well
I officially joined the ranks of the home-owners today: we signed the deed at the notary's office. We can move into it 25th of Sept (although we'll wait until the 4th of Oct., for reasons of home improvement).
Slightly drunk from the bottle of millésimé 1988 Champagne K & I drank afterwards, and I've got one Hoyo de Monterey Double Corona to go, maybe with a splash of Lagavullin. Yay!
(and after that: 25 years of mortgage to pay and no more budgetary room for excess :-( )