Are we there yet?

We are still waiting for any type of action on our block. We received a letter from the solicitor saying that our land won't settle now until April, two whole months late. This makes a site start date of April an impossibility now. We do however have our contract appointment on Friday, they decided against us having a tender appointment, because they had fallen a little behind. So officially on Friday we will know how much it will cost for all our extras.

Whilst we aren't any closer to our new house, I have almost purchased all the new furniture. We are not taking anything with us (except for the spare beds) and are buying everything new. We are fortunate to have a double garage because it is filling up fast with all the stuff. I have also bought 40, 50 litre storage tubs from Bunnings (they were only $8.95 each) to store all the new towels, sheets and homewares. I am having a different colour scheme in the new house, so I have decided not to take any of my old knick knacks either and my sister (who is also building a new place) and I are going to have a garage sale to get rid of everything we don't want. The hardest thing is looking at all the nice new things and not being able to use them.