#move 2019

[frugalhoe]

Day Off - 5/13/20

Woke up and hung around at home for a few hours. I ate a bowl of cereal, got dressed and scheduled an appointment with my college advisor. I also scheduled a professional carpet cleaning in preparation for furnishing my living room. I went for a nice walk with my dog.

I browsed more furniture online before driving to work to pick up my new books!

After leaving, I drove to a furniture store where I spent a couple hours looking at couches, desks and dining tables. I ended up buying a nice sectional! It won't be delivered until next week. I'm picturing myself curled up on the couch with a good book by the fireplace 🥰

I got home, ate dinner and watched the rest of the movies I rented.

I returned those movies and picked up a cake for my birthday. I'll be working on my birthday so I cooked a bbq tenderloin before going to bed.

5/13/20

[frugalhoe]

Furniture 

I’ve selected most of the furniture for my new apartment!

This is the furniture for my living room, dining room & escorting room. I’ll choose furniture for my cam room at a later date. 

In the past, I designed my space/incall with furniture from consignment shops but this time I’m spending a little extra coin to make my space really represent ME fully. 

The last few years have been very difficult - I went from making tons of money escorting in another state to getting in a bad bicycle accident leaving my arm in a sling for months & unable to work…I eventually went through all of my savings and was evicted from my beautiful 2 bedroom condo/incall. I lost nearly everything I owned. My boyfriend at the time (a former client) dumped me and I developed a life threatening staph infection on my back. For 6 months & through the dead of winter, I slept in my storage unit, on the streets and at a homeless shelter. I was alone with no friends or family to turn to. I managed to keep my pets at a boarding place for free. 

Eventually, I moved into my current place - a overpriced rented room in a house with horrible roommates. Long story short, my roommate/landlord allowed his brother in law to move in for free straight from prison. He’s a convicted sex offender. I’m a rape survivor. Because of this, I’ve spent the last 2-3 years stuck in my room (I stopped using any of the shared spaces when he moved in) and it has wrecked havoc on my already poor health.

The cost of living is very high in my area and I’m very lucky to have gotten my new apartment.

Point is, I’m very excited to finally feel safe & truly “at home” at my future apartment. 

I plan on having this batch of furniture delivered on move in day (or perhaps the day after). 

I should have JUST enough money to pay for this & an extra month of rent on top of that before I move in. 

If anyone is feeling generous, they can donate towards my furniture via my venmo.

I would be forever grateful!!

Venmo: @Pinkwatermelon133  

8/10/19

[frugalhoe]

Please send me positive thoughts! I just applied for a beautiful 2 bedroom apartment!

So nervous! 

7/17/19

[frugalhoe]

Moving Update - 9/17/19

Moved into my new apartment. Everything went smoothly and the pets absolutely LOVE the new place!!

I'm beyond exhausted but I have the rest of the day to clean up, get some food and unpack a little.

Finished packing mid-day yesterday and went into work to see a good friend/coworker who's transferring back to the East Coast. I hope I'll see him again soon!

Came home and slept on the floor. Woke up at 7AM and started bringing down everything at 8AM. I brought down 80% of the stuff I could carry when the movers showed up an hour later. I paid $250 to hire 2 professional movers and a truck for 2 hours. Any time over would mean additional $$$$ so I tried to be really efficient.

I was 100% packed up and ready to go before they arrived.

I saved additional time by bringing down a lot of my things myself before they showed up. In hindsight, I should have started bringing stuff down at 7/7:30AM instead of 8AM to save even more time/$$$.

I asked early on if I could ride in the truck with them to my new place. They couldn't so I left quickly to take the bus ($10.50 day pass) instead of scrambling to get a $30 uber in traffic. I arrived at my new place just a few minutes before the movers 😎 Had I waited till the truck was loaded to ask, the movers would have had to wait an hour for me to show up.

I hit the 2 hour mark when we arrived at my new place so I decided to have the movers bring up only the things I physically couldn't carry myself or things on the heavier side.

The movers unloaded the truck and brought about half of my things up to the apartment. They only charged me for an extra 30 mins ($62) and left.

I spent an hour - 90 mins carrying the rest of my belongings upstairs to my new apartment.

Didnt really savor the moment. Unboxed my pets food and water bowls & the litter box. Chugged a glass of tap water and took off for the bus stop to go back to my old city.

Went to my old place...roommate was gone which was GREAT. Dropped my old keys on the bathroom counter. Put my cat in her carrier, leashed & muzzled my dog, picked up my bag with my pet mouse & tarantula in their travel cages. Called an Uber. We arrived at the new apartment.

The pets are so happy with the new place! They seemed to understand that this is where we'll be living from now on.

After they got settled, I decided to call and cancel my furniture order. I'll buy new furniture after I get a second vanilla job.

9/17/19

[frugalhoe]

Day Off - 9/6/19

I made a ton of progress packing today!!

I ended up dragging my bookcase and all my packed up boxes into one of the spare bedrooms to free up my bedroom a bit more. Hopefully my roommate won't complain.

I stopped when I ran out of packing tape. Will brave the rain and buy a couple more rolls of tape later. I'll also need to get a dozen more boxes from work ($0).

While packing, I came across some cute shorts from when I first started stripping and they fit me well! Also I was wearing them the day fwb first asked for my number years ago.

I gained a bunch of weight due to stress and not having a cooking space in my current place and I'm happy the say I've steadily been leaning out and have lost about 30 lbs since January of this year.

Speaking of fwb...he seems happy about my upcoming move. Now we'll be living 15 mins apart instead of 45 mins. I plan to have him over after I get settled. I hope that now we'll spend more time together. I'm considering the possibility of things progressing further with him romantically but have a lot of reservations.

I treated myself to a new sex work book - Anything but a Wasted Life by Sita Kaylin. I'm about half way through Prostitute Laundry by Charlotte Shane and I'm absolutely loving it.

With my move, I'll finally be able to get a library card for the Denver Public Library. I'll be cancelling my Hulu & Audible for awhile and focusing more on reading in my limited free time.

9/6/19

[frugalhoe]

Moving Update

I decided to pass on the 2 bed/ 2 bath because it wasn’t fully renovated and just stick with the place I originally was approved for.

It’s a 2 bed / 1 bath BUT it’s fully renovated with a black finish & stainless steel kitchen. It’s got a working wood fireplace (HELLO lower electric bills!) and vaulted ceilings. 

I’m plugging away at my related moving expenses.

I’ve already paid all of my deposits, prorated rent ($1500) and found reliable transportation by purchasing a way better bike ($761). I’ve set aside enough money for September rent with the goal of always having my rent paid 1 or 2 months in advance. 

I took care of a big task this morning....I finally hired a moving company. I don’t have much stuff and I had a really bad experience working with a different moving company when I moved from PA to CO years ago. Unfortunately I can’t haul what little furniture I have out of my house alone and I don’t want to burden anyone by asking friends etc for help. I also can’t drive a rented Uhaul truck. 

Hiring a moving company is the right option..even if it costs a bit more. After some research, I decided to hire a moving company that charged by time. This works better for me as I don’t have much stuff to move. 

I paid $250 and confirmed my booking with them. I just need to make sure that I have everything ready to go come on moving day. If I don’t have my shit together, I could end up paying more $$$ because the move could take longer.

I still have a few things to take care of - 

Take my cat to the vet; Purchase renter’s insurance; Hire professional carpet cleaners; Set up my electric & internet service

8/2/2019 

[frugalhoe]

Picked up a few kitchenware things

I ended up putting back the 12 piece dinnerware set ($10) but bought a $7 eight quart soup pot, 2 glass cups $0.96 ea) and a $4 set with a ladel, large spoon, spaghetti spoon thing (?) & spatula.

9/8/19

[frugalhoe]

Moving Update

Finally received my OFFICIAL approval letter today! Some info wasn’t included so they are currently re-writing it but regardless, it still gave me some important info.

I have my full address....so now I can get quotes for renters insurance (required) and from moving companies!

I went online and paid $400 to pay for the admin fee & security deposit. I still cannot believe my credit score was high enough (620+) to only have to pay the minimum security deposit! 

Next, I’ll pay my pet deposits & pro-rated rent as well as any other related fees (i.e. renters insurance, vet bill, moving costs, buy a new bike etc). I also need to set up my utilities at the new place. 

Ideally, I’d like to pay rent 1 month in advance before I move in.

I plan to gradually buy furniture over time.

#1 is to get ahead on rent as much as possible. 

#2 buy furniture 

#3 invest back into my businesses to generate more income. Beginning goal is low - $3,000 a month. I’ll be focusing on escorting & camming/amateur porn before I can buy a car. After that, I’ll come out of hiatus and resume stripping too. Escorting is my preferred form of sex work but I like having more than one egg in my basket. 

7/30/19