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My daughter and her boyfriend signed for a house this morning...

My daughter has a house....

My daughter ...has...a house...

How the hell does that even happen so fast? I swear she was playing Wendy House and finger-painting my walls only yesterday.
I suddenly feel absolutely ancient and very inadequate, since I have no means to get any furniture into said house for her.
The really good news is that it's not in this town, but in a much newer area about fifteen miles away, near the next main town - and on the bus route.

Excuse me while I go take a fit of the vapors...

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[fufaraw]

Well, an air mattress and a few milk crates should do to start. Do you have thrift shops and yard sales there? That's the way a lot of new nesters start out. Heck, I still shop those places occasionally, looking for something different (on the cheap). But I know well that "Eep!" feeling when they move out.

Best of luck to them--and to you.

[anniespinkhouse.livejournal.com]

She'll be disappearing with my old IKEA futon for a bed at first - and yes, charity shops are fantastic, we already have some curtains that way. A few days in and she has a fridge freezer, microwave, kettle, toaster, lamp shades ... and a cereal dispenser (!) from friends and family.
We've also 'done' freecycle for a while now, so she has some cupboardy and tasbley things, and she's hoping to get a sofa tomorrow, if it hasn't already gone. (Freecycle - the stuff is offered totally free to anyone who will take away promtly and politely.) Gumtree is our Craigslist option, which she has covered too. I'm exhausted just plotting!