Sunday, July 27, 2014

Moving Into New House! Update #1

If you're following me on Instagram you might of seen that I am moving into my own place with my boyfriend, when I say own place I mean it will just be me and my boyfriend living there. Unfortunately not owning the place. We have quite a few months to prepare for this move, meaning buying everything and saving to buy the more expensive things and planning. 

When you start buying things you start to realize how much you need, especially for that goddamn kitchen. I bought my self a little journal and the first thing I did was a make a list of everything we already have and I add to that every time I get something so I'm not doubling up and I know what else I need.
Speaking of things I need I also write everything I need down, now this list just seems to keep growing, especially if you're moving into a new house with nothing and you're starting from scratch!

The way I am managing to get everything is saving as much as I can, meaning the money I have left over at the end of the week I'll put away. I have stopped spending my money on my beloved makeup for awhile! I also might pick up something from the homeware section of the supermarket when I go there for some grocery shopping.

The first things I am focusing on is getting stuff for the kitchen, you honestly don't know how much you need for the kitchen until you start buying. So I'll show you some pictures of what I've gotten so far
 
The picture on the left is a bake ware set I got from Target on sale for only $8!
The picture on the right is a 8 piece container set from Big W also $8 because you need those containers.



I then also got this mixing bowl from Woolworths for only $7 which I will be picking up more of  and I love the grip bottom!




Also from Woolworths I got these matching measuring cups and spoons for all the baking I do! I thought they were really cute! 



I got lots of kitchen utensils, and I still need to get so much more! 




Chopping boards are super important unless you want to chop up your counter! Coles has cute mini ones for $2



Also $2 from Coles are plastic cups for if kids come around or even for your boyfriend who breaks things all the time! 







These next things are stuff I purchased a while back




Dinner set is very important if you want something to eat off, I think I will be getting one more of these!


This is completely optional to go all out on a knife block but I really wanted a nice one and it was around $200 but you can defiantly buy a cheaper, good value one.





Getting a good cutlery set it important to so you have things to eat with! I will also be getting another one of these!



And of course some glasses! I have these ones and ones about half the size, I am going to be picking up a few more of the same ones!



I also got some cute mugs from Kmart a while back now and I got 4 of these, I'm thinking of getting a few more of a different color maybe!








Now these are things that are probably the most 'exciting' that I have gotten so far, I do have 2 big boxes full of things so if you want to see more things let me know.
If you want to see a list of Kitchen essentials for moving out I'd be happy to put that in my next post!

I will be going to Ikea in a few months time to do a massive shop and buy a new bed so I will make sure I do a big Homeware Haul when that happens. I will be posting either weekly or fortnightly depending on how much has 'changed'
Also I am saving so I am going to tell you my total and if I did a bad thing and spent any of my house money!
Savings Total: $300 

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