g1ant

House sale in the UK goes through next Wednesday and we fly LGW to Dallas on Thursday. A night in Dallas to recover before driving down to Austin. There will be a period of about a week to allow the funds to arrive before we can move into our new place. In the meantime I'm making a list of stuff that we need to do.

Try to find a cheap truck to haul cheap shit scored off Craigslist
Find reasonable priced car insurance
Try to get cheap shit off Craigslist - bed + couch + beer fridge
Get beer
Organise buildings and contents insurance on the new house
Learn to spell organise with a Zeee
Get quotes for health insurance
Get beer
Enroll child in school
Find a job for the missus

Anything missing?

Jerseygirl

Social Security No.
US Bank account
US Credit card

d4vid

nothings missing as far as i can tell

paul_TX

Learn to say y'all !

But, before you leave the UK, get your kids school to supply you with their records etc. We had quite a delay here (especially with the older kids) because the school in the UK were very slow in supplying those. Also, get shot records from the doc in the UK. If your kid doesn't have all the correct shots make sure they get them before you enroll in school. If you don't have health insurance here yet then try to do in the UK before you come.

gruffbrown

Jaxbar

Visit the people and places you love
Take photographs
Go to a restaurant you will miss
Be a tourist in your own town

hold those memories, you will apprecate them later

blaze

Ditto! My sentiments exactly!
(oh and buy everything in Tesco's that will fit in your suitcase!)

g1ant

Any suggestions? What is there that you just can't get in the US? HP sauce and Branston pickle, got those.

Alex.

g1ant

Got all those already. Could do with a decent credit card though.

BigDavyG

Crisps and decent chocolate, plus cheese, sausages and bacon.

Jerseygirl

No need seem to remember reading somewhere that Tesco is opening in the US.

mickmills

If you like tea, get a bumper size PG Tips box, can find it over here but is bloody expensive!

Jerseygirl

Tetley's British Blend is pretty good, available in most supermarkets.

blaze

The only problem with that is I think they said for now they would only be on the west coast so you would be buggered if you live anywhere else!
But in answer to the question what exactly to bring from Tesco's, my answer to that would be anything that you just cannot live without that you're not 100% sure you can get over here. The problem is that you get cravings as time goes on and you never know what those are going to be so you can't stock up for them. My Mum is coming to visit next week thank god because I am craving cheddars something cronic! As far as PGtips and things like that go, yes, STOCK UP NOW!, they will cost you an arm and a leg over here and most American tea is disgusting!

clydegirl

Buy as much chocolate as you can, that you can fit in your suitcase.Your wife will appreciate it when she gets cravings for good chocolate