You're so free, that's what everybody's telling me

[sarah_orange]

So as a lot of you will have heard by now - I got a phone call from the estate agents on Saturday afternoon saying my buyers had pulled out. We were supposed to be exchanging contracts any second - they've just paid to get surveys done - so this was a bit of a surprise (although I half expected it as they seemed a bit timid.) They sited the crashing prices for their cold feet - so it may be a ploy to get me to knock the price down although the EA said they'd gone away so she couldn't get back to them straight away about me offering 5k off. 5k. that was pretty much all I was going to be taking from selling my house and now that's gone. If I'm lucky and they still want it of course. Motherfuckers.

I do have someone doing a second viewing today at 1pm and I've asked a couple of people who know property investory types to see if they're interested. I have no idea what to do beyond that - I figure if I go to a cash company now it'll be even less money than I would have got before. Thanks to the tabloids scaremongering about houseprices which of course actually causes prices to drop because people get afraid.

RARRR!

I got the call just as we were pulling into Ripon bus station for Nicki's hen do. I really just wanted to go home and cry but it just wasn't an option - there wasn't any more I could achieve and I didn't want to put a damper on Nicki's day so I just grinned and bared it. I'd started the day at 10:45 dressed like a prostitute. woo. I even felt a need to explain to the taxi driver :) I won £45.60 on the first race - the only one we actually watched! I probably should have got a lottery ticket as I figure I'm owed some luck :P - it was a lovely day even if it was £3.30 for a plastic pint of strongbow - Julie and I had very tasty roast pork sandwiches with stuffing and gravy - nom nom nom nom nom - and I bought us (and heather) tasty icecream too.

Headed back all snoozy on the bus and went to the Victoria for a pint before bimbling to Chinese Foo oblivion at Red Chilli - very tasty indeed - I must stop getting the banquet - far too much food! We then went up to Bourbon which was hideous and loud and full of dreadful young women in shapeless short dresses - what's with that? We then escaped to fab cafe which was altogether more civilised. Carl turned up at this point so we decided he was the entertainment - he didn't strip though. Gav was there too and plied me with sweeties (mmm sherbert dab! sweet braclets! double dip!) as pennance for aiding red in the desctruction of my living room curtains. The remains of the taekwondo post-grading social turned up too - they were amusingly drunk. Finally pootled off to a taxi with Jen and Katie, clutching Heather's abandoned doggybag which I duely demolished yesterday afternoon to attempt to placate my hangover. mmm duck - nice choice :)

party on friday was pleasant - nice to see kath and brad from outta town. the black sheep birthday special (4 birthdays one sheep!) was rammed and there were lots of people I hadn't seen in ages out and about. today I am hungover and grumpy.

Comments

[daevid.livejournal.com]

Sounds like greed on their part to me and if you were not caught between a rock and a hard place i would have told them to stick it... Here is hoping that you get a more reasonable offer. This media hype is having a very negative effect on peoples lives >:(

And in the hope it that helps with your mood...

Look Panda!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

yeeee! panda!!!

:)

[daevid.livejournal.com]

If only Pandas could do more than eat bamboo and look uber cute!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

indeed - it's not like they're busy or owt!

[gothadh.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry. Reading your house bit was deja vu for me as we've had the same sh*t as well. We're still working our way through the quagmire of selling our house as we have been for the last 6 months when we got our first offer. I agree with you 100% that if the papers would shut the F*CK up everyone would be coping a hell of a lot better.

All I can say is hang on in there and hopefully there will be light at the end of the tunnel. Also if you want to moan and commiserate with someone going through the exact same thing, you know where we are. I've done my fair share of wanting to cry as well.

Sounds as though the hen party was good and there's nothing like getting drunk with the girlies to take your mind off things!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

it was a nice change - we're talking about going again although to York next time as it's easier!

[gillywoo.livejournal.com]

Still trying to get in touch with my colleague at work. Have hope orangie sue.

I hope you had fun last night. I did!
xxx

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

yeah it was great fun! so many gothics! :D
4 cans of cider shouldn't have given me a hangover though! unlucky!

thanks for your efforts Gilly - tis very much appreciated :)

[gillywoo.livejournal.com]

Richard's back tomorrow so keep fingers crossed.

xx

[bikerfaerie.livejournal.com]

Futile virtual hugs. Currently willing a sufficiently large stroke of good luck to come and save the day. Just wish i could be more use.

[lostlorelei.livejournal.com]

That is very rubbish, damn people :/ xxx

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

Darn...didn't get out early enough to get a lottery ticket for you...

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

boo! I demand everyone buy me lottery tickets!

:P

[daevid.livejournal.com]

I've still to check one from a few weeks back ^^'

[miss-behave.livejournal.com]

Oh bollocks.

Hope it gets sorted.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Cock Badgers!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_r_e_d_/]

'aiding red in the desctruction of my living room curtains' - I didn't touch them, honestly. You see what happens when we acquired a pestilence...destruction every time.

[fraoch.livejournal.com]

The duck was intended for dreadtemujin's supper - he ended up having a dirty burger from outside Revolution instead...

I'm sure he'll be happy that it didn't go to waste ;-)

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

:D

glad it was tasty food and not something horrid :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_pyromancer_/]

Bugger. Sorry to hear that about the house.

Title of this post - is that from ABBA's "Marrionette" song? I'd always heard it as "You're supreme", but that may have had something to do with Whiskas Supreme which we fed the cat on when I was growing up!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

it is indeed marionette by abba

and it is 'so free' fits in with the nature of the song. plus the album had they lyrics on it - it's the first album I remember owning myself and the copy in my bedroom has my grubby little handprints all over it :)

[dmh.livejournal.com]

Damn and blast. And blast again.