d_stilgar
01-05-2010, 07:27 PM
I have been saving my money for a while. My wife and I have been sleeping on an air bed for over a year now. We moved three times this year (her school, student teaching, now my school) so it was a logical choice. We got the $250 Aerobed. I had read many reviews and it was the best every time. It was also going to be our main bed, so cutting corners and getting something cheap wouldn't really cut it. I have to say that we have both adapted very well to the change, but it's time for a new bed.
This Christmas we got $600 from family and I had $400 saved up, so we had $1000 to spend. This is where I love my wife to death. We ended up getting this mattress (http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Serta-8-inch-Queen-size-Memory-Foam-Mattress/4107277/product.html) from overstock.com and got $1 shipping. With $660 left we got this frame (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12082083) from Wal-Mart.com and had it shipped to store for free shipping.
Down to $560 and we had already met our bed goal. Nice! I love that we are both budget minded.
Well, my wife and I have been feeling a bit overweight lately and our bathroom scale has confirmed it. My wife enjoyed playing Wii Fit at my parents so I got on newegg and ordered a Wii and Wii Fit Plus. Tax free and free shipping brought the total to $299.97. I love that. The extra $260 is going into our savings account and I am going to start saving for bicycles in the spring. Our town (pop. 23,000) has over 25 miles of paved trails and I would also like something to get around town instead of walking (slow) or riding my motorcycle (no workout).
In addition to the money we both got, I got $100 from my mother in law and a $40 Worst Buy gift card from my brother in law. I used the money and got the logitech G35 headset.
All in all I am super happy. My wife and I have been married a little more than a year and in that time she has finished school, got a really great job, we have purchased a car in full, no auto-loan, that should last us quite a long time (2001 Subaru Outback L.L. Bean edition). We are paying off my wife's student loans at a fast pace and will have them paid off by this time next year. I have a 4.0 GPA and will continue to push and work as hard as I can. Things are going great and I see no reason that anything will change. Sure some unexpected expenses will come up, but that is why my wife and I have a $4000 emergency fund. Our rent is only $500 a month, so $4000 is plenty of emergency money.
Anyone else feel great?
This Christmas we got $600 from family and I had $400 saved up, so we had $1000 to spend. This is where I love my wife to death. We ended up getting this mattress (http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Serta-8-inch-Queen-size-Memory-Foam-Mattress/4107277/product.html) from overstock.com and got $1 shipping. With $660 left we got this frame (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12082083) from Wal-Mart.com and had it shipped to store for free shipping.
Down to $560 and we had already met our bed goal. Nice! I love that we are both budget minded.
Well, my wife and I have been feeling a bit overweight lately and our bathroom scale has confirmed it. My wife enjoyed playing Wii Fit at my parents so I got on newegg and ordered a Wii and Wii Fit Plus. Tax free and free shipping brought the total to $299.97. I love that. The extra $260 is going into our savings account and I am going to start saving for bicycles in the spring. Our town (pop. 23,000) has over 25 miles of paved trails and I would also like something to get around town instead of walking (slow) or riding my motorcycle (no workout).
In addition to the money we both got, I got $100 from my mother in law and a $40 Worst Buy gift card from my brother in law. I used the money and got the logitech G35 headset.
All in all I am super happy. My wife and I have been married a little more than a year and in that time she has finished school, got a really great job, we have purchased a car in full, no auto-loan, that should last us quite a long time (2001 Subaru Outback L.L. Bean edition). We are paying off my wife's student loans at a fast pace and will have them paid off by this time next year. I have a 4.0 GPA and will continue to push and work as hard as I can. Things are going great and I see no reason that anything will change. Sure some unexpected expenses will come up, but that is why my wife and I have a $4000 emergency fund. Our rent is only $500 a month, so $4000 is plenty of emergency money.
Anyone else feel great?