I’m so old!

And why am I so old? Because I have a mortgage and when you have a mortgage, I think that officially disconnects you from the youth category. Hey just because I am old doesn’t mean I’m not young at heart. I still got the “under 14 PST exemption” at the clothes store this weekend (really I am only 9 years out), that’s still young right?

That leads me to this… why I have a mortgage in the first place. If that wasn’t obvious to you, the fiancé-who-shall-not-be-named and I bought our very first condo! While the thought of having a mortgage is utterly terrifying, once you have come to terms with selling your soul (not a piece of fish) to the bank, being a home owner kicks serious butts (yes… plural butts even)! And hey, I got airmiles so it was worth the trade right? I just try and pretend that interest is not actually as much as it states on the legal bank document and that it's just a typo… *yikes*

And now for why owning a condo (which I may occasionally refer to as house because to me it is my house) rocks? It just does. No buzzing sounds (for those regular readers who know what I am talking about), no annoying landlords, no crappy old apartment cupboards…just my cool west-coast style townhouse in all it’s newness. Now I am paying ME not some greedy corporation man in Toronto, which is what I should have been doing all along being the money-conscious commerce grad that I am (um suuuure). I even have real neighbors (although apartment Maureen was pretty awesome) - the cutest little girl and the smiley-est people from Africa! I have pretty white cupboards (as you can tell this is important to me). I get to buy furnace filters.. oooh ahhhh. Okay, so I might be a little out in the boonies and as far as you can possibly get from work – but none of that matters once it is yours. The best part… did I mention it’s brand new and nobody has ever sat on my toilet before (okay perhaps the contractors did as has been suggested but that sooo does not count)? Enough new house rant… too excited to blog now as I have to run home and clean my new place!

(PS VOTE KIM)
(PS GO UNFatpaulie.. we all support you! Send Paulie your love, cheer him on!)