The packing that didn't quite happen...

Since I got the word, that I had gotten the new place in Vienna's 5th district I thought it would b e a good idea to get a head start in the packing. I had gotten several moving boxes on my way home from work. But first I had to make head or tails what can be packed and what has to stay out for the moment. I did pack one box with small kitchen appliances that I'm very unlikely to use during the next few weeks. The next thing was that a lot of my clothes can be packed. But when I looked through them I realized that some of it had been sitting in the closet for about 1 year and it really could use some washing before going into boxes. On top of that the clothes that I don't wear regularly will have to stay in boxes for some times, because I won't ge having a closet space for them right away. So I started with the washing...and that's quite a time consuming process. Although this was a 4-day weekend for me I spent most of the time doing load after load of laundry. So the packing didn't actually quite happen. But I did come up with a "battle plan" in which order things are going to be packed and I figured out what expenses are going to be paid cash or by ATM and what is going to be paid by credit card just in order to have a little financial safety net. After all having to pay for the security deposit, the real eastate agent's comission, fees for the contract my savings is gonna take a very big hit. And it will have to take the hit about 10 days earlier than I would like to. But when all is said and done I will still have about 1 Grand at my disposal. If you're being used to having a savings account with about 7 or 8 Grand...that's not too much, but definitely something I can handle. So certain things in the new apartment will have priority, while others will have to be put in the back burner for now.