Friday 19th August - House day!

Omg, i woke up and had breakfast only Gaz pointed out that the milk was gone off. I smelt it and it was like smelly feet... cant believe i ate my cereal with that on and didnt notice - gross!

We drove to woolworths and did a shop for the day picking up FRESH milk and some stuff for Gaz to make a spag bol in the evening. Today 'The Naughty Jar' aka a tub that i found in the cupboard has made an appearance. If Gaz or I eat anything bad (such as chocolate, cake, ice cream, crisps etc) we must put 10AUD into the naughty jar as a fine. The aim is to not have any money i there at all! This is all in the attempt to loose some weight...which at the moment we have both lost a little bit of weight according to the scales int he bathroom!

On the way back from woolworths, gaz thought it would be interesting to see how far the house we had a viewing for on tuesday was from my work. We walked into the gated complex (which was open). He asked what i thought of the place. Must admit, i wasnt entirely fussed on it. It was on a busy road which was noisy and it wasnt all that to look at. We hoped it would be better inside! We even accidentally drove passed the property place that was meant to be showing us around on tuesday. We decided to go in and ask if they could show us around the place any sooner but they werent going to budge. We got back in the car and Gaz turned to me and said 'shall we take a gamble and just go for it?' I replied, "well i know what your dad would say so no, if we are meant to have that house, it will still be there for us on tuesday. If its gone, something else will come up." Gaz agreed. Less than 20 seconds down the road we spotted another estate agents that we hadnt seen yesturday. We went in and picked up the rentals list but just as we were leaving, the gentleman in charge asked what we were after. We explained something fully furnished (which we appreciate by now these are few and far between) with air conditioning in the Pialba area so that im close to work. He said he had one property and we said we would call him if we were interested int aking a look. Gaz was marching off down the street when i had read over the bunff about the townhouse this gentleman was talking about. It was one of those compulsive feelings but i explained to gaz this house would be worth checking out. He didnt seem to fussed but i urged him back into the estate agents. Without hesitation, the gentleman was up and finding his car keys. Withing 2 minutes we were in his car and at the property.

I believe that when you have found the right place (a bit like finding the right car) you can feel it. This place certainly had the 'wow' factor that i felt last year when picking my flat in Swansea. It is a townhouse that is a stone throw away from the white sandy beach. The place has 3 double sized bedrooms, a balcony off one of the guest bedrooms. the master bedroom is HUGE and has an on-suite. The main bathroom has a shower and a bath and there are 2 toilets upstairs, one toilet downstairs. There's even a nice garden (which gets mowed every 2 weeks) for gaz to sit outside in and burn. We knew as soon as we walked in there that this was the place. The only thing stopping us was not knowing what the internet connection would be like. We explaiend if we are interested, we would ring back asap. Fortunately, gaz rung telstra and 1. the internet is very fast (10-20MB) as we are close to the exchange and 2. Although the flat isnt set up with internet yet, it will be done on wednesday for us. Result!!!

After sorting the house, we headed to the apartment for some lunch and then had a nosey around town. We drove up to point vernon where there are great big houses (some modern, some old) that overlook the water. The climate was getting cool so our romantic stroll on the beach turned into me taking a photo then wanting to go back to the car lol.