#they apparently pull your credit and bank statements multiple times between application and closing on the house

[hotchocolateandpillowforts]

A little home buying update (that ended up requiring a read more apparently):

We are now 15 days out from closing on our house. We had the Blue Tape Inspection today which I didn't know was a thing before we got started on this process. It's where the buyer of a new build goes around and puts a piece of painter's tape on whatever needs to be addressed by the builder before closing. We had a few scuff marks on walls, paint that needs to be touched up, a doorknob that got dented somehow after instillation that needs to be replaced. Lots of fun and stress. We also measured out a few spaces for furniture reasons. After that we took a few boxes to my Mother-In-Law's for storage before we move. She lives way closer to our new house than I would really like but I also know she's not going to just randomly drive over to our house because she's not like that. THOUGH, remind me after we've closed on the house to tell you a funny story about the time she DID just randomly drop by the house.

I have the day off from work so after we got home I packed a couple of boxes, went to the gym, read for a couple of hours. I've been trying to take it a little easier today than I normally do on a day off lately. There's really not a TON I can pack right now with the lack of storage we have in this apartment for packed boxes. Plus I'm going to probably have a really stressful month at my job until I get transferred the day before Halloween (because my current boss is petty as shit and hates that I'm the 5th person in the past 6 months to get a transfer--yes, literally 5 of us in my department, and there have been more since my request to transfer).

Speaking of near Halloween! We also hired our movers. We're actually going to sell or take to the dump a lot of our living room furniture so the cost is lower than expected. We're only taking a loveseat with us from that set. We've had this furniture since I moved in with my husband about a decade ago so it seriously needs to be replaced. We just kept saying "Oh, we'll buy a new couch when we buy a house." "Oh, we'll replace the table with all the kitten claw marks in it when we get a house." So, I guess it's going to be the day soon enough.