Life is good

But life is good.

Sure, I'm jealous of all the facebook "friends" who are traveling overseas, going to the lake every weekend, buying new iPhones, and building decks.  Yes, I would love to go on a cruise, or even just a trip to the beach for a full week.  It would be great to eat out more than once every few months, and I'd love to have season tickets to the opera/symphony.

On the other hand, we do have enough money to buy some "wants" and not only "needs."

Dan wanted a new lawnmower.  Our 6 year-old mower still works, it's a simple machine.  However, given the U-shape of our yard, I can't blame him for wanting a self-propelled mower.  We found a nice reconditioned model.  

I wanted a new grill, to cook outdoors on something with less "character" than our 4-year-old grill.  Did we really need a stainless interior/exterior and a rotisserie? No, but they are nice and the model was marked down for clearance.

Could we have used this money to go on a vacation?  A small one.  Wouldn't it have been better spent paying off debts?  The total for both pieces is a little less than 1 months payment.  It might have been used for my foot surgery, but I can hobble along until next year.

As long as we can still pay bills and afford a few wants, then life is great.