Bad Reputation

As I said in my last post, we have finally sold our house!!! WOO HOO!!! While this is completely wonderful, it does leave us with a slight problem. We are homeless come April 29. In the past, it was semi-safe to buy a house while your house was still on the market. But, with our economy in the state that it is in, this is a definite no-no! We learned that lesson from those close to us (not naming names...... A***a and S***e!). Well, now that ours is almost sold (just waiting for the bank appraisal...which actually could be a problem!) we are needing to find a house! I was told by just about everyone that knows me, "Don't rush into anything. Take your time. Don't fall in love." This is such great advice. There is just one problem, I don't work like this. I have never been one to spend a lot of time making decisions. I know what I want when I want it. Most of the time, this works great. Afterall, I did fall in love and get engaged in 11 months! BUT, when it comes to houses, I apparently have a bad reputation. We have moved several times and haven't seemed to find the "right one." Does this make me a house whore?

We set out on Sunday with every intention of looking and looking and looking until we found the perfect house. I even said I would rent if we didn't find it. My mom and sister even came with us to keep me "under control." Here's what happened:

House 1: LOVED it! (This is not a good start!)
House 2: HATED it!
House 3: HAVE TO HAVE IT!!! (oh no!!!)

Really, there was no need to continue looking. We found our house! We did look at a few more but there was really no need. We ended up putting an offer in on house 3 that night. So much for retraining myself or my family keeping me "under control." I have to give credit to my mom and sister, she REALLY tried to make us think through everything. Which I think we did, to a certain extent! We are in negotiations with the sellers.... we'll see what happens. We definitely put in a very low offer so we will see how they react. I will keep you "posted!"

I'm not going to post a picture of the house until we "get it!" Sorry, don't want to jink it!!!