Borrowing trouble

[aibhinn]

I swear, I am the world's worst worrywart.

I've been sitting here, playing around online (admittedly, while I should be cleaning), investigating where I might buy furniture when I move to England, and then I thought:

Holy crap. This stuff is actually nearly twice as expensive as it looks, if I'm bringing American money over. How am I going to

Comments

[scornedsaint]

Hee. It's funny how you kind of skip over the most obvious option and go straight to panicking.

As for pots and pans and stuff: is there Ikea in the UK? Because that stuff is dirt cheap at Ikeas here, so it would probably be just plain cheap in the English equivalent.

[aibhinn]

Yeah, they have Ikea, and that's probably where I'd go--but I had to have my requisite panic attack first. Never fails. *G*

[loriel_eris]

You should know that if you buy a bed out of Ikea you will then be tied to Ikea for everything bed related - their mattresses and/or duvets are Not Standard Size. ie You can't get sheets and duvet covers anywhere but Ikea. (NB: I haven't actually experienced this myself, but it came from a reliable source.)

[aibhinn]

Ooh, good to know. Thank you!

[honorh]

This would be why my program wanted us to come to Japan with a good $5000 on us. (I came with $3000; they loaned me the rest.) I got a completely unfurnished apartment and used futon. That's it. So far, I've likely invested at least $1500 in the thing. Thank God I've got a paycheck coming soon! Changing countries--never easy.