Right now we're asking ourselves the question "Would we rather have (insert item to purchase), or would we rather get out of debt faster?" We're trying to pay down our debts and put a little away for a rainy day, so instead of buying things right away, we're biding our time, hoping something a little cheaper will come our way.
Take our fence, for instance. We need a fence around our backyard because our management company won't let us have the trampoline without a fence around it. Well, we were talking to some friends about the fences around here, and the fences don't technically belong to anyone (unless the person who put up the fence lives there), because each tenant assumes the cost for putting up a fence. Well, people who need/want a fence usually just go find an unoccupied house and take the fence and move it to their yard. So instead of going out and spending $1000 on a fence, we've found a big enough fence around another yard, and we're going to take advantage of it. Talk about bargain shopping!! :D
So that's the story of our life these days. We are really trying to curb spending. It's really hard to remind yourself to think "Do I really need this thing? Do I really even want it?" But those questions I think are going to really change us.
I hear ya on this one. We're not going to have a salary for at least another 5 years, and that's a tough pill to swallow when I want ANYTHING.
ReplyDeleteThe fence is great, though! That's really cool. Nothing better than free, right? You should look around online to see if you can find any giveaways of cameras that you could enter. Couldn't hurt, right?