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It’s been well over a year now since I moved out of home, I have spent almost a year in a student house with some of my friends! There are so many things you take for granted living at home so I thought I’d share a little bit of a post about what I have learnt. It is a bit of a different post to my usual ‘lets talk’ styled posts but as it is something we all go through I thought it might be interesting to share with you all. I would love to know in the comments what age you moved out of home!
Food is damn expensive:
Right up until I moved out I would often do the weekly shop with my mum (much to her dismay) and I would chuck stuff in the trolley left, right and centre and she would go mental about the prices of food. At the time I’d sort of shrug it off, but now I am the one paying for the shopping I am a lot more conscious of what I buy. Soz mum.
Heating and drying cost a bomb:
Who knew how expensive it is to have the heating on?! I mean am a REALLY hot person and sleep with a fan on pretty much 365 days a year. But on occasion I want the heating on and Luke always wants it on, and in our student house it was on a lot of the time and that bill was expensive. Using a dryer is also MEGA expensive, but I am not one for a washing line (lazy life, hey I am still a student) so I am forever popping the dryer on.
There was a reason my mum moaned about lights:
I used to get SO annoyed about the amount my mum moaned about electric bills and the lights being left on, and don’t even get me started on the amount of times she said “I didn’t know we were at Blackpool illuminations” but to be fair… she did have a point.
Cleaning your house:
I miss a dishwasher:
In my new house, the kitchen is SO small there is literally NO room for a dishwasher *sobs* so I have to wash everything by hand, I miss the days of oh lets just pop it in the dishwasher and then take it out to use, one day I will get you back Dishwasher!
