On Friday, we went to Ikea because they had a midnight madness sale between 8pm and midnight. We were looking for deals on furniture because the week before last, we had picked out and rented a condo for July 1st occupancy. Yep, that’s right, I’m (finally) moving out (again).
We actually found a place pretty quickly, although if I were to do it again, I would have started the process a little earlier. We had a neighborhood picked out and Pauline started looking at ads in early June. We picked a few promising ones, and went out early Saturday morning to view them. We ended up seeing 7 places and made were ready to make an offer on a couple of them. It’s difficult to negotiate price when the market pretty much agrees on a set price (although the savings is significant – we got $25 off which is $300 one or two gadgets a year), plus the turnaround time was frustrating. I didn’t want to have to go back and forth and have to deal with it across a week-or-two span. Luckily for us, we were able to secure the deal on our first offer.
Now, it’s a matter of moving and getting furniture. Ikea is surely a great source for affordable furniture; but I’m kind of tired of living like a student/bum, and a lot of Ikea furniture makes me feel like I’m living like a bum.
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