During the recession, my husband was with a start up that shut down, and I started my own company that's been slow to get off the ground. So we had to make some cutbacks.
We've been really pinching pennies for the past two years, not going out to dinner or taking trips. We tapped into our savings, which we said we'd never do. It's really been a struggle.
Then he went to work for his friend at another start up and his company picked up a couple of good accounts. Everything is finally on an upturn, and it hasn't felt like that in a really long time.
The house needed work so the kitchen is being redone, and my husband is getting a new used car!
I decided to splurge because I couldn't take it anymore. The kitchen was tile counter tops that have been there for a million years, now I can finally get the granite.
My husband's car hit 100,000 miles and started to have problem after problem so we decided we're going to replace that too. The last two years I worried about everything I bought and I don't feel like that anymore. It is such a feeling of euphoria!
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