Hi all -
Okay - we're about to make the hyper jump into "real" money, but will be dragged down big time by school loans and old stupid choices. I have several friends who are in the same boat, but they seem to be living large - buying $4000 couches - entire HOUSES FULL of furniture right out of the gate. One of them is in cardiology and will be making literally over $100K more than we are so it's a little easier to swallow, but the other is in pretty much the same life raft as us.
We have bought a new house in our new city - and it's significantly nicer than our current one (but KC also has AWESOME housing prices - even cheaper than Cleveland). I'm so tempted to go the "6 months interest free" or "year interest free" route to make my new place spiffy.
There are also some things we really do need to get (a kitchen table, for one), and I'm really torn between my old IKEA roots and buying Arhaus or Crate & Barrel now, because we're in a grown-up house.
Where do you strike the balance between buying nice things - quality - that will last, and continuing to live frugally even though IKEA will probably have to be replaced in a few years???
Okay - we're about to make the hyper jump into "real" money, but will be dragged down big time by school loans and old stupid choices. I have several friends who are in the same boat, but they seem to be living large - buying $4000 couches - entire HOUSES FULL of furniture right out of the gate. One of them is in cardiology and will be making literally over $100K more than we are so it's a little easier to swallow, but the other is in pretty much the same life raft as us.
We have bought a new house in our new city - and it's significantly nicer than our current one (but KC also has AWESOME housing prices - even cheaper than Cleveland). I'm so tempted to go the "6 months interest free" or "year interest free" route to make my new place spiffy.
There are also some things we really do need to get (a kitchen table, for one), and I'm really torn between my old IKEA roots and buying Arhaus or Crate & Barrel now, because we're in a grown-up house.
Where do you strike the balance between buying nice things - quality - that will last, and continuing to live frugally even though IKEA will probably have to be replaced in a few years???
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