i put on my only remaining pair of "scruffy pants" (sweats that are covered in paint and glue and messy stuff that i use for decorating and getting real dirty) to go and pull some weds in the veggie patch...and had to literally TiE them on...
gonna have ot look for a super chepa pair of new scruffy pants lol

 

[dragonlaurel]

Most of the thrift shops here charge 3-4 bucks for jeans. But they are too high on furniture.
I need some more scruffys too. I had a pair fall apart the other day. At least I was indoors when it happened. Could have been embarAssing.

 

[valmom]

What a cute house! Keeping my fingers crossed for the inspection.

 

[justusnak]

Oh I just love that house! Very cute, and lots of potential!! I can't wait to see it all fixed up and made into a home!

 

[pinkfox]

lol, i had someone yesterday evening tell me i shoudl RUN away from the deal and not buy the house smply because the the "kitchen colors are realy ugly...theres nothing you can do ti fix it"

LMAO...

wonder if theyve ever heard of sand paper and paint...its magical stuff.
though i am wondering if theres any paint color that will go with that combinaton for the walls...
was thinking a very light yellow toned green...

but worse comes to worse...ill just paint the cabinates white LOL...

 

[pinkfox]

well the inspection came in today....

everything looks great!

some ointers came about
the water heater is old and has some corrosion on the top, inspector thinks ill get another year or 2 out of it but it will need replacing relitivly soon...
(mabe i can go tankless afterall LOL)

the back porch light fixture is missing. wires are there and were live when tested, its just the light fixture is missing...no worries there, cheap fix i can do myself.

theres a SMALL crack in the back corner of the foundation, inspector is 99% certain its just settlement and not a "new" crack, suggests patching it and keeping an eye on it but otherwise no worry there...
aparently the house is sat mostly on slab with the back 8 ft sat on a tiny crawlspace/concrete block foundation...its one of the corners of the concrete block foundation that has the little crack.
theres no cracks in the slab.

oh and the back door sticks a little on the carpet they installed in the kitchen...im REALY hoping theres wood under that carpet, if not itll be some kind of nice tile or linolium i think pretty much asap..carpet in the kitchen is not realy going to make me a happy camper lol

plumbing shows no leaks, its public water supply and all plumbing and drainage worked fine...
didnt inspect the septic, but everything drained good and fast, no puddling in the yard, and no odd odors...so he doesnt think it realy needs a seperate inspection...but ill probbaly get it checked out once i move in just to get a run down on proper care ect...
natural gas, always nice...
all hookups for washer and dryer in the utility room are good (new) and the water heater is i the master bedroom closet meaning ill have alot more room to put a chest freezer and shelving in there too and turn it into a laundry/pantry toom *yay*
and electric checked out fine.

no signs of mold water damage ect...

so were good to go.
no reason to back out on inspection.

so now ive got to find out what i need to provide to my mortgage company, get that where it needs to be and hopefully my pre-approval will turn into a resounding YES.
sooooooo excited. shoudl be closing within 3 weeks assuming all goes well!

 

[abifae]

good luck!!

 

[dragonlaurel]

Sounds good! Hoping things go smoothly for you.