This was an expensive weekend. First of all, we bought a stove. But not the $575 one we thought we were going to get – the guy who was selling it, ended up selling it to someone who could get there faster than us (we didn’t have the use of a truck secured) – boo urns to that! So after much research and driving around, checking out different stores and models, we ended up buying one for $700 ($625 + tax). We also had to rent a van from Budget for $75, which was cheaper than the company’s delivery charge ($100) – and trust me, we did everything we could to try and borrow a truck from someone (we only know one person who has a truck, and he was out of town for the weekend). So in the end, including the van rental, we will both be spending around $390 each for the stove. Which is a lot of money to pay, but it is going to be totally worth it. You all know how long I’ve been waiting for a real, actual stove! Which means … no more cooking out of a stupid skillet … BAKING! An oven! Soups! Ohhh I am so excited thinking about the possibilities! You really take for granted how much you use your stove, until you’re forced to live almost a year without one. :)
I also bought a new Apple mighty mouse. My old one finally died on me, after repeated attempts to clean the scroll ball and figure out why it was so glitchy. That was expensive, and set me back $85 (which will come out of my March budget in the ‘miscellaneous’ category). I’m still trying to get used to not having a scroll ball … but just having this new mouse makes me want to get a new computer. In the next 2-3 years I will definitely need to upgrade. I’ll also need to upgrade my design software. Which will be expensive, but I’ve been putting that off for years now.
One last expense … I treated BF to donairs on Saturday ($17), after all of his hard work re-wiring our house so that we had the ability to even have a stove. He did a pretty good job (despite the hole in the drywall behind the stove), and did everything to code.
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Congrats on getting your stove. Now you can do like Ratatouille and make all kinds of fine soups! Enjoy!
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