We went to Myer in Chatswood on Monday to create our gift registry. I was pretty disappointed with their range and we managed to get only 16 things on our list before we gave up.

Unlike many couples, we’re not in the usual situation of already having furnished our home and not needing anything. Neither of us are motivated to go out and shop for that sort of thing, so we’re mostly still using whatever Tim bought when he was at university. And what I bought at uni is at the back of my parents’ garage 10,000 miles away. To give an example, we moved into this house last September and have yet to buy a sofa despite giving away the old one on freecycle before we left Melbourne. So, it ought to be easier than this to find something we both like and need in Myer.

Gift photo by Marta Crowe from flickr available under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

We found out today the owners of the house we’re renting want to sell it as soon as possible! Our lease runs out in October. I’m not looking forward to moving just when we’re supposed to be making the final preparations for the wedding.

We don’t currently know where we’ll move to, but it probably won’t be Hornsby, despite having just chosen a celebrant from Hornsby and a venue just a few kms away.

I did wonder briefly about buying our house which is on the market for $499,000 but as the ad says, it’s perfect for renovation or rebuilding; not so good if you just want to live here. It’s fine for now, but it’s too small, too close to a noisy street, and too much in need of work for us to seriously consider it.