I bought my own place 3 years ago at the tender age of 29
I hope you love it as much as I did(and still do). I also needed to buy pretty much everything.

When you are walking around Homebase, try not to kill the verymuchinlove young couples who are also buying cutlery/placemats/kitchen bins/shower attachments. Just move to another aisle.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 15:06, 1 reply)

I think
my folks are more excited about the whole thing than me.

i'm sitting there getting mad and dizzy and stressed while everyone else is 'ooooh lets make him a quilt' or 'well Emmaus does sofas for £45, i checked in there today'
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 15:15, closed)

It's amazing how unhelpful people who are trying to be helpful can be.
Good luck, and dont be afraid to turn down all the crap people will try and offload on you (e.g. leaky fridges, single beds and moth eaten curtains).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 15:25, closed)

im vetting
everything in the door, just to avoid such crap!

although we do need a piece of crap for the boys night in Poker trophy, the last one was this monstruous wine decanter 'thing' that the winner HAD to take home and display prominently
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 15:47, closed)

Buy a cheap garden gnome and paint it gold.
Who wouldnt be chuffed to win a golden gnome?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 15:57, closed)

buy?
Buy? nah, it has to be given or won! why sepnd money on tat when it can go into the whisky / beer / takeaway fund!
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 3 Mar 2009, 16:10, closed)