This is my last real week of work--next week the movers come on Monday, I think I'll take a day of leave on Tuesday, and I'll be done at work aby around 10 o'clock Friday morning. Kind of unbelievable. And no, I haven't started packing yet.
Colby asked me this morning if I was going to spend the week packing or wait until the weekend and stress myself out--which option do you think seems more likely?
My parents' visit went well though, they did their part of the packing process, which consisted mainly of bringing me more furniture and squeezing it into my already jam-packed apartment. I think moving into the new house is going to be kind of like when you get a new storage unit. You think to yourself, "Oh, I have ever so much room here! I cannot believe how much empty space there is! It will never, ever be filled up, because I didn't need it before, why will I need it now?" And then, within the week, it's overflowing with junk you never even knew you had.
I'm afraid I have a lot of junk I never even knew I had.
This weekend, I also tested out my upcoming article on shopping for super-hot clothes at Target. I love having this new writing gig because it totally gives me an excuse to shop as "research". My favorite purchases were a gorgeous light teal trench coat and a hugely on sale ruffly black tuxedo shirt, which sounds kind of hideous, but I can assure you it is now at the top of my list of favorite shirts and will probably be worn every time I go out until it's knocked off the charts by a new acquisition.
But, to tide you over to that exciting article investigating whether Isaac Mizrahi for Target can pass for Isaac Mizrahi on the runway, here's a little tidbit about saving money when sending care packages to the troops overseas:
With so many soldiers deploying to serve their country recently, it’s likely that at some point in your future, you’ll know someone who is heading away from home for at least 4 months, and possibly into the combat zone for over a year. My fiancé has been deployed for a little over 3 months now, and one of my favorite things to do has been sending care packages. I try to send something each month, and between the packages, the emails and phone calls, the separation can be bearable. However, sending one care package after another grew to be fairly expensive, and I wasn't able to send them as often as I wanted to—until I discovered an amazing deal offered by the post office. And the best part is that anyone is eligible to participate simply by making one phone call.
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Ha, I was going to comment before, but I got distracted by the awesome article over on WiseBread. I did NOT know that stuff!
Posted by: Lynn | January 29, 2007 at 09:04 PM
I see a stressed out weekend coming up soon! Good luck with the packing. I'll send you happy thoughts come Saturday. Maybe it'll help. ;-)
Posted by: utenzi | January 29, 2007 at 10:21 PM
I sent the info on to my cousin--her husband is overseas--exact location unknown.
Good luck with the move, and yes, nice big new houses are very easy to fill up!
Posted by: sophie | January 29, 2007 at 11:27 PM
The Incubator and I started in a 12 X 60 (720 sq feet)mobile home and 4 years later we were managing to squeeze into only 3300 sq ft. Empty space in a house has the same risk as a huge new salary increase - if your life style is to buy 5% more stuff than you have room for or spend 5% more than you make, life doesn't get any better no matter how much you make or how big your house is.
Posted by: OldWarrior | January 30, 2007 at 09:08 PM
Shopping for research....what beautiful words.
It sounds like the moving process is going pretty good. That's really good. It's amazing, the amount of STUFF that you realize you have when you move.
Posted by: shopper | January 31, 2007 at 06:45 PM