Gulp...

It's done. We've exchanged and completed. We picked up the keys yesterday after work and went round to our new home. It was very strange - it looked different without the previous owners things in it and both of us found there were things that we had remembered differently about it. We've realised that we'll need to do a bit more painting than we originally thought but we're going to wait until we've move in and decided how we'd like it to look. It was a bit of an anti-climax, I think because we haven't yet moved out of the flat. It seemed so empty and impersonal with nothing in it. I can't wait get our things there and start making it a home.

I walked up there with Freyja this morning to let the carpet cleaner in and then strolled up to Blythe Hill park on the way home. I still feel a little bit sad about moving out of my flat, where I've been so happy for the last 8 years, but we've outgrown it now and need more space and a garden - we need a family home. And we've got a beautiful one now.