Because I’ve been house hunting since March 2009, YES, 2 YEARS AGO, you cannot imagine how many episodes of Property Virgins/House Hunters/My First Place/anything on HGTV I must have watched during that time. (Well on average, maybe 2 or 3 episodes a day = a LOT). Watching happy people—mostly couples—get handed the keys to their first place never got old.
You also can’t imagine my elation when it was finally my turn to close! I had rented 3 places during that time span. I must have looked at over 50+ places. I had actually even been under contract for 3 different properties; running jokes galore with my lawyer indeed. I even got married somewhere in between (4 months ago to be exact). Yes that thwarted house hunting plans momentarily but shortly after, my husband and I were back full-throttle, devoting our weekends to open houses, realtor meetings, and endless online browsing. Only one place gave us the "ZOMG this place is awesome!!!" feeling. In true hustle bustle fashion, the day we closed on it was the same exact day we returned from our honeymoon.
But here I am now. Some girls dream about their wedding day, I always dreamed of stainless steel and lacquer finishes.
OK maybe not quite. But I'm a restless person and when it comes to decorating, I guess you could say I have lofty aspirations.
