I had a bit of a freak out last night. I found a message on my mobile phone from Friday from the estate agent wanting me to go to my solicitor and pay the deposit and sign things. My freak out was because it's going to take me a while to get the money because i'm away Wednesday and Thursday. And then i started panicking about paying the solicitors fees because i want to pay them via credit card, but i'm assuming that he won't accept that as a form of payment.

Since i've just ordered a new credit card, i don't have all the things i need for it yet (like cheque book or pin number), so i'm slightly panicking about having all that in time.

Since the thing that stresses me most is money, this is a very difficult time for me. I decided that i'm going to pay for the two holidays on credit card (spice accept it, so that's not a problem), the extra 200 quid for the deposit and this months mortgage i am ok with paying because i did a lot of hours (practically a whole weeks worth!) in August (or was it July, i lose track on when they pay overtime!).

The solicitors fees come to 1200 pounds, and i simply don't have that kind of money to hand, and i would rather put it on my credit card so that i can slowly pay it off. So i am hoping that either the solicitor does accept it, or that the pin comes through quickly so that i ca, withdraw it at a cash machine.

The same also holds true for my deposit which (when it is transfered into a current account) can be accessed via a visa debit card. I doubt he will take that so i either have to withdraw it all and put it into a current account which has a cheque book, or withdraw it in case and give the cash to the solicitor. Not very acceptable to me (and also may mean that i have to ask the building society in advance for it) since i don't want to walk around with several thousand pounds in my pocket. I don't know how that is going to work...

posted by small 5:32 PM