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On the heels of compacting post: starting with almost nothing
About a year ago we moved away from the US (to Europe) and brought with us about 1000lbs worth of stuff (mostly music and books). We gave away (freecycled, donated, gave to friends) everything else. We moved not planning to move back. Well, life has its ways and in the beginning of the year we will move back. So we will have pretty much only music, books, flatware, one pressure cooker and coffee making stuff, a tent, laptop, toys and clothes, this time less since I can leave memorabilia behind -- we live in my grandparents house and photos, art and some non essential stuff can all be left behind.
I am yet unsure how to go about getting everything neccessary for life. There are certain things one needs. We will not have a car so freecycling and thrifting will not do it for most stuff. Plus there will not be a lot of time to look for most things. After we get an apartment we pretty much need a bed, table, couple of chairs and pots and dishes straight away, not to mention towels and garbage can and such. I have a 2.5 year old dd to complicate the matters.
I am all for the reusing but I canīt see how we could make it work. There won't be helpful relatives to borrow a car close by, the friends who truly live in the area have had new babies within the last few months so not much help from there either. Plus my dh will have to start working very soon and I don't drive. We will live in a neighborhood where it is easy to be non-driver in day-to-day life but starting anew is something else.
What would you do?
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